Yes, we’ve entered the “Republicans pounce” phase concerning the brutal murder of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska in Charlotte, NC.
Zarutska fled to America to escape the war. She wanted a new beginning.
Axios has taken the lead for all other mainstream media to make excuses as to why hardly any of them have covered Zarutska’s murder.
Yes, let’s blame the surveillance cameras.
The headline: Stabbing video fuels MAGA’s crime message.
From Axios:
MAGA influencers are drawing repeated attention to violent attacks to elevate the issue of urban crime — and accuse mainstream media of under-covering shocking cases.
- Shocking video of the fatal Aug. 22 knife attack on 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska on a light-rail car in Charlotte, North Carolina, dominated weekend conversation on Trump-friendly social media.
The big picture: The rising number of surveillance cameras in public spaces, including on Charlotte’s light rail, has become a big accelerant in these cases.
- The video is easily shared or leaked, and can instantly pollinate across social media — a visual counterpoint to statistics showing crime decreases.
The suspect, a person well known to Charlotte law enforcement, stabbed Zarutska to death on August 22.
The murder didn’t even gain traction until last week after the Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS) released the video.
Stacey wrote about how it took days for North Carolina politicians and Charlotte law enforcement to respond publicly to the murder.
She mentioned how Charlotte Democratic Mayor Vi Lyles released a long statement, giving Zarutska one sentence while babbling on about mental health and homelessness.
I can’t wait to see how the media will respond now that Axios has given them a way out.
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