Fatal stabbing of Ukrainian refugee in North Carolina ignites crime debate - "The murder of 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska on a train in North Carolina last month has sparked ongoing concerns about crime in the US. A video released on Friday by the Charlotte Area Transit System shows Ms Zarutska seated on a train when she is stabbed from behind several times in what appears to be a random attack. The suspect, 34-year-old Decarlos Brown Jr, is charged with first-degree murder... Outrage at the case comes as President Donald Trump threatens crime crackdowns in Democrat-run cities... Republicans and right-wing commentators have raised questions about the role of the judicial system in the incident, including why Brown was free despite reportedly having an extensive criminal record. He was convicted of armed robbery, felony larceny and break and enter, according to records obtained by CNN, and spent eight years in jail for robbery with a dangerous weapon. He also suffers from mental health issues and is homeless, according to media reports."
Decarlos Brown Jr. stabbed Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska because he believed she was reading his mind: sister - "Accused killer Decarlos Brown Jr. told his family he stabbed Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska to death on board a train in Charlotte, North Carolina, because he believed she was reading his mind, his sister has claimed — as his chilling words from jail are revealed. Tracey Brown, who was assaulted by her older brother in a 2022 attack that saw him bite her and break a door, said he is a paranoid schizophrenic who told her multiple times that the government had implanted a chip in him... Disturbing audio of Brown’s phone conversation with his sister from jail captures his rambling explanation for why he attacked the innocent woman. Brown can be heard telling his sister that “the material in his body” had forced him to kill Iryna, according to audio from a call made on Aug. 28, six days after the murder... “He said he was on his way to the hospital, the mental hospital… I just wanted to know why her, because he had been on the train for a while before she got on. And he said, well, she was reading my mind. He said she was reading my thoughts.” “I hurt my hand, stabbing her. I don’t even know the lady. I never said not one word to the lady at all. That’s scary, ain’t it. Why would somebody stab somebody for no reason?” Brown is heard saying in the audio, which was first obrained by the Daily Mail... Brown’s second-most recent arrest on Jan. 19 came after he called 911 during a welfare check, telling cops that he believed his brain was being controlled by a microchip. “Brown wanted officers to investigate this ‘man-made’ material that was inside of his body,” his arrest affidavit reads. “Officers advised Brown that the issue was a medical issue and that there was nothing further they could do,” the affidavit states, at which point Brown flew into a rage and was arrested and charged with “misuse of the 911 system.” At a Jan. 21 hearing, Magistrate Judge Teresa Stokes was told about Brown’s case, but granted him cashless bail on a “written promise” that he would show up to a future court date."
Clearly, it's not his fault, so he needs to be let out again
Ken Blackwell | Facebook - "she gave him cashless bail—just a “written promise” to return to court. No treatment. No confinement. No protection for the public. This wasn’t his first chance. He had served time for armed robbery. He assaulted his own sister. He was arrested again and again, each time a walking red flag. But Democrat-run Charlotte, and judges like Teresa Stokes, decided that putting him back in circulation was worth the risk. And now an innocent woman is dead... And let’s be clear: had this been reversed—had a White man stabbed a minority refugee—the media would be running wall-to-wall coverage. Instead, there are no hashtags, no vigils on cable news, no politicians pounding podiums. Just silence... That “random slaughter” was anything but random. It was the predictable, preventable consequence of soft judges like Teresa Stokes and weak leaders who put criminals ahead of victims. This must be said plainly: Judge Teresa Stokes bears responsibility for letting Decarlos Brown walk free. She had the power to stop him. She had the evidence. And she looked away. Iryna was safer on the streets of war-torn Ukraine than on a Charlotte light rail under Democrat leadership. That should shake every American to the core. Obviously this killer is setting himself up for an insanity defense. He deserves the penalty immediately. Say her name. Iryna Zarutska. Never forget who failed her: a system more interested in releasing criminals than protecting the innocent.f ulf"
Judge's 'promise' let career criminal walk free to butcher Ukrainian refugee after his MOM said he should be locked up - "Even Brown's mother said the court system failed the community by allowing him to roam free despite his serious mental health issues, according to Newsweek. She said he was placed under psychiatric monitoring for two weeks after she secured an involuntary commitment order when he was diagnosed with schizophrenia in 2014. The desperate mother said that he became so aggressive that she had to kick him out of her home. Brown's lengthy history of run-ins with the law also includes assaulting his sister in 2021, leaving her with minor injuries, and armed robbery in 2014. Despite these crimes, and Brown being a potential flight risk because he was not fixed to any set address, Stokes released him during his court hearing about the 911 call... Brown's arrest records go as back as 2007, when he was still a minor. Over the next seven years, he was arrested at least six times for crimes including felony larceny, robbery with a dangerous weapon and communicating threats. According to the Charlotte Observer, most of the charges he faced during that time were dropped."
