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A Charlotte, North Carolina, city councilman said Tuesday that he doesn't believe that the Trump administration should send in National Guard troops in the aftermath of the fatal stabbing of 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska.

Decarlos Brown Jr. had 14 arrests before allegedly stabbing Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska to death. The FBI announced Tuesday that Decarlos Dejuan Brown Jr., the suspect in the stabbing death of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska on a North Carolina train, has been federally charged with one count of committing an act causing death on a mass transportation system. "The brutal attack on Iryna Zarutska on the Charlotte Light Rail was a disgraceful act that should never happen in America," FBI Director Kash Patel said. "The FBI jumped to assist in this investigation immediately to ensure justice is served, and the...

Carrying a firearm on Charlotte's public transit system, operated by the Charlotte Area Transit System, is prohibited by a local no-carry law, even if you have a concealed carry permit. While North Carolina generally permits open carry and concealed carry with a permit, CATS has its own local restriction prohibiting firearms.

The man who allegedly fatally stabbed a Ukrainian refugee on a Charlotte, North Carolina, train can be heard saying "I got that white girl" while other passengers sat and stood by. It has been reported that Iryna Zarutska, a 23-year-old who fled Ukraine in 2022, was fatally stabbed on Aug. 22. Authorities have charged career criminal Decarlos Brown Jr. in connection with her death. The killing gained national attention during the weekend after authorities released surveillance video of the incident. "I didn't notice until now that the man accused of stabbing and killing the Ukrainian young woman in Charlotte, N.C....

Two North Carolina constitutional amendments approved by voters — including a photo voter identification mandate — are enforceable, a trial court panel ruled three years after appeals judges declared they could be nullified because state lawmakers who helped put them on 2018 ballots came from districts tainted by illegal racial bias. A panel of three Superior Court judges agreed late last week with GOP legislative leaders who wanted dismissed a lawsuit that focused on whether certain legislative actions could be voided if enough General Assembly members elected from racially gerrymandered districts swayed the outcome. The amendment referendums were put on...

Teresa Stokes, the last judge to release Decarlos Brown Jr. (a homeless, violent schizophrenic with a lengthy criminal rap sheet) earlier this year, is a woman of many hats. Not only is she an activist judge who makes decisions based on a progressive perspective of criminality, uses her gavel to mete out “reparative” and “equitable” justice—as evidenced by the no-cash bail release for a perp like Decarlos in January—but she’s also apparently the Director of Operations for a mental health and addiction clinic in her very own community. 🚨 NEW: Magistrate Judge Teresa Stokes, who RELEASED 14-time criminal DeCarlos Brown...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - Video footage released Friday shows the moments leading up to and following the deadly August stabbing of a woman on the Charlotte light rail. WBTV on Friday, Sept. 5 obtained surveillance video of a deadly stabbing that happened two weeks earlier on the Lynx Blue Line light rail system in Charlotte, North Carolina. You can watch our edit of that video below. At around 9:50 p.m. on Aug. 22, a light rail passenger stabbed Iryna Zarutska, 23, several times. Officials said she was stabbed in the throat at least one time. Zarutska was pronounced dead on...

Those who get their news primarily from the social media platform X were flooded over the weekend with posts about the killing of 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska, a Ukrainian refugee stabbed to death on a Charlotte, N.C., light rail train........ Musk also said stories like Zarutska's are "sorely needed" to expose failures in the justice system, and warned his followers about "the magnitude of legacy media lies." Other conservative figures amplified the story as well. British journalist Piers Morgan asked his 8.5 million followers: "Why is the disgusting, senseless, unprovoked murder of 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska by a man named...

Horrific footage of a career criminal stabbing a Ukrainian refugee from behind on a North Carolina train has prompted a national uproar - but you won't find it on any liberal media websites. The crazed attacker can be seen lunging at Zarutska from behind, before the footage skips the graphic slaughter to show him carrying a knife dripping with blood as he walked through the train carriage and another passenger sprinted away.

Democrat North Carolina Governor Josh Stein broke his deafening silence on the senseless and unprovoked murder of 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska by 34-year-old Decarlos Brown Jr. on the Charlotte light rail. After posting his statement on X and using the moment to push his political agenda, suggesting that his budget proposal will fix the issue and calling on the legislature to pass it, Stein got hit with a brutal Community Note on X, calling him out for avoiding the real issue. He attempted to claim that incidents like this are “why my budget calls for more funding to hire...

