Charlotte’s mayor underplays murder of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zaruska – when city is to blame

NY Post ^ | 9 Sep 2025 | Rich Lowry

[Rummyfan]

In her response to the murder of Iryna Zarutska on a light-rail train in Charlotte, North Carolina, the city’s mayor demonstrated the mindset that allowed the heinous act to happen in the first place.

The mayor, Vi Lyles, called the murder of the young Ukraine refugee woman “a tragic situation that sheds light on problems with society safety nets related to mental health care.”

This is euphemistic prattle. What Lyles calls “a tragic situation” was a gruesome crime, and lack of “society safety nets” must be her way of admitting that Charlotte serially failed to confine a deranged repeat offender so he couldn’t continue to menace the public.

The alleged killer, Decarlos Brown Jr., was schizophrenic. His mother reports that, after he gained release in 2020 from a five-year sentence for robbery with a deadly weapon, he began to say strange things and behave aggressively (he assaulted his sister). She got him evaluated and then got an involuntary commitment order.

After two weeks of monitoring, he was diagnosed with schizophrenia and released. His mother couldn’t handle Brown and kicked him out of the house, rendering him homeless.

[Rummyfan]

The mayor...

One judge released him in exchange for a “written promise” that Brown would come back for a hearing, and then — after his attorney filed a motion questioning his “capacity to proceed” — another judge ordered a forensic evaluation that was never completed.

He's insane but he will certainly return for a hearing. Right?!

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MacArthur Foundation gave Mecklenburg county $3.3 million to empty out their prisons

This is why Charlotte is so dangerous now

Megan Basham
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Another factor in the death of Iryna Zarutska on Charlotte's light rail--the left-wing MacArthur Foundation giving Mecklenburg county a $3.3 million grant to reduce the jail population. Specifically as part of "racial equity aims.

[The Free Engineer]

I guess if she is so concerned about the lack of a mental health infrastructure she will be all on board with President Trump’s initiative to re-establish mental institutions and involuntary commitment of dangerous schizophrenics.

[Seruzawa]

Get this through your thick skull. Mental Health “care” creates violence. Every one of these freaks we see has had their already unstable minds effed up beyond belief with major tranquilizers, antidepressants and often electroshock “treatments.” They are made crazy with MKUKTRA developed interventions that f*** up their brains beyond belief. These same “experts” are now hard at work turning our youth into gender bent loonies.

[PGR88]

“mental health” is a fake, nebulous, post-modern state religion.

[Paladin2]

Arrest her.

Lock her up.

For total malfeasance regarding Citizen Safety and pursuit of Life, Liberty and Happiness.

[Mark]

Okay mayor, how many refugees have you taken into your own home?

[tballard56]

Charlotte had 14 chances to take this lunatic off the streets and failed to do so. The blame lies squarely with the City of Charlotte. Maybe the FBI should prosecute the City as an accomplice to murder.

[darth]

Many years ago I had a friend who was a psychiatrist. He testified often in criminal trials.

He told me that the majority of defendants claiming insanity were simply evil. He said that the truly insane were usually not capable of committing crimes. That a truly insane person would attack with a carrot instead a knife.

[ncalburt]

White hating mayor monster who needs to be charged along with the black judge who put that white hating monster on the street .
I am beyond fed up .
That girl died a lonely awful death and the blacks walked away and did nothing .
Just a white girl someone said . Rememberthat folks when in public places .

[Phoenix8]

Agree.

It has became almost a cloak , a force shield like protection for all sorts of evils. like in the old sci fi movies.

Mentally unwell? Then you can’t get full punishment for murder-rape-assault-theft-vagrancy..even public urination. Often NO punishment.

In fact I feel it should be a punishment MULTIPLIER. Rape someone? Get 20 years, crazy and rape someone? Get 40 years.

Get them off the dam streets.

[aquila48]

Birds of a feather...

[waterhill]

There are a few huge defunct sanitariums and prisons still standing. You can tour them in person or on YouTube.

We need to bring them back if we no longer have the stomach for executions. Fast-tracked executions that is.

[DownInFlames]

Who’s more insane, the killer or politician/judge who allows repeat offenders to walk free.

[Dr. Sivana]

problems with society safety nets related to mental health care.

If a man is a risk of violence to the general public, you must lock him up.

You can lock him in a jail.

You can lock him in a hospital.

But you must lock him up.

[vivenne]

Likely but schizophrenic hallucinate and attack, so do people on mind altering drugs.

[AZJeep]

Exactly. Dangerous Schizophrenics and other dangerous psychos should be locked up and treated in Mental asylums.
Schizophrenia is often treatable, and controllable to a degree, but quite often patients refuse the treatment.
In mental hospitals, they can receive expert care and these are definitely better options for them then jails!

Now, they are on the streets, and then locked up in jails forever, after they kill somebody!

[AZJeep]

Yes and no. Most people in trials are indeed trying to claim insanity to get better judgment.
And lots of mentally ill patients are not able to function at all!
But true schizophrenics do exist and they do commit crimes.
Schizophrenia patients can often function to some degree and then commit and even plan their deviant actions.
They live in alternative universe and often feel under attack.
They basically act in self defense, in their faulty mind.

[Moleman]

This is in Charlotte, hoping Nature Boy Ric Flair isn’t involved LOL

[Uncle Miltie]

Q: What are the difference in the odds of back and white races murdering each other according to FBI statistics?

Grok:

The rate of black offenders murdering white victims was about 1.28 per 100,000 black population.

The rate of white offenders murdering black victims was about 0.098 per 100,000 white population.

This means black individuals were roughly 13 times more likely to murder a white individual than white individuals were to murder a black individual, on a per capita basis.

[5th MEB]

Then they wonder why so many of us are starting to hate NEEEEGROS!