On Wednesday, President Trump said the suspect in the killing of a Ukrainian woman on a transit train in Charlotte, N.C., should get a quick trial and then the death penalty.
“The ANIMAL who so violently killed the beautiful young lady from Ukraine, who came to America searching for peace and safety, should be given a “Quick” (there is no doubt!) Trial, and only awarded THE DEATH PENALTY. There can be no other option!!!” Trump said on Wednesday morning on Truth Social.
The suspect in the Charlotte attack is 34-year-old Decarlos Brown, who has been charged with first-degree murder in North Carolina. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Western District of North Carolina also charged him on Tuesday of committing an act causing death on a mass transportation system. If convicted, he could face the death penalty.
Trump restored the use of the federal death penalty through an executive order on his first day in office in January, rescinding a Biden-era order that issued a moratorium on federal executions.
Brown is alleged to have attacked Iryna Zarutska on a Charlotte light rail train on the night of Aug. 22. Zarutska fled Ukraine with her family in 2022 amid Russia’s ongoing war with the country.
Video of the shocking crime shows the Zarutska getting on the train and sitting in the row ahead of the suspect. The video then shows the suspect unfolding a knife and standing before attacking the unsuspecting Zarutska.
Trump on Monday condemned the deadly stabbing, after the gruesome video of the attack was released over the weekend.
He called Brown “a mad man” and “a lunatic,” adding that Zarutska was “just viciously stabbed, she’s just sitting there. So, they’re evil people. We have to be able to handle that, if we don’t handle that we don’t have a country.”
The violent crime has also turned the focus on crime on public transportation, an issue that has been a previous focus on New York City’s subway lines, among other places.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Monday that the killing highlights the “epidemic of violence and homelessness” on the nation’s public transit systems.
This is an open and shut case – show the jury the video and have the rope standing by.
I know, I’m being hard hearted but her spirit is crying out for JUSTICE – this would not be ‘retribution’ or vengeance. A mad dog would ALREADY have been put down. End of discussion
Time to start punishing ALL criminals. What the hell was he doing out of jail anyway??!!!!
Carry out the death penalty within one year. Waiting thirty years to do it is not a deterrent.
I agree with GozenSA!
Sad to say this piece of garbage will not be executed, why because some scumbag attorney will plead his case and use insanity as to why he should not receive the death penalty, then some leftwing judge will agree.
Problem is that even if he gets the death penalty, he’d sit in death row for 30 some years pending one appeal after another while the taxpayers are still supporting his worthless ass.
white man stabs black woman to death
NEXT DAY the public outcry would be DEMANDING the death penalty. Crazy, right?