Democrats, Media Slammed After Stabbing of Ukrainian Refugee

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Readmikenowposted 3 months ago
A refugee comes to the United States to avoid the horror of war in her home country. She loves the United States. A low-life mental case released by a incompetent judge caused her death. The worst part is the cold, callous response by the democrat mayor and the legacy media. Why? If democrats aren't ashamed of this they should be.

democrats and mainstream media are under fire for staying silent on the brutal killing of 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska on 22 August in Charlotte, North Carolina. The young woman, who had fled the war-torn country to the United States in search of a better life, was stabbed to death by 35-year-old Decarlos Brown Jr on a late-night train, as shown by recently released video footage.

The surveillance video shows Brown pulling out a pocket knife and rising from his seat behind Zarutska before the footage cuts just as he prepares to plunge the blade into her. Zarutska, unaware of the killer behind her, is seen fiddling with her phone. After the attack, the suspect wandered through the Lynx Blue Line train, dripping blood across the floor while carrying the weapon. He removed his bloody hoodie and then calmly waited for the train to reach the station before exiting.

Reacting to the video, Democrat Mayor of Charlotte Vi Lyles thanked ‘our media partners and community members’ who had chosen not to repost or share the footage—a statement that drew outrage from many, including Republican members of Congress.

‘The Mayor’s refusal to condemn senseless, horrific, and preventable violence is as telling as it is despicable. Violent criminals, regardless of who they are or what they look like, need to be in jail,’ Rep Brad Knott (R-NC) wrote.

‘The violence in Charlotte is a microcosm of a national epidemic. Americans deserve better than Democrats’ soft-on-crime policies,’ added Rep Mark Harris (R-NC) in a post on X.

US billionaire and former Secretary of DOGE Elon Musk also criticized the lack of coverage by mainstream media, sharing a post tallying how many articles major outlets had written about the case, commenting simply: ‘Zero.’

British political commentator Piers Morgan likewise demanded answers on why Zarutska’s killing drew so little national media attention. On X, he called the murder ‘disgusting, senseless, [and] unprovoked’ and asked why the story had not dominated headlines.

Speaking to reporters on 7 September, US President Donald Trump promised to personally look into the case, calling the attack ‘horrible’. The incident comes as Trump is cracking down on rising crime rates in major US cities, such as Washington, DC—a move opposed by many Democrat lawmakers.

The suspect, Decarlos Brown Jr, is charged with first-degree murder. According to court records, Brown has been arrested multiple times since 2011 on charges including felony larceny, robbery with a dangerous weapon, and making threats—yet almost all charges were dropped.

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  Ken Burgessposted 3 months agoin reply to this
  Crime must have consequences.
  
  If you can take a life in such a horrendous way... and the entire nation sees it, as occurred on that train... and justice is not served, you do not live in a society/nation worth defending... nor one long for survival.
  
  I don't think anything shows the sickness of our society and media more than this incident.
  
  One other factor to add to that, a grown man stood their with his phone and recorded that murder.
  
  I really have little to say... it disgusts me... on so many levels... the West is terminally ill, not just America... Canada, the UK, France, Germany, etc. this is becoming common daily cover-ups in all these countries.
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  Credence2posted 3 months agoin reply to this
  I don't think anything shows the sickness of our society and media more than this incident.
  
  Oh really? I think the slaughter of school children attending a parochial school tops this by a large margin, but since you can’t show an image of a black man as being behind that, it becomes less significant?
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  Ken Burgessposted 3 months agoin reply to this
  Equally sick... I assume you are referring to this:
  "Minneapolis school shooter ID’d as trans woman Robin Westman — as apparent manifesto included ‘kill Trump’"
  
  What is especially aggregious about the crime which started the discussion however, is that he was arrested dozens(?) of times prior... and was still free to prey on the innocent in our society.
  
  I have seen this at work, it is why I was quick to stop working at a Hospital, which had a mental ward... I saw the same people come in, over, and over, who were a threat to the police, the hospital staff... a burden on society, spreading harm and suffering to others... its a disgrace that we have a justice system and society that calls criminals victims allowing them to prey on the rest of us.
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  Sharlee01posted 3 months agoin reply to this
  "Oh really? I think the slaughter of school children attending a parochial school tops this by a large margin, but since you can’t show an image of a black man as being behind that, it becomes less significant?" Cred
  
  Cred, This is not like a school shooting; the majority of school shooters were in no respect on the radar of our courts. And the pictures of all the school shooters were always posted. I have not witnessed this issue being covered differently from school shooters. The only difference I noted was that the left media only covered it lightly, and some talking heads made the killer the victim.
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  Credence2posted 3 months agoin reply to this
  But, this all reminds me of something else. While the complaint seems to be focused on recidivism in our criminal justice system, we continue to put a black face upon it. Republicans certainly know their base and what buttons to push to stir it up. I am reminded of the Willie Horton thing promoted by the late President George H.W. Bush used to attack Dukakis on crime in 1988. The tragedy associated with the murder of this young woman is duplicated across the country several times a day. Would a young black woman in the inner city who faced a similar fate get the attention of Trump? I doubt it. I recognize this sort of stuff for what it is as I have seen it over long periods of time.
  