Mayor Vi Lyles of Charlotte, North Carolina just issued the most vile, pathetic statement I’ve ever read in response to the gruesome murder of a young woman on a train in the city. For some background, we reported on the full story of the demonic attack right here: -snip The murder was committed by a 34-year-old black, homeless ex-con named Decarlos Brown Jr. In Mayor Lyles' statement, she all but took his side. Not once did she mention the victim, a Ukrainian refugee who had fled the war, Iryna Zarutska, by name. Instead, she focused on the poor murderer's mental...

[VIDEO AT LINK.............] Trump is taking more interest in a story about the savage slaughter of a young woman than the entire media class was, which is odd, seeing how VERY interested they were in covering the Penny self-defense case. While obviously, any murder is a horrific injustice, we have different categories in our minds for an emotional outburst that flares up into irreversible acts of violence, as opposed to the random selecting of an unsuspecting stranger for the purpose of unprovoked violence. Here is Trump being asked about a violent attack in August that the news has said little...

A woman fled war-torn Ukraine to Charlotte, North Carolina before she was fatally stabbed in the throat on public transportation on Aug. 22. Video released by the Charlotte Area Transit System shows 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska enter a train car wearing a black Zepeddie's Pizzeria shirt and hat. She had earphones in while she sat in front of Decarlos Brown Jr., 34 on the Blue Line, using her phone. Minutes later around 9:50 p.m., Brown allegedly stabbed Zarutska three times with a pocket knife, at least once in the throat before walking away. He was later arrested and charged with first-degree...

Horrific footage captured the moment a madman fatally stabbed a Ukrainian refugee from behind as she sat on a train in North Carolina. The sickening attack unfolded on August 22, soon after Iryna Zarutska, 23, boarded a South End light rail train in Charlotte. Cops identified the stabber as homeless man Decarlos Brown Jr., 35, who has a lengthy rap sheet, including an arrest for assaulting his sister. He was seen in the footage 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...

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Kash Patel announced the arrest of two alleged leaders of a violent child exploitation network connected to a Satanic, neo-Nazi group. Authorities arrested Leanoidis Varagiannis, or War, 21, and Prasan Nepal, or Trippy, 20, in April, according to a Department of Justice (DOJ) press release. Varagiannis, a U.S. citizen, was arrested in Greece on Monday. Nepal was arrested in North Carolina on April 22. Patel announced the arrest of Varagiannis and Nepal online on Wednesday. “Working with [the DOJ] and [Attorney General Pam Bondi], I can now report the FBI and our partners have...

The Libertarian Party of North Carolina has denounced what it calls a dangerous expansion of federal power under the Trump administration, warning that recent policing actions by the government undermine constitutional rights and “erode the foundations” of a free society. In a statement published August 19, LPNC Chair Ryan Brown said that recent domestic-policing measures by the administration reflect a “blatant disregard for the rights of American citizens.” He pointed specifically to the deployment of military personnel in California and Washington, D.C., calling them violations of the Posse Comitatus Act, a federal law limiting the use of armed forces in...

A North Carolina woman is being celebrated after a video clip of her physically detaining a suspected pickpocket in Venice went viral on social media. In the video, Christina Cadieu Greene can be seen holding onto a teenager’s ponytail and refusing to let go for just under an hour until law enforcement arrived. Greene’s daughter Karis McElroy shared the video and later posted a longer explanation on TikTok. She said that Greene and her husband were walking in a crowded area when they noticed three girls getting close to them. When the couple arrived at their Airbnb, they realized Greene’s...

A 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee who recently fled her war-torn home for a safer life in the US was knifed to death by a homeless career criminal at a North Carolina train station last week, according to family members and authorities.

A young Ukrainian woman who fled to the United States seeking a better life has been identified as the victim of a merciless stabbing on Friday night. Iryna Zarutska, 23, was found dead at 9.55pm on Friday at South End light rail station in Charlotte, North Carolina. The woman had only recently moved to the US from Ukraine in an effort to escape the ongoing war with Russia. PICTURED: Career criminal arrested for brutal murder of Ukrainian woman, 23, who fled war for new life in America By BRITTANY CHAIN, US SENIOR REPORTER Published: 21:38 EDT, 25 August 2025 |...

FAIRVIEW, N.C. — Jamie Ager has spent much of the past year rebuilding his farm in the foothills of western North Carolina after Hurricane Helene tore through the region, cutting power, destroying fences and scattering livestock. Then, earlier this year, Ager lost his beef contract with local schools, a casualty of billions of dollars in cuts to the U.S. Department of Agriculture under the Trump administration. Now, the fifth-generation farmer is running for Congress — part of a new crop of Democratic candidates the party is turning to as it tries to compete in the tough, often rural districts it...