Either that, or send up the Bat-Signal

"Charlotte Fraternal Order of Police Request National Guard Assistance".

The Fraternal Order of Police in Charlotte-Mecklenburg is requesting that the National Guard be deployed in the city to help them get crime under control.

Well, that is a twist I didn't see coming.

I didn't see it coming, though, at least partly because murders in the City of Charlotte have become so common that 15 murders have been committed since the horrific attack on Iryna Zarutska on the Charlotte light rail on August 22nd. 42 days ago, and none have gotten the kind of attention that hers did.