{"id":2484069,"date":"2025-09-09T10:42:02","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T14:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/charlotte-stabbing-didnt-fit-the-press-narrative-so-it-was-buried\/"},"modified":"2025-09-09T10:45:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T14:45:13","slug":"charlotte-stabbing-didnt-fit-the-press-narrative-so-it-was-buried","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/charlotte-stabbing-didnt-fit-the-press-narrative-so-it-was-buried\/","title":{"rendered":"Charlotte Stabbing Didn&#8217;t Fit The Press&#8217; Narrative, So It Was Buried"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fcharlotte-stabbing-didnt-fit-the-press-narrative-so-it-was-buried%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=2484069&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 discusses the brutal stabbing murder of Iryna Zarutska, a 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee, on a Charlotte, North Carolina light rail train by Decarlos Brown Jr., a repeat offender with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/suspect-in-fatal-shooting-of-iowa-officer-has-long-criminal-history\/\" title=\"... in fatal shooting of Iowa officer has long criminal hi...\">long criminal history<\/a> and diagnosed mental illness. Despite widespread video evidence and public attention, major left-leaning media outlets like The Washington Post and Politico initially ignored or downplayed the story, sparking accusations of a biased media &#8220;blackout&#8221; or &#8220;bias of omission.&#8221; Coverage eventually appeared but often framed the incident through a political lens, focusing on the reactions rather than the crime itself. The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >article criticizes progressive criminal justice policies<\/a>, such as cashless bail, that allowed Brown to be free despite numerous arrests. It highlights calls for judicial accountability and stronger measures to prevent violent repeat offenders from harming the public. President Trump personally condemned the incident and called for ending cashless bail to better protect communities. The story is also noted for its racial dynamics, contrasting the muted media response to this case with the extensive coverage of other high-profile incidents involving race and crime.  <\/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<div>\n<p>As President Donald Trump on Monday called greater attention to the brutal fatal stabbing of a Ukrainian refugee at the hands of a &ldquo;mentally deranged lunatic,&rdquo; The Washington Post was pretending it never happened.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Surely editors of the D.C. bubble publication that considers itself the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mprnews.org\/story\/2017\/05\/19\/two-newspapers-that-hate-each-other-share-some-love\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">nation&rsquo;s newspaper<\/a> have seen the horrifying <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=d_XZJsGbWkI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">video<\/a> of 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska being attacked on a Charlotte, North Carolina light rail train. The shocking video footage was released on Friday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;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&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4yUn0rw62k\">pic.twitter.com\/4yUn0rw62k<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The White House (@WhiteHouse) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhiteHouse\/status\/1965149622944366897?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 8, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<h2>&lsquo;There is No Information Available&rsquo;<\/h2>\n<p>The suspect, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/09\/08\/us-news\/gofundme-pulls-horrific-fundraiser-for-ex-con-accused-of-murdering-ukrainian-refugee-on-train\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Decarlos Brown Jr<\/a>., a career criminal with more than a dozen arrests, faces <a href=\"https:\/\/spectrumlocalnews.com\/content\/dam\/News\/static\/pdfs\/nc\/affidavit_August_22_deadly_light_rail_stabbing_Charlotte_NC.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">homicide charges<\/a> in the Aug. 22 murder. Commuter train video surveillance shows a man in an orange hoodie sitting directly behind Zarutska on a Charlotte Area Transit System train, standing up and violently attacking the unsuspecting young woman.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Zarutska escaped her war-torn native land only to be murdered by a violently mentally ill man whose <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/judges-scrutiny-decarlos-brown-2126259\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">own mother said<\/a> should not have been free to roam the streets.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But WaPo &mdash; and other leftist corporate &ldquo;news&rdquo; outlets &mdash; has been missing in action. As of mid-Monday evening, the Post had made no mention at all of the murder, according to a review of its archives. Nothing. The Post&rsquo;s public-relations flack didn&rsquo;t respond to The Federalist&rsquo;s email seeking comment.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump-hating WaPo&rsquo;s online front page on Monday showcased another run at the suspect naughty birthday card Democrats have accused citizen Donald Trump of sending to dead pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. Trump has vehemently denied any connection to the card, but congressional Democrats brought back up the shady allegation on Monday, so the Post dutifully reported it. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So much for the news outlet that self-righteously likes to declare <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/lifestyle\/style\/the-washington-posts-new-slogan-turns-out-to-be-an-old-saying\/2017\/02\/23\/cb199cda-fa02-11e6-be05-1a3817ac21a5_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&ldquo;Democracy Dies in Darkness.&rdquo;<\/a> Iryna Zarutska&rsquo;s violent death was captured on widely distributed commuter train video, but WaPo couldn&rsquo;t bring itself to note the incident.