The mainstream media has reached a new low in selective reporting. On August 22, 2025, a 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee named Iryna Zarutska was stabbed to death on Charlotte’s LYNX Blue Line light rail. She had escaped the war in Ukraine in search of safety in the United States, only to be killed by a repeat offender with an extensive criminal history. The suspect, 34-year-old Decarlos Brown Jr., faces charges of first-degree murder after 14 prior arrests.
Surveillance footage from the Charlotte Area Transit System shows Brown approaching Zarutska without provocation and slashing her throat in an unprovoked attack.
Sadly, those who were on the scene chose to video the poor woman’s final moments rather than offer her any help at all.