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.
Recently surfaced surveillance footage shows the suspect, whom police have named as Decarlos Brown Jr., 35, killing Iryna Zarutska, 23, on board a South End light rail train in Charlotte on August 22.
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.
Zarutska came to the US for safety after fleeing Russian President Vladimir Putin‘s ongoing invasion of her home country, and the shocking video of her final moments exploded online.
People took to social media to share their sadness that she was not protected by the state of North Carolina or the liberal city of Charlotte, where Brown had allegedly been arrested more than 14 times previously but remained on the streets.
However, the shocking story is notably absent from US liberal media sites, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, the Associated Press and CNN.
The Daily Mail has contacted the outlets for clarification on the reasoning behind their editorial judgment.
Democrat Mayor of Charlotte Vi Lyles suggested that some publishers chose not to share the footage ‘out of respect for Iryna’s family’ – but the police force she is in charge of made the video public first of all.
The Daily Mail has contacted Lyles’s office for more information.
In her statement, she said: ‘The video of the heartbreaking attack that took Iryna Zarutska’s life is now public.
‘I want to thank our media partners and community members who have chosen not to repost or share the footage out of respect for Iryna’s family.
‘This was a senseless and tragic loss. My prayers remain with her loved ones as they continue to grieve through an unimaginable time.
‘Like so many of you, I’m heartbroken — and I’ve been thinking hard about what safety really looks like in our city.
‘I remain committed to doing all we can to protect our residents and ensure Charlotte is a place where everyone feels safe.’
But people on social media lambasted the liberal media for the lack of coverage, with many speculating that the outlets did not want to write about the killing for racial reasons.
Elon Musk highlighted the lack of coverage by re-sharing one post counting how many articles each outlet had written about the stabbing, with the comment: ‘Zero’.
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