Murder on the Rails: What Happened to Iryna Zarutska Is a Symptom of a Sick System Iryna Zarutska fled a war zone in Ukraine only to be stabbed to death in a public train in North Carolina. Not in Kyiv. In Charlotte. And her killer? A man arrested 14 times, released with no bail, despite his own attorney saying he needed a psych evaluation. That’s right. He was dumped back into the streets like radioactive waste—with the judge hoping he’d pinky promise to show up later. Well, he didn’t show up later. He showed up with a knife. And what did Mayor Vi Lyles say in response to this slaughter? She called the killer a “victim.” Said the “system failed…
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