The North Carolina Stabbing That Shouldn’t Have Happened

The Chris Cuomo Project

Chris Cuomo

News, News Commentary, Politics, Government

4.6 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 September 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

On August 22, 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska, a Ukrainian refugee, was fatally stabbed on a train in Charlotte, North Carolina. The suspect, DeCarlos Brown Jr., had a long history of arrests and court appearances, repeatedly entering and exiting the justice system before this attack. Chris Cuomo looks at what went wrong, from failures in mental health support to the pressures on judges and law enforcement. He explores how crime is covered, the systemic issues behind tragedies like this, and why understanding the full context matters more than partisan spin. Support our sponsors: Try Oracle Cloud Infrastructure for free at http://oracle.com/ccp Control Body Odor ANYWHERE with @shop.mando and get 20% off + free shipping with promo code CUOMO at http://shopmando.com! #mandopod Go to http://shopbeam.com/cuomo and use code CUOMO at checkout for up to 40% off Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Don't let them do it.
0:01.8	Don't let them use this North Carolina stabbing to make a point that it isn't.
0:07.3	Okay?
0:07.9	It's being weaponized by fringe political fanatics to mean something it doesn't.
0:14.3	So let's get after it.
0:27.2	I'm Chris Cuomo. Welcome to the Chris Cuomo Project. Thank you for subscribing and following.
0:35.0	Now, let's stop it before it really starts, okay? This situation in North Carolina happened.
0:40.6	It is horrible. It was arguably avoidable, But I don't think it's about race and I don't think it's about coverage presence and I'll make the case why and why you're
0:46.8	being told that. Okay, so what do we know? Beautiful young woman, refugee from Ukraine, came here for
0:53.4	safety and then gets stabbed on a train in
0:59.1	North Carolina, Charlotte, North Carolina, and killed by a guy who had been in and out of the
1:04.6	system over a dozen times.
1:07.0	Okay?
1:07.5	Her name is Arena Zurutska, okay, just 23 years old. You've seen her picture everywhere.
1:13.9	She's beautiful. It's horrible. Now, this guy, De Carlos Brown, Jr., is really the story. In fact,
1:23.4	Zatriska is frustrating to Maga in terms of making her a victim, even though she's beautiful and white, because she happens to be a refugee from Ukraine.
1:31.7	And now you've got Stephen Miller, the president's mouthpiece, coming out and saying, oh, this is so terrible and fighting for justice for her.
1:39.6	He didn't want a single refugee from Ukraine coming here.
1:42.7	You see what I'm saying?
1:44.0	The agendas get exposed
1:45.6	when they become inconsistent because these people just want to make you outraged about everything
1:49.9	all the time. And everything is us versus them, us versus them. So Stephen Miller can't even
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