Robert Sterling on X - "> a 23-year-old woman got murdered
> the killer had been released from jail 14 times
> multiple people ignored her as she bled to death
> the mayor released a statement focused on not villainizing homeless people
> the national media embargoed the story
the city council literally ate a cake before discussing the murder
> politicians ignoring the story even after video footage was released
> the media narrative focused on “MAGA reaction”
> not a single Democrat has admitted they were wrong about BLM, elimination of cash bail, “restorative justice,” or anti-police rhetoric
…and you really wonder why people are getting radicalized?"
Nick Sortor on X - "🚨 BREAKING: Iryna Zarutska's family DECLINED the Ukrainian embassy's offer to bring Iryna's body back to Ukraine, saying she loved America "No. She loved America. We will bury her here," Iryna's mother said "I think we can give her an America to be proud of," US Attorney Ferguson said while announcing federal charges against her kiIIer"
Nathan Carson on X - "This is the most heartbreaking thing of all. She loved America and wanted to be part of our community."
MaryCate Delvey on X - "“It could have been your daughter” It nearly WAS my daughter!
-Attacked from behind by black stranger
-bystanders filmed, barked like dogs, cheered
-had previous offenses, was released
“Stop sharing the video of Iryna” FINE- I’ll share MY daughter’s video: We’re sick of this 💔"
MaryCate Delvey on X - "Do you know how I even got this video? The black girl who filmed it sent it around. “SHE BEAT YO ASS” they yelled at my daughter when I walked her out of school that day."
Max 📟 on X - "If you want to understand Palestinian behavior, imagine an entire society of DeCarlos Browns. In case you’re wondering why Israel maintains security checkpoints."
Matt Walsh on X - "I watched the full video of the train attack. It's very clear that all of the people immediately around Iryna did not intervene and did not make any attempt to help her or give her any aid or comfort. She bled out on the floor of a crowded train and died alone while everyone watched or pretended they didn't notice. People mill around, walking by casually while she takes her final breaths. Nearly two minutes after the attack one man comes over to try and help. Everyone else just stands and watches. A short time later another woman, and then another man. Those three should be commended. The rest of the people on that train should be plagued with shame and guilt for the rest of their lives. But I doubt they'll ever give it a second thought."
Eva Vlaardingerbroek on X - "The gut-wrenching murder of Iryna Zarutska is an example of genocidal violence. If it were "just" an incidental hate crime, the other black people witnessing her murder would've come to her aid or would have at least reacted with utter shock. But they didn't. Not one of them did. They heard the killer say: "I got that White girl", and they did not react. Instead they just looked at her bleeding to death without saying anything, they walked away carelessly or even filmed her. She died alone, sobbing into her own hands before collapsing. The people around her didn't empathize with her, because she wasn't one of them. Because when it was one of them, in the case of George Floyd; they started a global movement without there even being a single indication that it concerned a racially motivated hate crime. Yet they got the entire world up in arms and the entire white establishment supported it. You can dislike that fact all you want and surely "not all black people would've responded like that", but it doesn't change the reality that we saw on full display here. And if White people want to survive, individually, and as a people, they have to start waking up to it."
Libs of TikTok on X - "HOLY CRAP Democrat Alma Adams who represents Charlotte told DailyMail “You can't solve everything by putting people in jail” in reaponse to Iryna’s m*rder by a career criminal with 14 prior arrests"
If a solution is not perfect, there's no point trying it. Can we dismiss stupid left wing proposals using the same logic?
Justine Brooke Murray on X - "The media was more outraged over a white girl in a jeans commercial than a white girl murdered over her race. Let that sink in."
"Things that infuriate the media a million times more than a bloodthirsty thug freed from jail 14 times just to be charged with stabbing this girl to death"
Dems Warn Surveillance Videos Perpetuate Stereotypes By Accurately Depicting Events | Babylon Bee
This is literally what happens
Gurwinder on X - "When you frame legitimate concerns as far-right, you don’t make the concerns look unreasonable, you make the far-right look reasonable. The ivory tower media’s failure to understand this is a big reason they’re losing."
