Posted on 03/31/2026 7:49:23 AM PDT by Twotone
The mayor of Rhode Island’s capital city is calling for a mural reportedly backed by Elon Musk to honor Iryna Zarutska —the Ukrainian woman whose brutal murder while riding a North Carolina train prompted calls for harsher punishment for career criminals — to be taken down.
The mural, located on the exterior of The Dark Lady, an LGBTQ+ club in downtown Providence, remains incomplete, WJAR-TV reported.
The office of Mayor Brett Smiley told the news outlet that he wants the artwork taken down.
“The murder of the individual depicted in this mural was a devastating tragedy, but the misguided, isolating intent of those funding murals like the one across the county is divisive and does not represent Providence,” Smiley said in a statement.
He said he continues to “encourage our community to support local artists whose work brings us closer together rather than divide us.”
Artist Ian Gaudreau, who began the work last week, told the news outlet that he never intended for the tribute to be political.
Upon learning of a project to memorialize Zarutska, Musk said he would donate $1 million in a September 2025 post on X.
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He wants the community to unite over its support for psych-killers.
The mayor would probably rather put up a mural of the murderer if he could.
Exactly. These people need to be hung by their heels.
Hope someone re-commissions the Iryna Zarutska mural on private property.
Yeah, put up a Geoge Floyd mural, because that will unite us....
Beat me to it....
Iryna’s image would be a constant reminder of Democrats soft on crime, BLM disincarceration policies. Democrats will not imprison repeat black felons. Public safety be damned.
It’s certainly a reminder to check who’s sitting behind you on public transport!
GMTA.
Gorilla glue Smiley’s boy, Decarlos to the wall in his office. Damn political left pig.
Charge the asshole with hate speech for endorsing racial murder. After a million bucks in legal fees he’ll STFU.
I would expect this from a liberal goo gobbler like him.
But actually stabbing her wasn’t?
What he is really saying is that she deserved to die because she was White and beautiful, and that the murderer deserves to go free because he’s black.
There will be a trial when everybody has forgotten the facts about the cruel murder, and then the piece of $shit will be given a light sentence and soon be free.
But a mural of a drug-addicted career criminal …. That’s not divisive.
I guess the George Floyd murals are not divisive
Being the “mayor” of Providence R.I. is on the same level as being a dog catcher in San Antonio.
“Goo Gobler...”
I’m still LMAO at this term.
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