  But if we are talking about the extent or heinousness of crimes, the massacres have to be first and foremost and the majority of those are committed by young white males, perhaps Trump needs to look into that along with the connection of easy access to firearms that make it all possible?
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  Ken Burgessposted 3 months agoin reply to this
  The media bias, the court bias... all this BS that has infiltrated society... the criminal is not a criminal, he/she is a victim of circumstance, of a unjust system... etc. etc.
  
  Put them in a striped uniform, force them to work for the benefit of society, IE: clean the highways, help rebuild our failing infrastructure... and for those who kill, publicly execute them.
  
  Our society today is sick, Caligula would fit right in... we not only normalize Trans we make them protected minorities... and right behind that they are trying to normalize, justify pedophilia... changing it to Minority Attracted Persons... so much BS... that is all the Progressive movement is, an onslaught of degenerative or civilizational deconstruction.
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  Readmikenowposted 2 months agoin reply to this
  Your obsession with race blinds you to the reality of situations.
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  Credence2posted 2 months agoin reply to this
  That is “your” reality, not mine….
  The Republican Party is the obsessive one, when they stop, perhaps I will.
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  Sharlee01posted 2 months agoin reply to this
  "But, this all reminds me of something else. While the complaint seems to be focused on recidivism in our criminal justice system, we continue to put a black face upon it." cred
  
  REALLY? The media puts forth the face of the person who committed the crime. To be honest, I could offer many examples. I could post pics all day long of white criminals that the media has presented. BUT Willow has given an example for me --- LOL
  
  "Would a young black woman in the inner city who faced a similar fate get the attention of Trump? I doubt it. I recognize this sort of stuff for what it is as I have seen it over long periods of time." Cred
  
  I could point to many examples where President Trump showed empathy for Black families who suffered the loss of loved ones to crime. But I’ve come to realize it would likely be a waste of time. No matter how clear the evidence, some people refuse to see it. I can’t make a difference by spending my energy in endless debates that go nowhere. I can only form my own views by attempting to keep an open mind.
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  Willowarborposted 2 months agoin reply to this
  This man has been charged with hate crimes after stabbing a woman in Portage Park last month.
  Police say Andres Stathoulopoulos, 20, used a racial slur before attacking the 42-year-old victim on July 8....
  
  There are a slew of similar instances to post if needed...
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  Sharlee01posted 2 months agoin reply to this
  What is wrong with you -- you made my point --- medi does not discriminate by not presenting the faces of killers. Do you ever read comments, or do you not understand context? So please start posting white men that the media posted photos of... Help me further make my point.
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  Willowarborposted 2 months agoin reply to this
  Well help me out here, has This woman's stabbing received any sort of outpouring of emotion or even response?
  
  Missed the point. AGAIN ... It's not about pictures it's about reaction.
  
  "What is wrong with you"
  
  Excuse me, would you like to elaborate on that?
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  Sharlee01posted 2 months agoin reply to this
  Yes, it did, it was covered well by the media. Thanks for posting this white killers Pic --- fully made the point I was attempting to offer cred. Got more?
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  Willowarborposted 2 months agoin reply to this
  LOL...WAS NOT COVERED WELL. Does Trump ever make a point to point out these hate crimes where we have actual slurs being screamed at victims as they are stabbed or bludgeoned?
  
  I also seem to faintly remember a case where a man fatally stabbed a Muslim child to death... Republican politicians at the time offered little to no direct comment specifically addressing the murder...
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  Sharlee01posted 2 months agoin reply to this
  Yes, you do follow the Media, and you keep us all up on the important facts. Hopefully, some will visit one of your updates. One that is so very important... Hopefully, folks will check it out.
  
  https://hubpages.com/politics/forum/369 … ost4382390
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  Willowarborposted 2 months agoin reply to this
  Seems to me that we were kept up to date minute by minute on every odd step, breath or utterance of Biden's but now am I expected to ignore Trump's right side of his face drooping??? Not going to happen. He is going to be subject to the same microscope Biden was by maga folks.
  
  I mean there must be hundreds of posts on this forum with daily hand ringing about Biden's health...
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  Sharlee01posted 2 months agoin reply to this
  Are you serious? Do you realize how many murders occur weekly in Chicago, not to mention across the United States? Your logic, in my view, seems very strange. Charlie Kirk was a prominent figure in our society, an activist followed and respected by millions.
  
