CNN Stars Called Charlie Kirk Out on Race 38 Hours Before Shooting: Should Be Ashamed!'

"A white Ukrainian refugee was murdered just because she was white. Everybody knows that obviously. If a random white person simply walked up to and stabbed a nice law-abiding black person for no reason, it would be an apocalyptically huge national story used to impose national, sweeping political changes on the whole country. Instead, Meghan Basham, no one seems to care when a white woman gets stabbed to death."

"Well, we are talking about it here. So, I guess SWISHER: It's true. AIDALA: I don't think that's fair. Look, being in the system, because I have represented people who are mentally ill. And here's the balance. The balance is taking away people's freedom versus evaluating their mental illness. In New York City, there are a lot of programs for people who are mentally ill, but they have to want to be there. It's about forcing to be there."

CNN anchor Abby Phillip and analysts Van Jones, Brad Todd, Neera Tanden, Arthur Aidala, and Kara Swisher challenged Charlie Kirk's racial characterization of Iryna Zarutska's murder. Panelists questioned Kirk's emphasis on the victim's race and debated implications of that framing relative to other violent incidents. The criticism aired roughly 38 hours before Kirk was shot at an event at Utah Valley University; he later died from his injuries. The panel also discussed mental illness, legal responses, and public attention disparities tied to race and crime reporting.

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