Fatal Stabbing in Charlotte on a train. Iryna Zarutska

[Anonymous]

I mean. It’s sad but people are sort of numb to it. That poor college professor was murdered in broad daylight in a park walking her dog. Auburn I think? Her killer was already arrested too. When they find the perp right away there tends to be less news about it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Deafening silence" LOL, sure.

This. The incident has been widely reported. The man was arrested quickly and is held pending trial. Other media reports that people rushed to the victim.

It was an awful crime, but your news source is laughably bad.

This incident was only widely reported after Twitter outrage that major media outlets had not picked up on it. I’m glad it’s being covered now.

I read that her family does not want her returned to Ukraine, but rather buried here in the United States. I found that so heartbreaking.

Another murder that I’m not sure if it’s being widely reported, because it’s local to us, is Dacara Thompson. Both are complete tragedies and senseless murders.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Deafening silence" LOL, sure.

This. The incident has been widely reported. The man was arrested quickly and is held pending trial. Other media reports that people rushed to the victim.

It was an awful crime, but your news source is laughably bad.

This incident was only widely reported after Twitter outrage that major media outlets had not picked up on it. I’m glad it’s being covered now.

I read that her family does not want her returned to Ukraine, but rather buried here in the United States. I found that so heartbreaking.

Another murder that I’m not sure if it’s being widely reported, because it’s local to us, is Dacara Thompson. Both are complete tragedies and senseless murders.

There are almost 50 murders a day in America. Most are not going to get nationwide coverage unless there's something particularly "newsworthy" about it--i.e, it is particularly brutal, has unusual details (e.g., the kinky sex/au pair angles of the local murder of Christine Banfield), involves a certain combination of races of the victim and perpetrator, or feeds a specific political narrative. What about the Thompson murder do you think merits nationwide attention given the high number of daily murders in America?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Deafening silence" LOL, sure.

This. The incident has been widely reported. The man was arrested quickly and is held pending trial. Other media reports that people rushed to the victim.

It was an awful crime, but your news source is laughably bad.

This incident was only widely reported after Twitter outrage that major media outlets had not picked up on it. I’m glad it’s being covered now.

I read that her family does not want her returned to Ukraine, but rather buried here in the United States. I found that so heartbreaking.

Another murder that I’m not sure if it’s being widely reported, because it’s local to us, is Dacara Thompson. Both are complete tragedies and senseless murders.

Violence against women is a real and major problem in this country. Unfortunately the Dacara Thompson case isn't particularly unusual.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Deafening silence" LOL, sure.

This. The incident has been widely reported. The man was arrested quickly and is held pending trial. Other media reports that people rushed to the victim.

It was an awful crime, but your news source is laughably bad.

There was nobody rushing to the victim, did you even watch the video?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Deafening silence" LOL, sure.

This. The incident has been widely reported. The man was arrested quickly and is held pending trial. Other media reports that people rushed to the victim.

It was an awful crime, but your news source is laughably bad.

This incident was only widely reported after Twitter outrage that major media outlets had not picked up on it. I’m glad it’s being covered now.

I read that her family does not want her returned to Ukraine, but rather buried here in the United States. I found that so heartbreaking.

Another murder that I’m not sure if it’s being widely reported, because it’s local to us, is Dacara Thompson. Both are complete tragedies and senseless murders.

There are almost 50 murders a day in America. Most are not going to get nationwide coverage unless there's something particularly "newsworthy" about it--i.e, it is particularly brutal, has unusual details (e.g., the kinky sex/au pair angles of the local murder of Christine Banfield), involves a certain combination of races of the victim and perpetrator, or feeds a specific political narrative. What about the Thompson murder do you think merits nationwide attention given the high number of daily murders in America?

I see your point. I’m not sure why it felt big to me. Maybe because she was a pretty young teenager and he’s an ugly middle aged man. Honestly, yes, the racial aspect felt significant to me to merit wider publication, and that was before I learned of his illegal status AND Gov. Moore’s statement. Just my two cents.

Sadly, they’re too many murders to report them all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yeah a crazy person like this? I'm doing whatever I can to keep myself off their radar.

But the poor girl just sat down with a hat on. She didn’t do anything to be ‘put on the radar’ of this criminal.

Exactly which goes to show you how absolutely insane this guy is. So I'm not going to do anything that could draw his attention to me.

The guy that stabbed that poor girl was evil, and what he did was horrific. Insane would be if he tried to stab a moving train, murder imaginary elves, or attacked a group of 40 bodybuilders. He is a predator who purposely waited for prey that was smaller, weaker, and more vulnerable than himself. He knew exactly what type of person he was looking to kill, and he waited until one that fit his standard gave him a chance. That isn't insane, he is just plain evil

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Deafening silence" LOL, sure.

