This story was originally published by the WND News Center.
Outrage is exploding online as new video reveals graphic details of a black man who had been arrested at least 14 times allegedly slaughtering a white woman who had fled Ukraine for a peaceful life in America on a train in Charlotte, North Carolina.
On Friday, the Charlotte Area Transit System released surveillance video of Aug. 22, the night 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska was slain after she left her job working at a pizzeria.
"She ran from war in Ukraine. She came here for safety. And America FAILED her," wrote online journalist Benny Johnson.
"23-year-old Iryna Zarutska was butchered on a Charlotte light rail, her throat cut open by a violent repeat offender who had been arrested 14 times and was STILL free.
"This wasn't random. This was preventable. There is a war on White people. Her blood is on the hands of a system that lets violent criminals roam while innocent people pay the price.
"If Iryna were Black and her killer White, the media would be rioting nonstop. But because she's White, they stay silent. This is evil. And it's deliberate."
The surveillance footage shows Zarutska boarding the train in her work uniform at 9:46 p.m., and once seated, looking at her phone, completely oblivious of the danger behind her.
The New York Post reports:
Just four minutes later, 34-year-old Decarlos Brown Jr. allegedly whips out a folding knife and lunges forward, stabbing her three times, at least once in the neck, police said.
The chilling video then appears to show Brown then walking through the rail car, stripping off his sweatshirt and waiting by the doors – as passengers began to notice blood dripping from him.
Zarutska, who grabbed her neck as blood spilled onto the train floor, collapsed in her seat and was pronounced dead on the light rail, investigators said.
Surveillance video shows Decarlos Brown Jr., sitting behind Iryna Zarutska on a train in North Carolina, before allegedly pulling a knife and stabbing her.
Police said Brown got off at the next stop, where a folding knife was later recovered near the platform. He was treated at a hospital for a cut on his hand before being taken into custody on a murder charge.
It took six minutes for police to respond, according to Spectrum News, which noted transit security guards were on the train, but in the car ahead of Zarutska's when she was attacked.
Brown – who has multiple arrests dating back to 2011 – was charged with first-degree murder, according to CMPD. His record includes larceny, robbery with a dangerous weapon and communicating threats, according to court records obtained by the Post.
A GoFundMe page started by Zarutska's family indicates the victim, known by the nickname of Ira, "had recently arrived in the United States, seeking safety from the war and hoping for a new beginning. Tragically, her life was cut short far too soon."
More than $50,000 has been collected to date.
Reaction online to the case has been fierce.
"I'm sick of seeing this," said Lilly Gaddis, host of the "The Lilly Show" on X and Rumble. "It's everywhere. This story is shocking just because of the brutality of it alone. If we had a little bit more racial consciousness and we realized, 'Hmm, maybe don't put yourself anywhere in the vicinity of a black person.' Better yet, why don't black people have their own spaces?"
"This was not front-page news. No one care because she's white. … People like this need to be made an example of. Law enforcement needs to do their job, and these people need to be sequestered in safe areas away from the rest of us.
"Because it's not fair that the rest off us who built this country, who pay for this country and go to work every day, it's not fair that we have to live under this sort of tyranny."
Ada Lluch said: "Remember what happened when the police arrested a drug addict convicted felon and he died of an overdose, George Floyd? Why is the mainstream media and leftists acting like the murder of Iryna Zarutska does not matter? Is it because she is white? Or because the killer is black?"
Some, including Elon Musk and End Wokeness are pointing out the lack of national news coverage of the horror.
Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk slammed the national media as well, saying: "Dear CNN, WaPo, NYT, ABC, NBC etc etc. If you want to know why your ratings are in the tank and no one likes you, look no further than the brutal murder of Iryna Zarutska who moved to US to escape war in Ukraine, a story you refuse to tell. Sadly she couldn't survive the Democrats' criminal justice system.
"Yet you wouldn't shut up or stop villainizing Daniel Penny, a hero, who probably stopped a murder just like her's. Why? Because he was a straight white American male and the perp was black. Shame on you. Genuinely."
This case is reminiscent of a July racial beatdown of several white people in Cincinnati by a black mob, with the president pro tem of the city council indicating she was "grateful" for the vicious pummeling of white citizens and that "they begged" to be attacked.