Konstantin Kisin on X - "This is genuinely unreal. BLM tore the world apart over a police interaction in which there was literally zero evidence of racism. But when a man kills this poor girl and walks around saying "I got the white girl" what we get is "we don't know why he did it"? If you're trying to understand this, imagine Derek Chauvin or Daniel Penny walked around after their incidents saying "I got the black man". Do you think the media would be saying "we don't know why he did it" and talking about how they were "hurting"? This is disgusting."
captive dreamer on X - "This is unbelievable. Skip to :35 seconds - the animal who murdered Iryna Zarutska clearly says "I got that white girl, I got that white girl." It was as a purely racial attack."
Andy Ngo on X - "I didn't notice until now that the man accused of stabbing and killing the Ukrainian young woman in Charlotte, N.C. said on camera, "I got that white girl, got that white girl" while walking around with her blood dripping from his knife. Nobody reacts on the train, reflecting how Americans are used to urban ultraviolence."
End Wokeness on X - "0 AP stories on this deadly attack
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Lukas (computer) 🔺 on X - "This is a totally un-winnable story for them. If you're a left-wing spin doctor this basically worst-case scenario
- Completely savage unprovoked murder with zero room for debate, all on video
- Obviously thuggish black perp w/ a zillion prior convictions let off by judges who don't believe in prison or black crime
- Attractive girl slaughtered bc she didn't know the secret unspoken rules about who not to sit by
- Victim literally a Ukranian refugee who managed to escape a war only to be killed using basic American public transit
- Incident much more representative of what crime in US looks like than any recent leftwing outrage case, cannot be handwaved as a "fluke"
Every left-wing propagandist who touches this is doxxing as a huge retard"
Libs of TikTok on X - "HOLY SHLIT. The MacArthur Foundation, a left-wing NGO, gave Mecklenburg County, which covers Charlotte $3.3 MILLION to help "reduce the jail population." The man who kiIIed Iryna Zarutska was arrested and released from jail 14 times. This is what Democrats want. A society that lets criminals roam free to terrorize innocent Americans. Unreal"
Auron MacIntyre on X - "While everyone is justifiably focusing on the brutal murder of Iryna Zarutska I would like to remind you of the story of Cannon Hinnant, a 5-year-old boy who was murdered in cold blood. He was killed by his neighbor, a black man named Darius Sessoms for the crime of riding up to him on his bicycle. Sessoms would later claim that he shot Cannon because he called him "the n-word" an obvious lie that was somehow supposed to justify this horrific violence. And the amazing thing is it worked on Cannon's mother who felt compelled to run out and ensure the public that her son was not racist. Her son was dead from the bullet of an unhinged maniac, but her first concern was to assure everyone that Cannon had not committed blasphemy. We have a massively disproportionate rate of interracial crime in the United States, but we are all too terrified to discuss it because it is considered blasphemy. This must end, because the next Iryna or Cannon will come, and their blood will be on our hands due to our silence"
Meme - Charlie Kirk @charliekirk11: "Official Black Lives Matter account justifying the murder of Iryna Zarutska"
Right Angle News Network @Rightanglenews: "BREAKING - The official black lives matter account has posted a video stating that black people “have a right to violence” amid mass outrage over the slaying of Iryna Zarutska at the hands of a black male in Charlotte, North Carolina."
Meme: delaniac 🌹🌱 on X - "i mean yeah? what other reason would nyt have to cover a random murder. guy who thinks the problem with journalism is that they don’t engage in enough sensationalism"
Hunter Ash on X - "> “we didn’t cover this because it’s just a random murder”
Why was George Floyd a national story then?
> “it was about a pattern of police killing unarmed black men!”
You mean the thing that happens ~10 times a year over the entire country, and is usually justified?
> “it struck a chord because we were having a national conversation about racism!” You mean the entirely fake “anti-black racism” conspiracy theory that you (the media) conjured out of nothing?
Your argument is “that case was notable because we decided to make it notable. This one isn’t notable, even though the pattern it reflects (wildly disproportionate rates of black violence and absurdly lenient sentencing) is actually real, unlike the fake racism pattern we made up”
Meme - pagliacci the hated 🌝 @Slatzism: "this is the single most psychotic use of passive framing in a headline I’ve ever seen. they weren’t star-crossed lovers. he slit her throat on a fucking train, Jeff."
CNN: "How the lives of a Ukrainian refugee and a Charlotte man with a criminal history converged in a fatal stabbing"