The resurgence of race-baiting at WorldNetDaily continued with an incident in Charlotte, N.C., as detailed in a Sept. 7 article by Joe Kovacs that put “War on white people” right in the headline:
Outrage is exploding online as new video reveals graphic details of a black man who had been arrested at least 14 times allegedly slaughtering a white woman who had fled Ukraine for a peaceful life in America on a train in Charlotte, North Carolina.
On Friday, the Charlotte Area Transit System released surveillance video of Aug. 22, the night 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska was slain after she left her job working at a pizzeria.
“She ran from war in Ukraine. She came here for safety. And America FAILED her,” wrote online journalist Benny Johnson.
“23-year-old Iryna Zarutska was butchered on a Charlotte light rail, her throat cut open by a violent repeat offender who had been arrested 14 times and was STILL free.
“This wasn’t random. This was preventable. There is a war on White people. Her blood is on the hands of a system that lets violent criminals roam while innocent people pay the price.
“If Iryna were Black and her killer White, the media would be rioting nonstop. But because she’s White, they stay silent. This is evil. And it’s deliberate.”
Kovacs went on to cite other racist reactions:
Reaction online to the case has been fierce.
“I’m sick of seeing this,” said Lilly Gaddis, host of the “The Lilly Show” on X and Rumble. “It’s everywhere. This story is shocking just because of the brutality of it alone. If we had a little bit more racial consciousness and we realized, ‘Hmm, maybe don’t put yourself anywhere in the vicinity of a black person.’ Better yet, why don’t black people have their own spaces?”
“This was not front-page news. No one care because she’s white. … People like this need to be made an example of. Law enforcement needs to do their job, and these people need to be sequestered in safe areas away from the rest of us.
“Because it’s not fair that the rest off us who built this country, who pay for this country and go to work every day, it’s not fair that we have to live under this sort of tyranny.”
The “tyranny” of black people existing? Huh. Kovacs even threw more racism from a man whose hateful words would become sadly ironic a short time later:
Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk slammed the national media as well, saying: “Dear CNN, WaPo, NYT, ABC, NBC etc etc. If you want to know why your ratings are in the tank and no one likes you, look no further than the brutal murder of Iryna Zarutska who moved to US to escape war in Ukraine, a story you refuse to tell. Sadly she couldn’t survive the Democrats’ criminal justice system.
“Yet you wouldn’t shut up or stop villainizing Daniel Penny, a hero, who probably stopped a murder just like her’s. Why? Because he was a straight white American male and the perp was black. Shame on you. Genuinely.”
The next day, Kovacs hyped Elon Musk getting in on the race-baiting:
The horrific slaughter of Ukraine refugee Iryna Zarutska on a Charlotte, North Carolina, train has now caught the attention of billionaire Elon Musk, who is slamming legacy media for their suppression of the white woman’s murder by a black repeat offender, as well as district attorneys and judges “who enable murder, rape and robbery.”
As WorldNetDaily reported Sunday, outrage exploded online as new video reveals graphic details of Decarlos Brown, 35, allegedly stabbing to death the 23-year-old Zarutska, after he had been previously arrested and released at least 14 times.
[…]Musk responded: “Let’s change the law. Between now and then, name and shame the DAs and judges who enable murder, rape and robbery.
“But especially shame those who funded the campaigns of the DAs and judges. That will make the biggest difference.”
And, of course, Kovacs parroted even more race-baiting from a guy Musk amplified:
Cultural commentator Amiri King posted a series of FBI statistics, as he noted: “You want to know something that SHOULD make you VERY uncomfortable?
“White people are victims of black violence at INSANELY disproportionate rates. It’s not even close.
“Between 2017-2021, black-on-white violent incidents totaled ~2.38M. White-on-black totaled ~0.37M.”
“A white person is 31 times more likely to be victimized by a black person than the other way around. Black people make up ONLY 13.6% of the American population. TELL ME WE AREN’T BEING HUNTED,” King concluded.
“Did you know this?” Musk said to the public in reply. “These are just the facts as reported by the government. One can argue about what the solution may be, but the facts are accurate.”
Kovacs didn’t bother to check if those numbers were actually accurate.
Kovacs then touted President Trump’s reaction to the incident:
President Donald Trump on Monday dove into the national furor over the North Carolina slaying of Ukraine refugee Iryna Zarutksa allegedly by a black career criminal who had been arrested 14 times, saying “her blood is on the hands of the Democrats who refuse to put bad people in jail.”
“I have seen the horrific video of a beautiful, young Ukrainian refugee, who came to America to escape the vicious War in Ukraine, and was innocently riding the Metro in Charlotte, North Carolina, where she was brutally ambushed by a mentally deranged lunatic,” Trump began in a lengthy post on Truth Social.
For a Sept. 9 article, Kovacs managed to hold off on race-baiting long enough to lash out a judge who let the assailant out of jail on a previous charge months earlier. Later that day, Kovacs was in hype mode again:
New video Tuesday reveals the horrifying moments immediately after 23-year-old Ukraine refugee Iryna Zarutska was stabbed by career criminal Decarlos Brown, Jr. on a commuter train in Charlotte, North Carolina, and President Donald Trump released his own video calling for “vicious” crime-fighting efforts.
Author Hans Mahncke said of the new footage, “Here’s the part of the Iryna Zarutska murder video they didn’t show. She didn’t die quickly. She was fully aware, desperately terrified, and suffering to the end. It is beyond heartbreaking.”
Kovacs didn’t explain why his readers must be force-fed a violent video just to forward his race-baiting narrative. A Sept. 10 article by Kovacs focused on the assailant:
Decarlos Brown, the man federally charged with murdering 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska on a Charlotte commuter train Aug. 22, is now speaking about the horrific slaughter, claiming the government implanted “materials” inside his body to make him butcher the Ukraine refugee.
In a phone interview circulating online, Brown blames “The material. Put it like that. The material using my body. It’s that. You know, that’s not me.
“I’m talking about just for no reason. But since they did that, since they did that, now they got to investigate the material my body exposed to. Since they want to do all that, now they got to investigate.”
Ironically, Brown’s conspiratorial ranting makes him sound not unlike a fan of WND, whose obsession with conspiracy theories is legendary (though not in a good way).
Another Sept. 10 article by Kovacs promoted the idea of plastering Zarustka’s images on murals all across the country:
The face of Iryna Zarutska, the Ukrainian refugee gruesomely slain on a Charlotte train last month by career criminal Decarlos Brown, may soon be appearing on large murals across America.
Tech giants including Elon Musk and Eoghan McCabe, CEO and founder of the customer communications platform Intercom, are pledging major donations to get the artwork started.
“I am offering $500k in $10k grants to paint murals of the face of Iryna Zarutska in prominent U.S. city locations,” McCabe posted on X.
Kovacs managed to avoid addressing race in the article, but he probably didn’t need to by this point.