  By the way, I didn’t see you mention the unfortunate murder victim you now claim to empathize with, or the many who are killed in Chicago every week. Using her name here on a chat to make a point seems, at best, hypocritical. Hopefully, this weekend, you will share the names of the murder victims in Chicago so that empathy can be shown for them as well. Your compassion appears to emerge only when it suits your narrative.
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  Willowarborposted 2 months agoin reply to this
  I think you missed the question....when has Trump ever come out with a statement condemning a crime in which racial slurs were screamed as an individual was being murdered? Doesn't matter where it happened. I mean speaking out against hate crime should be a priority, everyone can agree with that right?
  
  I'll wait...
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  Readmikenowposted 2 months agoin reply to this
  My but you are a master of deflection.
  
  This has to do with a man who was arrested 14 times, some for violent crimes, and was released on a cashless bond with just a signature. He should not have been on the street with that criminal record. If the ultra-liberal judge had done her job, the Ukrainian girl would be alive today.
  
  That is the issue.
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  Willowarborposted 2 months agoin reply to this
  Do you realize that I asked her a direct question? So I would go back and reread and then tell me about deflection...
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  Willowarborposted 2 months agoin reply to this
  I see that the man was a bona fide paranoid schizophrenic whose family had tried to get him help but was unable to. I see that his recent offense was improperly using the 911 emergency system.... As far as cashless bail, please tell us how that works with an example and a direct citation/quote from a state that uses it.
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  Readmikenowposted 2 months agoin reply to this
  "please tell us how that works with an example and a direct citation/quote from a state that uses it."
  
  Rule of thumb. If you want to debate a topic don't depend on your opponent to do your research on it.
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  Sharlee01posted 2 months agoin reply to this
  You are feeding the fire man---
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  Ken Burgessposted 2 months agoin reply to this
  This...
  
  I would add to it... but the statement I already made here represents my opinions, there is nothing to add... and the assassination of Kirk just adds additional proof to them.
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  Credence2posted 2 months agoin reply to this
  Sharlee, does empathy rise to the level of “investigation”?
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  Willowarborposted 2 months agoin reply to this
  "The worst part is the cold, callous response by the democrat mayor and the legacy media.
  
  You mean this?
  
  The worst part of all of this? Disingenuous people trying to politicize a tragedy.
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Sharlee01posted 3 months ago
Mike, Mike, You said it well. What makes this tragedy even more painful is that it was 100% preventable. Iryna fled a war zone for safety in America, only to be killed by someone who should have been behind bars long ago. His own mother testified to his mental illness, yet judge after judge still allowed him back on the streets. That’s not compassion, that’s negligence. And then Mayor Vi Lyles had the nerve to thank the media for hiding the footage instead of condemning the violence. The mayor’s cold response and the media blackout are shameful; it shows their priority is narrative control, not justice for victims. Every dropped charge against this man is another failure of a system that protects criminals more than innocent people. If Democrats and their media allies can’t even show outrage over a young refugee’s brutal death, it tells you everything about where their values truly lie.

This is not like a school shooting; the majority of school shooters were in no respect on the radar of our courts.
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  Willowarborposted 3 months agoin reply to this
  And then Mayor Vi Lyles had the nerve to thank the media for hiding the footage instead of condemning the violence...
  
  ABSOLUTELY NOT.
  
  The mayor resoundingly condemned the violence...
  
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  The family of Iryna Zarutska, the 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee who was fatally stabbed on a Charlotte light rail train, has asked the media and the public to stop sharing the surveillance video of her murder.
  In a statement released through their lawyers, the family urged people to "respect Iryna's dignity and their grief".
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  Readmikenowposted 2 months agoin reply to this
  You have no proof of those statements by the mayor of the Zarutska family.
  
  Is the left using their imagination again to deal with a serious issue?
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  Willowarborposted 2 months agoin reply to this
  Imagination? Have you bothered to look anything up?
  
  Iryna Zarutska family demands justice, safety reforms after Charlotte train killing | Fox News https://share.google/mY7EWgNdNHYsV5B1l
  
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  Sharlee01posted 2 months agoin reply to this
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  Readmikenowposted 2 months agoin reply to this
  Shar,
  
  What can you say other than that was one backhanded sympathetic apology.
  
  Wow...a young, innocent girl is murdered and the best the mayor of the city can do is thank media and members of their community for not reposting this horrific murder? This is so sad on so many levels.
  
