WASHINGTON (TNND) — A North Carolina Democratic sheriff floundered during a hearing after a state Representative asked him what branch of government he operates under.
The hearing held by the North Carolina House Oversight Committee was prompted by last summer’s brutal murder of Iryna Zarutska, a Ukrainian national killed by a mentally ill homeless man while aboard the L train.
Mecklenburg County Sheriff Gary McFadden, who oversees the county where Zarutska was murdered, was first asked a soft ball question by state Rep. Allen Chesser…