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Fury over fundraiser for career criminal who brutally murdered Ukrainian on North Carolina train
Daily Mail UK ^ | September 8, 2025 | Melissa Koenig

Posted on 09/09/2025 11:12:13 AM PDT by Morgana

An online fundraiser designed to support a career criminal who brutally murdered a Ukrainian girl onboard a train in North Carolina has sparked fury online.

Decarlos Brown Jr., 35, is facing first-degree murder charges for stabbing Iryna Zarutska, 23, onboard a South End light rail train in Charlotte on August 22.

Shocking surveillance footage from the scene showed him watching Zarutska for some time after she sat in the seat in front of him, eventually taking out what appeared to be a blade from his pocket.

He then stood up and loomed over the 23-year-old, swinging the knife at her as she sat with her phone.

Brown was then seen leaving a trail of blood throughout the train as other passengers appeared not to realize the killing that had taken place.

A Daily Mail review of police records has since revealed that the 35-year-old has spent most of his life in and out of prison.

He was even out on bail and was awaiting trial for misusing 911 when he allegedly stabbed the Ukrainian refugee.

But a GoFundMe insists Brown was just the victim of a broken judicial system, as it raised money for his legal funds.

While what happened on the Blue Line was a tragedy, what we mustn't lose sight of is the fact that Decarlos Brown Jr. was failed categorically by the judicial system and the mental health services of North Carolina, and as such is not entirely to blame for what happened,' it read.

The online fundraiser then went on to note that it is raising money for Brown's legal defense 'and to also get him the aid he needs.'

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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KEYWORDS: melissakoenig; nobodysearches
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To: God luvs America

The bigger problem is that the public did not treat Alvin Bragg as an accomplice after the fact for the thug that was threatening the passengers. Alvin Bragg was the instigator of the whole crime problem.


21 posted on 09/09/2025 11:36:42 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: BHI2025; Reynoldo

“It appears the fierce backlash to the fundraiser has already forced GoFundMe to remove it from its site.”

So, Daily Fail clickbait.


22 posted on 09/09/2025 11:41:33 AM PDT by kiryandil (No one in AZ that voted for Trump voted for Gallego )
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To: Morgana

Someone should have started a GFM using the judges name,


23 posted on 09/09/2025 11:44:56 AM PDT by Mean Daddy (A well armed society is a polite society.)
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To: Morgana

Ah yes… is this the same gofundme that blocked fundraisers for conservatives and white men accused of crimes even when their fundraisers were to support their legal fees?

Of course it’s (D)ifferent.


24 posted on 09/09/2025 11:45:06 AM PDT by Skywise
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To: God luvs America; Sowellspeaks; daku; BHI2025

watch this video. In fact it’s part of a whole playlist but this one will insight you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txxqaPHnkRs&list=PLEi5zmcuFg0GkLEoPYDGaTnhYDbTjVaDQ&index=9


25 posted on 09/09/2025 11:52:04 AM PDT by Morgana ( “Abortion is the ultimate exploitation of women.” — Alice Paul 🇺🇸 )
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To: kiryandil

Well this article is a few days old so more that likely news got out and Gofundme removed it after complaints came in


26 posted on 09/09/2025 11:53:28 AM PDT by Morgana ( “Abortion is the ultimate exploitation of women.” — Alice Paul 🇺🇸 )
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To: Morgana

CHARGE GO FUND ME WITH BEING ACCESSORY TO MURDER


27 posted on 09/09/2025 11:59:53 AM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: MtnClimber

It has really annoyed me that people here have been chattering about why she did not carry a weapon.

Colonel Jeff Cooper his own self, if his carotid artery was severed from behind at a distance of less than two feet in a savage sneak attack, would have become unconscious before he could draw and kill the assailant.

The nonjudicial solution to crimes like this is more in the realm of prevention than impossible feats of marksmanship. Since nonjudicial solutions are not acceptable, the freedom of movement of innocent civilians will become increasingly inhibited.

Daniel Perry can’t be everywhere at once.


28 posted on 09/09/2025 12:04:32 PM PDT by Jim Noble (Assez de mensonges et de phrases)
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To: BHI2025

Yesterday I heard that GFM took down that site, but IDK if that’s true.


29 posted on 09/09/2025 12:09:33 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam (It's hard not to celebrate the fall of bad people. - Bongino)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Spot on


30 posted on 09/09/2025 12:10:18 PM PDT by Vaduz
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To: Jim Noble

It seems everyone else on the train was black. There was nothing she could have done in this “Situation”. No one else did anything to help her. If I were on the train I would have done a mag dump on the perp. I am always armed everywhere I go, except voting and jury duty.

It would not have saved her. It would have prevented the perp from ever doing this again. And I would have slipped out to avoid the Daniel Penny treatment.


31 posted on 09/09/2025 12:19:29 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: Morgana; All

This is insanity on stilts..with knobs on


32 posted on 09/09/2025 1:37:02 PM PDT by SMARTY (In politics, stupidity is not a handicap. Napoleon Bonaparte I)
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To: MtnClimber
If a Good Samaritan had came to her aid. They would have been prosecuted to the full extent of the Law. You can believe that or not. Or like it or not. But that is the way the mop flops in 2025. One does not muss a hair on the head of a Black Criminal without the Law clouding up and raining pee and destruction down on you.
33 posted on 09/09/2025 1:46:59 PM PDT by sport
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To: Morgana

Grok:

Yes, GoFundMe removed multiple fundraising campaigns created for DeCarlo Brown Jr. (also spelled Decarlos Brown Jr. or Decarlos Dejuan Brown Jr.), who was charged with first-degree murder in the stabbing death of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska on August 22, 2025, aboard a light-rail train in Charlotte, North Carolina.


34 posted on 09/09/2025 2:34:34 PM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: Morgana

What soulless POS starts these fundraisers?


35 posted on 09/09/2025 3:02:14 PM PDT by Dave911
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To: sport
The "law" will persecute you.

Yes. That is why you have to Shoot, Scoot, Shut up.

36 posted on 09/09/2025 3:03:15 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...

37 posted on 09/09/2025 8:58:34 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (NeverTrumpin' -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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To: healy61

You start to understand how a Tulsa might have come to pass.


38 posted on 09/10/2025 12:20:45 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Reynoldo; BHI2025

GoFundMe pulled the fundraiser because of the outcry.


39 posted on 09/10/2025 12:21:43 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: daku

No freeper should ever use gofundme...starve tem out!...they are evil.


40 posted on 09/10/2025 1:10:47 AM PDT by cherry
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