{"id":2483849,"date":"2025-09-08T19:37:02","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T23:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-blames-murder-of-iryna-zaruska-on-coopers-crime-policies\/"},"modified":"2025-09-08T19:37:38","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T23:37:38","slug":"trump-blames-murder-of-iryna-zaruska-on-coopers-crime-policies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-blames-murder-of-iryna-zaruska-on-coopers-crime-policies\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump blames murder of Iryna Zaruska on Cooper&#8217;s crime policies"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-blames-murder-of-iryna-zaruska-on-coopers-crime-policies%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2483849&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>the article reports that former President Donald Trump blamed the murder of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zaruska in Charlotte, north Carolina, on the state&#8217;s &#8220;soft on crime&#8221; policies under former governor Roy Cooper, a Democrat. Zaruska was fatally stabbed last month by Decarlos Brown Jr., a man with an extensive criminal record and diagnosed schizophrenia. Brown had been arrested and released multiple times, including on cashless bail, before the attack. Trump criticized Cooper&#8217;s criminal justice reforms, which he says allowed dangerous individuals like Brown to remain free, and urged north Carolinians to support Republican Senate candidate Michael Whatley, who echoed Trump&#8217;s condemnation of Cooper&#8217;s approach to crime. The article notes that the murder gained attention after <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >transit authorities released surveillance footage<\/a> of the attack. Trump and his allies use the incident to criticize Democrat-led crime policies, framing them as enabling violent criminals and endangering public safety. <br \/> <!DOCTYPE html><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump pins blame for murder of Iryna Zaruska on soft crime policies<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2224421\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> blamed the public murder of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ukrainian<\/a> refugee Iryna Zaruska on former Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3797692\/roy-cooper-crime-policies-charlotte-light-rail-stabbing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Roy Cooper&rsquo;s (D-NC) crime policies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Zaruska was murdered last month, but her fatal stabbing came to widespread attention on Friday after the Charlotte Area Transit System released footage of the attack. Trump was made aware of the incident on Sunday and expressed outrage in a speech on Monday. He took to Truth Social later in the day to connect the crime to Cooper.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3797624\/randy-fine-legislation-hold-judges-accountable-murder-iryna-zarutska\/\">Randy Fine pushes legislation to hold judges accountable after murder of Iryna Zarutska<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3797271\/trump-federal-takeover-chicago-national-guard\/\">Trump intensifies war with Pritzker as Chicago awaits imminent decision on federal takeover<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3797135\/trump-sends-love-hope-charlotte-stabbing-victim\/\">Trump sends &#8216;love and hope&#8217; to family of Charlotte <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/play-by-play-video-leads-up-to-murder-of-iryna-zarutska-and-reporters-last-sentence-is-jaw-dropping\/\" title=\"Play by Play Video Leads Up to ... of ..., And Reporter&#039;s Last Sentence Is Jaw-Dropping\">light rail stabbing<\/a> victim<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;I have seen the horrific video of a beautiful, young Ukrainian refugee, who came to America to escape the vicious War in Ukraine, and was innocently riding the Metro in Charlotte, North Carolina, where she was brutally ambushed by a mentally deranged lunatic. The perpetrator was a well known career criminal, who had been previously arrested and released on CASHLESS BAIL in January, a total of 14 TIMES,&rdquo; Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/115170494005487289\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What the hell was he doing riding the train, and walking the streets? Criminals like this need to be LOCKED UP. The blood of this innocent woman can literally be seen dripping from the killer&rsquo;s knife, and now her blood is on the hands of the Democrats who refuse to put bad people in jail, including Former Disgraced Governor and &lsquo;Wannabe Senator&rsquo; Roy Cooper,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Trump then decried the media&rsquo;s perceived hypocrisy regarding the lack of coverage and urged North Carolinians to vote for Republican Senate candidate Michael Whatley.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;HE WON&rsquo;T LET THIS HAPPEN AGAIN!&rdquo; Trump said of Whatley.<\/p>\n<p>Whatley delivered a similar message on Monday in response to Zarutska&rsquo;s murder.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s pretty simple. A vote for Roy Cooper is a vote for more crime, more violence, more criminals. Cooper and his cohorts in the radical left simply value criminals more than victims, full stop,&rdquo; Whatley&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ChairmanWhatley\/status\/1965041128639762724\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The surveillance footage showed Zarutska, who fled Ukraine in 2022, sitting on the metro in front of Decarlos Brown Jr., a homeless man. Brown suddenly took out a pocket knife and stabbed Zarutska multiple times, killing her. He then paced around the metro car with her blood dripping off his knife.