  I hope the liberals realize people can see and know what they're doing.
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  Willowarborposted 2 months agoin reply to this
  
  I know it doesn't match the sincerity and just true emotional outpouring of this...
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  Sharlee01posted 2 months agoin reply to this
  They simply don’t see what they’re doing, which is why going back and forth with them is such a waste of time. Come on, Mike—please recognize the futility. They are already badmouthing Charlie Kirk on social media and in the left-leaning press. Your words are falling on ears that are already plugged and fingers that are typing away. It's sort of up to us to shut them down, let them drown out each other.
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  Willowarborposted 2 months agoin reply to this
  The consensus of the rational and not the fringe?
  Ideological disagreement, no matter how deep, nobody deserves to be shot because you don't like what they say. No matter how hateful or ignorant. Focusing on extreme views and pretending they are mainstream gets us nowhere.
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Willowarborposted 2 months ago
Cashless bail wasn’t the reason Decarlos Brown stabbed and killed Iryna Zarutska (may she rest in peace).

Think about it: if he’d had to pay $10,000 to walk free, would that have magically changed the outcome? Of course not.

Brown had just been arrested for making a bizarre, delusional call to 911. That’s not the profile of someone who simply needs punishment. It’s the profile of someone in the middle of a mental health crisis. By all accounts, he was schizophrenic, deeply unwell, and believed outside forces were controlling his body.

That is the real reason this tragedy happened. Not bail policy. Not money. MENTAL ILLNESS.

And this is exactly why Democrats have been pushing so hard for expanded access to mental health care and state funding for treatment over the last several years. When people like Brown spiral, the answer isn’t to throw them in jail over a 911 call. It’s to get them medication, care, and supervision.... THIS SHOULDN'T BE SO HARD.

Zarutska’s death is a tragedy, and it’s horrific to see her memory exploited as a political weapon. The right is trying to turn this into an election talking point, instead of focusing on the real solution: making sure people with serious mental illness get treatment before they can hurt themselves or others....
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  Readmikenowposted 2 months agoin reply to this
  'if he’d had to pay $10,000 to walk free, would that have magically changed the outcome? Of course not.'
  
  Yes, he wouldn't have be able to post $10,000 bail and would've remained in jail. He would have remained there until his trial.
  
  Iryna Zarutska would have been alive.
  
  A man with fourteen previous arrests shouldn't even be considered for cashless bail. It speaks to the incompetence of the judge and their legal system in North Carolina.
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  Willowarborposted 2 months agoin reply to this
  His offense was one in which anyone would be able to bond out...how does ability to make bail determine the likelihood that you will walk out of jail and commit another crime? And you do realize that most offenses are eligible for bail?
  
  It seems like Zarutska would be still alive if this man's mental condition would have been addressed years ago when a family member attempted to committed.
  
  Sad thing is, this is a story that will be repeated over and over and over. Why? Because we ignore mental health in this country.
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  Readmikenowposted 2 months agoin reply to this
  Do you have any idea how the criminal justice system works?
  
  "His offense was one in which anyone would be able to bond out."
  
  That is right. You have to post a bond to get bail. Did he have the financial resources to pay a bail bondsman to get bail? It doesn't seem so.
  
  This means, he would be held in jail until his trial, and Iryna Zarutska would have be alive today.
  
  He should have never been released.
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  Willowarborposted 2 months agoin reply to this
  Deflection.
  
  AGAIN..how does ability to make bail determine the likelihood that you will walk out of jail and NOT commit another crime?
  
  AND... How would these circumstances be different if the family would have been successful years ago at actually having someone treat this man for paranoid schizophrenia?
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  Readmikenowposted 2 months agoin reply to this
  "how does ability to make bail determine the likelihood that you will walk out of jail and NOT commit another crime?"
  
  The inability to make bail determines you will remain in jail until your trial and unable to hurt anyone.
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  Willowarborposted 2 months agoin reply to this
  The inability to make bail determines you will remain in jail until your trial and unable to hurt anyone.
  
  And if you're able to make bail for an offense that is eligible for bail then you can turn around and go commit another crime right?
  
  AGAIN
  
  How does ability to make bail determine the likelihood that you will walk out of jail and NOT commit another crime?
  
  THE MAN COMMITTED A OFFENSE THAT WAS ELIGIBLE FOR BAIL.
  
  Seems like you are calling for no bail for anyone, regardless of the level of offense... Because if you are brought in for a misdemeanor, we can't let you out of jail until your trial (LOL which may be 6 months at best) because you may go out and commit a heinous crime... Is that what you're saying??
  
  Better safe than sorry. Keep absolutely everyone in jail until a trial?
  
  So two people get into a public flight... A misdemeanor. Haul their asses off to jail and let them sit there for a good 6 months at taxpayer expense of approx. $1,000 per day... Yeah that's the ticket!
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