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>That is until just before midnight on Tuesday, when the corporate media outlet finally published a story headlined, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national\/2025\/09\/08\/charlotte-stabbing-ukrainian-refugee-video-iryna-zarutska\/db7add86-8cee-11f0-8260-0712daa5c125_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&ldquo;Charlotte leaders criticized over killing of Ukrainian woman as Trump, MAGA target another Dem city.&rdquo;<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>&lsquo;Bias of Omission&rsquo;&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<p>Iryna Zarutska brutal&rsquo;s murder has gotten <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/search?s=&amp;userInitiated=true&amp;q=Zarutska\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">short shrift<\/a> in Politico, a leftist publication that, like the Post, has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/donald-trump-eu-ursula-von-der-leyen-vladimir-putin-ukraine-russia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">rallied around<\/a> the blue and yellow flag of Ukraine in its long war with Russia. Neither Zarutska nor Brown showed up in a search of Politico&rsquo;s website Monday evening. The outlet did eventually chime in with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/09\/08\/trump-blames-democrats-murder-ukrainian-refugee-00551419\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">contorted piece<\/a> blaming conservatives for suggesting that the Democrats who have run America&rsquo;s most violent crime-ridden cities for decades should be called out after another horrendous crime.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The New York Times, too, didn&rsquo;t get around to reporting on the story until Monday evening, according to a search of the Times&rsquo; archives. Even then the piece from the left&rsquo;s paper of record predictably <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/09\/08\/us\/charlotte-murder-conservatives-crime.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">opined<\/a> that the unprovoked stabbing &ldquo;became an accelerant for conservative arguments about the perceived failings of the Democratic policies.&rdquo; &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/border-patrol-arrests-two-illegal-immigrants-from-yemen-on-fbi-terror-watch-list\/\" title=\"Border Patrol Arrests Two Illegal Immigrants From Yemen On FBI Terror Watch List\">corporate media outlets<\/a>, such as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-15074381\/ukrainian-iryna-zarutska-killed-north-carolina-train-liberal-media.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Associated Press, the Wall Street Journal and CNN<\/a>, were playing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/search?query=Zarutska&amp;mod=searchresults_viewallresults\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">catch-up <\/a>Monday, too, after giving the silent treatment to the story, according to media reports.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Steve Krakauer, NewsNation media contributor, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kGsMnBPAxbE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> the news blackout was part of a &ldquo;bias of omission&rdquo; &mdash; stories that don&rsquo;t get covered by &ldquo;certain media outlets.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What we&rsquo;re starting to see is the kind of coverage like Axios put out today,&rdquo; he said, referring to the narrative-twisting piece by Marc Caputo headlined, <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/09\/08\/axios-worst-part-about-gruesome-n-c-train-stabbing-is-people-noticing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&ldquo;Stabbing video fuels MAGA&rsquo;s crime message.&rdquo;<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It is now being framed as a MAGA story. This is all part of the narrative that they are going to be pushing now, which is not covering the story itself but covering the reaction to the story. And I think that&rsquo;s telling,&rdquo; Krakauer, executive producer of <em>The Megyn Kelly Show<\/em>, told NewsNation&rsquo;s <em>Morning in America.<\/em> &nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>&lsquo;The Racial Aspect&rsquo;<\/h2>\n<p>As noted on NewsNation, the coverage &mdash; or lack thereof &mdash; of the white woman&rsquo;s murder on the Charlotte commuter train at the hands of a black man is vastly different than corporate media&rsquo;s wall-to-wall coverage of the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/12\/09\/prosecuting-daniel-penny-was-an-irreparable-miscarriage-of-justice-new-york-owes-him-a-massive-payout\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Daniel Penny case<\/a>. Penny, a white Marine veteran was acquitted in a politically-driven prosecution in which he was charged with criminally negligent homicide in the death of Jordan Neely, a black homeless man, on a New York subway. Witnesses said Neely was being aggressive and threatening when Penny restrained him in a chokehold.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think we obviously would be remiss to not discuss the racial aspect of this, which is clear no matter what. But the fact that this [Brown] is a repeat offender, and I mean not &hellip; one thing in his past but numerous chances where this person could not be continually out on the street. And yet he was,&rdquo; Krakauer said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The story didn&rsquo;t fit the narrative, the &ldquo;framing,&rdquo; preferred by the &ldquo;oppression&rdquo;-preaching accomplice media.