<\/p>\n<p>Brown had an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nyc-judge-frees-career-criminal-indicted-on-murder-charge-without-bail\/\" title=\"NYC Judge Frees ... Indicted on ... Charge Without Bail\">extensive criminal history dating back<\/a> to 2014, including an armed robbery with a dangerous weapon, for which he spent eight years in jail. Before he murdered Zarutska, he had been arrested and released at least 14 times and was also diagnosed with schizophrenia.<\/p>\n<p>He was released last time, in January, after giving a &ldquo;written promise&rdquo; that he would return for his court date, according to court documents reviewed by the National News Desk.<\/p>\n<p>Whatley said that Cooper bears &ldquo;direct responsibility&rdquo; for Zarutska&rsquo;s murder due to a host of criminal justice reform bills he signed into law during his tenure as governor from 2017 to 2025, mostly after the death of George Floyd in 2020. In 2021, he signed off on several bills, including one that implemented recommendations made by the Cooper-created task force on racial equity in criminal justice.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Roy Cooper speaks during a press conference for Concert for Carolina on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024, in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Amy Harris\/Invision\/AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;In 2020, my Democrat opponent, Roy Cooper, tasked a group of extreme leftists with advising him on implementing his executive order, which introduced weak-on-crime policies to North Carolina&rsquo;s justice system regarding &lsquo;pretrial release, fees, and fines,&rsquo;&rdquo; Whatley&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ChairmanWhatley\/status\/1965077362996892031\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a>. &ldquo;He told the task force, &lsquo;I look forward to implementing your strong recommendations.&rsquo; These policy changes empowered dangerous criminals, such as Decarlos Brown Jr., the murderer of Iryna Zarutska.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Speaking earlier on Monday, Trump sent his &ldquo;love and hope&rdquo; to Zarutska&rsquo;s family.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;A lunatic just got up and started, it&rsquo;s right on the tape, not really watchable, because it&rsquo;s so horrible, but just viciously stabs her. She&rsquo;s just sitting there. So they&rsquo;re evil people. We have to be able to handle that. If we don&rsquo;t handle that, we don&rsquo;t have a country,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3797692\/roy-cooper-crime-policies-charlotte-light-rail-stabbing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">REPUBLICANS TARGET ROY COOPER OVER &lsquo;WEAK&rsquo; CRIME POLICIES DURING GOVERNORSHIP AFTER LIGHT RAIL STABBING<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Other figures and accounts linked to Trump echoed the sentiment. The Rapid Response 47 X account harshly condemned Democrat-run cities, holding up Brown as an example.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Career criminals &mdash; like this animal who slaughtered the woman on the train in Charlotte &mdash; thrive in Democrat-run cities,&rdquo; the account said. &ldquo;The Radical Left has made it impossible for them to be held accountable, so they&rsquo;re back on the street again and again, free to rape, pillage, and kill.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Career criminals &mdash; like this animal who slaughtered the woman on the train in Charlotte &mdash; thrive in Democrat-run cities.<\/p>\n<p>The Radical Left has made it impossible for them to be held accountable, so they&#8217;re back on the street again and again, free to rape, pillage, and kill. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iyAvVrUM5b\">pic.twitter.com\/iyAvVrUM5b<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>&mdash; Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RapidResponse47\/status\/1965150554180801003?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 8, 2025<\/a><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump blames soft crime laws for Iryna Zaruska&#8217;s murder<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2483850,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-collage-qzkeeidrn-1757372203173.jpg?1757358208&amp;w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[6118,49689,62882,62883,3634],"class_list":["post-2483849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-cooper","tag-crime-policies","tag-iryna-zaruska","tag-murder-blame","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-collage-qzkeeidrn-1757372203173.jpg?1757358208&amp;w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2483849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2483849"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2483849\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2483853,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2483849\/revisions\/2483853"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2483850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2483849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2483849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2483849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}