Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska stabbed to death by black man in North Carolina, US legacy media’s selective silence sparks outrage

A 23-year-old Ukrainian girl named Iryna Zarutska fled her war-torn country to the US hoping for a safe and peaceful life. However, the young girl from Ukraine was stabbed to death by accused identified as a 34-year-old black man named Decarlos Brown Jr., at a train station in the US’s North Carolina on 22nd August 2025. The disturbing incident sent shockwaves on social media. However, the US mainstream media remained silent over the brutal murder as if nothing had happened, or perhaps, it was too ‘normal’ a crime to warrant coverage. Iryna Zarutksa was stabbed multiple times with a knife by Decarlos Brown Jr. and was pronounced dead the East/West Boulevard light rail station in South End, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department said. Serial criminal Decarlos Brown has been arrested fourteen times in the past The accused has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder. Decarlos Brown is a serial offender and has been arrested around fourteen times since 2011 for felony larceny, robbery with a dangerous weapon, and communicating threats. He even served five years in prison for the robbery with a deadly weapon charge. The murderer of Iryna Zarutska had been arrested FOURTEEN TIMES before.It’s beyond ridiculous that this monster had not yet been permanently locked up.The state is partly responsible for her death. pic.twitter.com/R76y2yYFKU— iamyesyouareno (@iamyesyouareno) September 6, 2025 In addition, he also faces charges for misusing the 911 system. He once dialled the police and asked them to investigate a “man-made material” inside him. The police, however, said that he has a medical issue and they could not help him. Several past charges against him have been dropped by courts. Mainstream media’s selective silence questioned by people The video of the incident went viral online and in no time, social media dug up the accused person’s criminal antecedents. The Ukrainian girl’s killing, the dropping of previous charges against Brown and the American legacy media’s silence has sparked severe backlash on social media. “The media silence on Iryna Zarutska’s murder is one of the most disgusting acts of lying by omission I’ve ever seen. From the people who gave you the Daniel Penny wall-to-wall negative coverage and the BLM moral panic. It’s true what they say: you don’t hate the media enough,” an X user wrote. The media silence on Iryna Zarutska's murder is one of the most disgusting acts of lying by omission I've ever seen.From the people who gave you the Daniel Penny wall-to-wall negative coverage and the BLM moral panic.It's true what they say: you don't hate the media enough.— Konstantin Kisin (@KonstantinKisin) September 8, 2025 Another one wrote, “If it weren’t for