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Brown had been arrested at least <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/09\/08\/us-news\/trump-rages-over-murder-of-ukrainian-refugee-iryna-zarutska-horrific-killings-require-horrible-actions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">14 times in North Carolina<\/a>, for crimes including everything from larceny and felony robbery to assault and firearms possession as a felon, the New York Post reported. He stepped on the train a free man, out on cashless bail thanks to social justice <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nccourts.gov\/judicial-directory\/teresa-stokes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Magistrate Teresa Stokes<\/a>, who let Brown go on a <a href=\"https:\/\/kiosk-nc.tylertech.cloud\/Kiosk\/DocumentViewer\/Embedded\/585D7BDC6D0F3702DBD65EC9E4BB2D7A2D020839CEE3105C2D40F9BB85598C1699085F74FE68D4D41C96956BE24F505C6A70A792D569B9032B2FFC52E1E87911?caseNum=25CR214223-590\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">written promise<\/a> he&rsquo;d show up for court. Brown, who reportedly was a diagnosed schizophrenic, previously had been awaiting trial on charges of &ldquo;misuse of the 911 system&rdquo; after police said he called officers while they were conducting a welfare check on Brown, according to an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/affidavit-says-victim-suspect-charlotte-200109971.html?guccounter=1&amp;guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&amp;guce_referrer_sig=AQAAACPBkzz7u6VAbY4yziI3FOLdxoCe3cqeXN1W6mS7906VQQ2HZvAzB-f743xCOBXXxljoL9JCsvF48Es046vrP9KrtMLZwLFE5pUfAIMyI82CZzZIRhWDtHxeiPKQChzM550u_9nfJmqvUFPVxjBsgQ_5G7HtIFtynBm_QTtuqVDI\">affidavit<\/a> obtained by the Charlotte Observer. Brown wanted police &ldquo;to investigate this &lsquo;man-made&rsquo; material that was inside of his body,&rdquo; according to the police report.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>&#128680; NEW: Magistrate Judge Teresa Stokes, who RELEASED 14-time criminal DeCarlos Brown Jr., is also the &#8220;Director of Operations&#8221; at Second Chance Services, a mental health and addiction clinic in Charlotte, NC.<\/p>\n<p>DOES THIS JUDGE RELEASE VIOLENT CRIMINALS INTO HER TREATMENT CENTER TO&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mxeVuKLQA3\">pic.twitter.com\/mxeVuKLQA3<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&mdash; Publius (@OcrazioCornPop) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OcrazioCornPop\/status\/1964862582168174740?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 8, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<h2>&lsquo;What the Hell Was He Doing Riding the Train?&rsquo;<\/h2>\n<p>The disturbing incident marked the latest example of a failed criminal justice system led by progressive prosecutors more interested in their version of &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-the-recent-remarks-from-kamala-harris-new-vp-pick-tim-walz-that-could-cost-her-the-election\/\" title=\"Watch: The Recent Remarks from Kamala Harris&#039; New VP Pick Tim Walz That Could Cost Her the Election\">social justice&#038;rdquo<\/a>; for criminals than keeping the public safe. The breakdown in Brown&rsquo;s case involved multiple players in North Carolina&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northcarolina-demographics.com\/counties_by_population\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">second-most populous county<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In the wake of the high-profile Charlotte murder, Rep. Randy Fine, a Florida Republican, pledged to introduce legislation to hold judges accountable when violent repeat offenders they release commit new crimes.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>I&rsquo;m going to introduce legislation to hold judges accountable when violent repeat offenders they release commit new crimes.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s easy to release criminals when you&rsquo;re protected by an armed bailiff at all times. The rest of us aren&rsquo;t so lucky. <\/p>\n<p>Those 12+ judges that released&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&mdash; Congressman Randy Fine (@RepFine) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepFine\/status\/1964790291426340938?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 7, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>President Trump has moved to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/08\/taking-steps-to-end-cashless-bail-to-protect-americans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> end cashless bail<\/a> by choking off resources to jurisdictions that employ the get-out-of-jail free cards. On Monday, he said he had seen the video of &ldquo;the 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.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;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. What the hell was he doing riding the train, and walking the streets? Criminals like this need to be LOCKED UP,&rdquo; Trump wrote on the White House&rsquo;s X account.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Matt Kittle is a senior elections correspondent for The Federalist. An award-winning investigative reporter and 30-year veteran of print, broadcast, and online journalism, Kittle previously served as the executive director of Empower Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump highlights brutal stabbing of Ukrainian refugee; WaPo ignores<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":656,"featured_media":2484070,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-09-at-1.10.02-AM-e1757428176215-1024x505.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[20464,32490,57081,40070,13978],"class_list":["post-2484069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-charlotte","tag-media-bias","tag-narrative-control","tag-press-coverage","tag-stabbing"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-09-at-1.10.02-AM-e1757428176215-1024x505.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2484069","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\/656"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2484069"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2484069\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2484074,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2484069\/revisions\/2484074"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2484070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2484069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2484069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2484069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}