{"id":2484577,"date":"2025-09-10T08:12:01","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T12:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/another-family-member-of-accused-charlotte-stabber-says-he-shouldnt-have-been-free-judge-should-have-locked-him-up\/"},"modified":"2025-09-10T08:13:52","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T12:13:52","slug":"another-family-member-of-accused-charlotte-stabber-says-he-shouldnt-have-been-free-judge-should-have-locked-him-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/another-family-member-of-accused-charlotte-stabber-says-he-shouldnt-have-been-free-judge-should-have-locked-him-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Another Family Member of Accused Charlotte Stabber Says He Shouldn&#8217;t Have Been Free &#8211; Judge Should Have Locked Him Up"},"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\">40<\/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%2Fanother-family-member-of-accused-charlotte-stabber-says-he-shouldnt-have-been-free-judge-should-have-locked-him-up%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=2484577&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 preventable killing of Iryna Zarutska, a 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee, who was stabbed to death on a Charlotte, North Carolina, light rail by Decarlos Brown Jr., a 34-year-old man with a long criminal record and a history of mental illness. Despite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/asian-woman-attacked-last-year-by-man-with-rock-in-new-york-city-has-died\/\" title=\"Asian Wo... Attacked Last Year By ... With Rock In New York City Has Died\">multiple prior arrests<\/a> and charges, Brown was released without bail by a Charlotte magistrate judge just before the fatal attack. Brown&#8217;s relatives believe he should have been incarcerated, highlighting systemic failures in handling individuals with violent backgrounds and mental health issues. Charlotte&#8217;s mayor emphasized that arresting people is not a solution to problems like homelessness and mental health, a stance contradicted by Brown&#8217;s family who insist he should have been detained. The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >article criticizes local authorities<\/a> for neglect and the media for downplaying the incident until a video of the attack surfaced, which afterward fueled political debates on crime and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/armed-man-seeks-governor-at-wisconsin-capitol-twice-in-same-day\/\" title=\"... with weapon attempts to meet governor at Wisconsin Capitol twice in one day.\">mental health policies<\/a>. the tragedy is portrayed as a failure of the justice and social systems, with calls for accountability and reconsideration of how such cases are managed.  <\/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\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?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<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Call the killing of Iryna Zarutska whatever you want. Just don&rsquo;t call it an unavoidable tragedy.<\/p>\n<p>It was avoidable in so many ways. So avoidable, in fact, that the relatives of the man accused in the Charlotte, North Carolina, light rail killing &mdash; a 34-year-old career criminal with a history of mental illness, Decarlos Brown Jr. &mdash; say he should have been behind bars.<\/p>\n<p>And yet, despite the fact that he was charged with another crime &mdash; he had over a dozen prior court cases &mdash; a Charlotte judge let him free without bail.<\/p>\n<p>Not only that, the mayor of Charlotte, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-issues-withering-statement-dems-aided-criminal-lunatic-charged-killing-ukrainian-model\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vi Lyles<\/a>, has come out and <a href=\"https:\/\/wtop.com\/national\/2025\/09\/charlotte-mayor-under-scrutiny-on-election-day-after-killing-of-ukrainian-woman-on-train\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> that &ldquo;we will never arrest our way out of issues such as homelessness and mental health.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Decarlos Brown&rsquo;s relatives would beg to differ.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/09\/09\/us-news\/charlotte-train-slaughter-suspect-should-never-have-been-free-to-kill-ukrainian-refugee-his-brother-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a>, Brown&rsquo;s brother Jeremiah blames the magistrate judge who let him out, saying that the Aug. 22 stabbing and murder could have been prevented had his brother not been walking the streets.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think they could have pretty much prevented it then,&rdquo; Brown said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I didn&rsquo;t even know he had mental problems&hellip; You can&rsquo;t just let him walk free especially because of mental issues,&rdquo; he added. &ldquo;I think he should suffer the consequences.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The 19-year-old Jeremiah, who s a father with his brother, says he&rsquo;s only met him &ldquo;once or twice,&rdquo; but was shocked to see that he was charged with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mainstream-media-finally-covers-unprovoked-murder-iryna-zarutska-adds-disgusting-spin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the murder last month<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>However, he told the New York Post that his family has a history of violence.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He was on my father&rsquo;s side. They have a record of being in jail and stuff,&rdquo; Jeremiah said. Both his father and older brother have done time &mdash; his brother for murder, as well.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In a chilling parallel, Stacey, whose mugshot bears a striking resemblance to his murder suspect half-brother, took the Charlotte light rail to escape after the shooting,&rdquo; the New York Post reported.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING: DeCarlos Brown Jr., who murdered Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska in Charlotte, has a half-brother who murdered a 65-year-old man in a 2012 crime spree, a source revealed.<\/p>\n<p>Stacey Dejon Brown pled guilty to second-degree murder and was sentenced to 27 to 36 years. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QLAapsB6zI\">pic.twitter.com\/QLAapsB6zI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Julianna Frieman (@JuliannaFrieman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JuliannaFrieman\/status\/1965490048880837089?\">September 9, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>While Jeremiah may have known his father&rsquo;s history, he didn&rsquo;t know his brother intimately. Fair enough.<\/p>\n<p>Then ask his mother, who knew the history well and wanted her son behind bars.<\/p>\n<p>She said Brown had moved in with her after he spent five years in prison for robbery with a deadly weapon, but she was forced to kick him out due to his aggressive behavior.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He started saying weird things,&rdquo; she told local media, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/decarlos-brown-mother-murder-iryna-zarutska-2126414\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newsweek<\/a>. &ldquo;He started saying that he wasn&rsquo;t in his body.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The system failed him,&rdquo; she added.<\/p>\n<p>After his latest brush with the law &mdash; a January arrest which resulted from him calling 911 and saying a &ldquo;man-made&rdquo; substance was in his body and controlling his actions &mdash; Magistrate Judge Teresa Stokes, a criminal justice and addiction activist, let him go with a &ldquo;written promise to appear&rdquo; in court, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3797645\/judge-who-released-charlotte-light-rail-killer-has-history-of-addiction-activism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Washington Examiner<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>And here we have the left in North Carolina throwing up its hands, essentially saying:&nbsp;<em>Look, what are we supposed to do until you kill somebody?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>What&rsquo;s amazing is that this story attracted as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/deploy-national-guard-ukrainian-beauty-fled-war-stabbed-death-train-charlotte-city-80-dem-led\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">little attention as it did<\/a> from the legacy media until authorities released the video of Brown allegedly killing Zarutska, a 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee. And now that people are looking at the horror, we get headlines such as this one from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/09\/08\/iryna-zarutska-stabbing-video-republicans-maga\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Axios<\/a>: &ldquo;Stabbing video fuels MAGA&rsquo;s crime message.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Yes, how dare you MAGA folk pay attention to outrages? Don&rsquo;t you know we can&rsquo;t arrest our way out of mental health issues until they turn into murder or some other violent act? Just be quiet and stop using the facts to &ldquo;fuel&rdquo; your message.<\/p>\n<p>This is a line of thinking that even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/karoline-leavitt-shames-reporters-faces-iryna-zarutska-coverage-highlights-clear-double-standard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brown&rsquo;s<\/a> own relatives are rejecting. They think he should have been behind bars, too.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s one thing to listen to the family of the victim, but when even the family of the alleged <em>perpetrator<\/em> says that he ought not have been walking free, that should be a huge red flag.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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