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this White House It released its report on the stabbing of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska, a professional criminal on a train in North Carolina in August.
“White House: Professional criminals who murder Iryna Zarutska should be locked. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt posted to X on Wednesday.
Leavitt Soft Crime Policies such as cashless bail. The article focuses on the murder of Zarutska and the alleged suspect Decarlos Dejuan Brown Jr.
Brown held a long arrest record before Zarutska’s death, robbing 14 people over the past decade, as well as convictions including theft, break-in and break-in in 2013, and convictions for dangerous weapons robbery in 2015, which left him in a bar for six years.
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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt talked about Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska on North Carolina train who stabbed and died in a September 9, 2025 briefing at the White House in Washington, D.C. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)
Recent allegations include communications earlier this year with threats and abuse of the 911 system. But Brown is not Under national supervision When Zarutska was killed.
In a report on Wednesday, the Washington Post noted that Brown’s own mother told local media that her son should be detained at the time of the killing and lamented the court system that his son released him despite his previous arrests. The White House argued to the media that violent criminals should be detained rather than detained on the street, which the Washington Post included on the street.
White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson told the Washington Post that the story was told about, as many Democratic and left-wing media outlets tried to claim, it was not a complex issue; it was simple: violent criminals belonged to prisons, not innocent bystanders sitting on public transportation. ”
The White House’s questions about the media pointed out the mother’s concerns about the release of her son, as well as Jackson’s statement, and then quoted experts to report to the media as saying: “Permanent restrictions on people who commit crimes against minors are “harsh” and inhumane reactions to those who commit crimes against minors.”
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White House spokeswoman Taylor Rogers told Media Reports of Fox Digital Reports that the Trump administration would not make it unobtrusive is that failed left-wing media and privileged journalists continue to bend backwards to defend professional criminals rather than innocent victims murdered by these monsters. “Enough: The American people deserve better, which begins with acknowledging the truth about how criminal policies drive this unacceptable violence. ”
Ukrainian Iryna Zarutska came to the United States to escape the war but was stabbed to death in Charlotte on Friday. (evgeniya rush/gofundme)
Fox News Digital commented on the White House response with The Washington Post.
Brown’s mom, who did not identify with herself, told local media WSOC-TV in August that her son had long struggled with mental illness, noting that he “started to say strange things” after being released from prison for robbery in 2015.
“My heart pays tribute to the victim’s family. What he did is cruel. It’s horrible. It’s wrong.”
Brown was charged by police for abusing the 911 system in January, before the murder, when he claimed the operator was controlled by microchips. He was released on cashless bail and offered a “written commitment” to appear in court later.
However, there are concerns about his mental health, prosecutors question whether Brown can conduct a forensic assessment in a court case. Despite the problems, Brown was not detained.
Iryna Zarutska curls in fear as one man shrouds her in the disturbing attack of the Charlotte Light Railroad train in North Carolina. (News via the Charlotte Regional Transportation System)
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His mother told local media that the court should not make him a community and with his mental state and previous arrests, while adding that “the system failed him.”
The Justice Department announced Tuesday that the federal government charged Brown with one count of causing death on a mass transport system.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt addressed a press conference in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, D.C. on September 9, 2025. (Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)
Levite, Responding to the media slowly covered the fatal stabbing after it unfolded on August 22 at a White House press conference Tuesday.
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“It’s crazy. The monster should be locked up and Erina should be alive, but Democratic politicians, free judges and weak prosecutors would rather be a Virtue signal than lock in criminals and protect their communities,” Levitt said Tuesday. “Perhaps the most shameful thing is that most media, many in this room, have decided that her murder was not worth reporting at first because it didn’t fit the preferred narrative.”
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten and Alexander Hall of Fox News Digital contributed to the report.
