"Zarutska was fatally stabbed by a fellow passenger who sat behind her in what appeared to be an unprovoked attack. Police have since arrested DeCarlos Brown Jr., who reportedly had a history of violent crime and whose mother said he had began acting "aggressive at home" following a recent schizophrenia diagnosis. (Experts emphasize that the vast majority of people with schizophrenia never commit violence, and are in fact 14 times more likely to be victims of violent crime than its perpetrators.)"
"The case sparked a firestorm of outrage on the right, especially after the White House decried the murder as "the culmination of North Carolina's Democrat politicians, prosecutors, and judges prioritizing woke agendas that fail to protect their citizens when they need them the most," including the Charlotte City Council's 2020 initiative to " reimagine" policing.Duffy, meanwhile, implied to Fox viewers that transit networks across the country were hotbeds of violence - and perhaps that transit is inherently dangerous."
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy suggested reevaluating federal funding for transit systems following a fatal stabbing aboard a North Carolina train. Public attention focused on the Aug. 22 murder of 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska and the arrest of DeCarlos Brown Jr., who reportedly had a violent-crime history and a recent schizophrenia diagnosis. Mental-health experts note that most people with schizophrenia are not violent and are more often victims. Political leaders and commentators framed the incident as evidence of broader transit safety and homelessness crises, while critics point out selective emphasis and omitted comparisons to other public-safety risks like automobile fatalities.
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