White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt addressed the deadly, horrific, and senseless stabbing of a 21-year-old woman on the Charlotte, North Carolina last month during a press briefing on Tuesday.
The attack has “has not received nearly enough media attention,” Leavitt noted, calling the media out for “shamefully and intentionally” ignoring the story.
As The Gateway Pundit reported, before President Trump first spoke about the incident on Monday and slammed Democrats and their policies like cashless bail, the mainstream media was silent as video footage from the incident went viral. This is obviously because a Black man murdering a White woman doesn’t fit their narrative.
“Many of the journalists in this room spilled plenty of ink, trying to smear Daniel Penny for defending a subway car from a deranged lunatic in New York City,” Leavitt added. “But none of those same reporters left a finger to write stories about an actual murderer.”
As The Gateway Pundit reported, 34-year-old Decarlos Brown Jr. murdered 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska last month after stabbing her multiple times in the East/West Boulevard light rail station.
New footage from the incident has since emerged showing Brown walking away, leaving a trail of blood, as bystanders do nothing.
New Footage Released Shows a Terrified Iryna Zarutska Looking Up in Horror and Suffering After Being Stabbed by Decarlos Brown (GRAPHIC VIDEO)
Brown Jr. had a long criminal rap sheet, with arrests dating back more than a decade. He has been arrested at least six times on charges, including felony larceny, robbery with a dangerous weapon, and communicating threats, most of which were dropped so that he could return to the streets and murder the young woman.
Months before he senslessly murdered her, Federal Magistrate Judge Teresa Stokes had most recently released Brown, after he was arrested on January 19, The Gateway Pundit reported. His release relied on promise he made to the judge to return to court.
Leavitt highlighted the “career criminal’s” extensive criminal background and slammed the Kamala Harris-supporting Democrat judge and Democrat policies that released Brown back onto the streets.
“When these criminals are caught, they must be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law and be sent to prison where they can no longer terrorize our streets,” Leavitt said. The Trump Administration is now seeking either life in prison or death for the deranged murderer after federally charging him federally for the murder.
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Leavitt: Today, I would like to address the tragedy that has not received nearly enough media attention: the brutal murder of Irina Zarutska. Here are the facts that many outlets have shamefully and intentionally failed to report until President Trump drew attention to it. On August 22, Irina Zarutska was stabbed to death on the rail system in Charlotte, North Carolina, by a savage career criminal. This is a public transportation system that many in the area use every single day to go to school and work. Irina was on the train that night, traveling home from her job at a pizzeria, still in uniform from her shift. This beautiful, innocent, 23-year-old young woman was a Ukrainian refugee who had recently fled her country for a chance at a safer life and a promising new beginning here in the United States of America. But, tragically, a public transportation system in a major American city was more dangerous than the active war zone that she left. The President and the entire White House are praying for her family and friends during this unimaginably difficult time.
But while we extend our thoughts and prayers, we must also seek justice for this crime and call attention to this heinous incident. Surveillance video of the killing was finally released to the public this past Friday. It shows the alleged killer, Decarlos Brown Jr, pull out a knife, get up from his seat behind Irina, and prepare to thrust a blade into her neck before the released footage gets cut. This is pure evil on full display. The most enraging and unacceptable part of this story is that her death was entirely preventable. Decarlos Brown never should have been on that train that night. In fact, he should have been behind bars. Decarlos Brown has been charged with crimes, no fewer than 14 times, dating back to 2011, including for armed robbery, felony larceny, breaking and entering, and shoplifting. Brown had previously served five years in prison for a robbery with a deadly weapon charge, and he had also forfeited bonds three different times, twice in 2014 and once in 2023. Despite all of this past documented criminal history, when Brown was arrested yet again in January of this past year, a Democrat judge— who will I will add, was a supporter, a strong supporter, of former Vice President Kamala Harris— released this insane criminal once again without requiring him to pay any bail. He simply had to sign a written promise to return for his court hearing. Think about how crazy it is to ask a career criminal, someone who, by definition, repeatedly breaks the law, to just sign a written promise and come back again another day. This is madness. This monster should have been locked up, and Irina should still be alive, but Democrat politicians, liberal judges, and weak prosecutors would rather virtue signal than lock up criminals and protect their communities.
And perhaps most shamefully of all, the majority of the media, many outlets in this room decided that her murder was not worth reporting on originally because it does not fit a preferred narrative. Many of the journalists in this room spilled plenty of ink, trying to smear Daniel Penny for defending a subway car from a deranged lunatic in New York City, but none of those same reporters lift a finger to write stories about an actual murderer. Here’s the truth that every American must know: Too many innocent people across the country continue to pay the price of the failed experiment known as cashless bail that has been championed by the Democrat party for years. All the way back in 2020 North Carolina’s then Democrat Governor Roy Cooper established a so called Task Force for Racial Equity and Criminal Justice. Sounds nice, but it’s not. That task force was co-authored by then Attorney General and current Democrat Governor Josh Stein. It recommended, quote, “reimagining public safety,” to quote, “promote diversion and other alternatives to arrest.” It also advised to de-emphasize some felony crimes, prioritize, quote, “restorative justice,” and eliminate cash bail. Democrats in North Carolina and nationwide are consumed with pushing a woke, soft on crime agenda, no matter how many innocent Americans suffer as a result. Instead of aggressively prosecuting and locking up violent criminals, the Democrat-backed cashless bail approach lets these criminals roam free in our country to offend again and again.
These reckless policies have turned too many of American cities into hunting grounds for career criminals who mock our justice system, drain law enforcement resources, and wreak havoc on law abiding citizens. Enough is enough, and that is why President Trump is doing everything in his power by taking action to undo these absurd policies. The President recently signed a powerful executive order directing the AG to submit a list of states and local jurisdictions with cashless bail policies, so that the Trump administration may identify federal funds that are being provided to these states and can potentially be suspended or terminated. President Trump firmly believes that to maintain order and public safety, we must incarcerate individuals whose pending criminal charges or criminal history demonstrate a clear ongoing risk to civil society. This is a common sense and sensible approach that the vast majority of Americans agree with, and it’s time for the Democrat party to get on board with what is right. When these criminals are caught, they must be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law and be sent to prison where they can no longer terrorize our streets. This is the mandate the American people delivered to President Trump, and it’s a mandate he intends to fulfill.
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