The Charlotte Observer worries,
Deadly light rail stabbing in Charlotte grows political under national spotlight.
“National”? They needn’t worry, the New York Post reports,
Horror video of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska’s slaughter on Charlotte train is met with deafening silence from Dem leaders, media.
The Post reports,
But in the wake of the monstrous killing, which took place on Aug. 22, mainstream outlets and politicians have largely stayed silent.
Charlotte’s Dem mayor even thanked publications that chose to keep the video from the public.
I did a Google search on “Charlotte stabbing,” and other than the Post, Newsweek and right-leaning U.K. outlets (Daily Mail, Sun, and Telegraph) were shown with stories in the past 24 hours.
But Republicans are pouncing in the world of the Observer,
The fatal stabbing of a Ukrainian refugee at a South End light rail station in Charlotte is becoming politicized and has drawn national attention — including from Republicans — after the release of a graphic video.
The real outrage is not the unprovoked murder of a public-transit passenger, it’s that the wrong people are noticing. The Observer tells me that crime is down in the Queen City and the only problem is Republican agitation.
As for the accused, DeCarlos Brown, Jr.,
Brown has been arrested multiple times since 2011, according to court records. Charges have included felony larceny, robbery with a dangerous weapon, and communicating threats. Almost all charges were dropped, The Charlotte Obsever [sic] previously reported.
Obsever seems more appropriate, somehow.
