Journalists Pounce on Republicans for Noticing CrimeGruesome fatal stabbing of 23-year-old Ukrainian who fled for America 'drawing repeated attention' from Republicans, Axios lamentsAndrew Stiles
September 8, 2025Republicans have done the unthinkable once again by noticing the senseless murder of an attractive young woman in Charlotte, N.C., and using it as an example to counter the Democratic view that crime is good and criminals are the real victims.
On Monday, Axios lamented that a video of the gruesome fatal stabbing of 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska, who fled war-torn Ukraine for a better life in the United States, was "drawing repeated attention" from Republicans who believe that protecting innocent civilians is more important than coddling career criminals in the name of "equity" and social justice. The perpetrator, Decarlos Brown, was a mentally deranged homeless man with an extensive criminal record who had received lenient treatment under the Democrat-controlled justice system.
Axios reporter Marc Caputo pounced and seized on GOP officials and "MAGA influencers" for highlighting Zarutska's tragic death—in a random unprovoked attack by a repeat offender who belonged in prison—in order to "elevate the issue of urban crime" and accuse mainstream media outlets of refusing to cover the case and other horrific acts of violence in cities run by Democrats.
For what it's worth, the accusation of media indifference seems rather irrefutable given that Axios was one of the first national outlets to mention the fatal stabbing, which occurred on Aug. 22, in a story suggesting Republicans were at fault for noticing.
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