This. The incident has been widely reported. The man was arrested quickly and is held pending trial. Other media reports that people rushed to the victim.

It was an awful crime, but your news source is laughably bad.

Actually there is video that no one helped for a considerable time after the killer walked away. Finally people from the other end of the car did but she bled out.

+1 One woman just turned her head and looked away with indifference.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yeah a crazy person like this? I'm doing whatever I can to keep myself off their radar.

But the poor girl just sat down with a hat on. She didn’t do anything to be ‘put on the radar’ of this criminal.

Exactly which goes to show you how absolutely insane this guy is. So I'm not going to do anything that could draw his attention to me.

The guy that stabbed that poor girl was evil, and what he did was horrific. Insane would be if he tried to stab a moving train, murder imaginary elves, or attacked a group of 40 bodybuilders. He is a predator who purposely waited for prey that was smaller, weaker, and more vulnerable than himself. He knew exactly what type of person he was looking to kill, and he waited until one that fit his standard gave him a chance. That isn't insane, he is just plain evil

Sadly, there is no law that puts someone in jail for life for being "evil."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t blame the others on the train - I’d be sacred out of my mind in this situation.

The more important question is why was this career criminal allowed to walk the streets?

And why mental health care is being reduced not bolstered. This murderer was clearly insane. The national guard can’t fix the mental health crisis.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yeah a crazy person like this? I'm doing whatever I can to keep myself off their radar.

But the poor girl just sat down with a hat on. She didn’t do anything to be ‘put on the radar’ of this criminal.

Exactly which goes to show you how absolutely insane this guy is. So I'm not going to do anything that could draw his attention to me.

The guy that stabbed that poor girl was evil, and what he did was horrific. Insane would be if he tried to stab a moving train, murder imaginary elves, or attacked a group of 40 bodybuilders. He is a predator who purposely waited for prey that was smaller, weaker, and more vulnerable than himself. He knew exactly what type of person he was looking to kill, and he waited until one that fit his standard gave him a chance. That isn't insane, he is just plain evil

His behavioral history even before this horrific video represents what we used to call insanity, and he would have been in a mental institution for life. The video shows his agitation and rocking back and forth just before he stands up and stabs her--someone whom he had never met and who did not engage with him. It is beyond absurd (insanity!) that anyone thinks he should be walking around freely, homeless, not taking meds, riding public transportation,, etc. His own mother and sister are afraid of him.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Deafening silence" LOL, sure.

This. The incident has been widely reported. The man was arrested quickly and is held pending trial. Other media reports that people rushed to the victim.

It was an awful crime, but your news source is laughably bad.

That actually didn’t happen. The people in her section got up and walked away as she collapsed. It took about 1 1/2 minutes before a man from the other side of the train came over and tried to help her.

It takes time for people to process. I was witness to a woman slipping and falling in a lobby of a building, it was full of people, and there was a lag, until one person ran over to ask if she’s ok, and after that others started also to offer help.

This was more dramatic, faster, and more dangerous. If there was one person who acted quickly, others would have reached out, but it takes time to go into action and to know what actually to do.

But yes, it’s shocking to see inaction on video.

[Anonymous]

Also, there was nothing to prepare others for the stabbing. There was no verbal interaction between them or fight, so others could pay attention and mentally somehow prepare or have time to react. It was unprovoked and very fast.

[Anonymous]

My heart breaks for this poor girl escaping a war torn country only to get brutally murdered on public transportation by that monster.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Deafening silence" LOL, sure.

This. The incident has been widely reported. The man was arrested quickly and is held pending trial. Other media reports that people rushed to the victim.

It was an awful crime, but your news source is laughably bad.

This incident was only widely reported after Twitter outrage that major media outlets had not picked up on it. I’m glad it’s being covered now.

I read that her family does not want her returned to Ukraine, but rather buried here in the United States. I found that so heartbreaking.

Another murder that I’m not sure if it’s being widely reported, because it’s local to us, is Dacara Thompson. Both are complete tragedies and senseless murders.

There are almost 50 murders a day in America. Most are not going to get nationwide coverage unless there's something particularly "newsworthy" about it--i.e, it is particularly brutal, has unusual details (e.g., the kinky sex/au pair angles of the local murder of Christine Banfield), involves a certain combination of races of the victim and perpetrator, or feeds a specific political narrative. What about the Thompson murder do you think merits nationwide attention given the high number of daily murders in America?

I see your point. I’m not sure why it felt big to me. Maybe because she was a pretty young teenager and he’s an ugly middle aged man. Honestly, yes, the racial aspect felt significant to me to merit wider publication, and that was before I learned of his illegal status AND Gov. Moore’s statement. Just my two cents.

Sadly, they’re too many murders to report them all.

I keep thinking about your question as to why I thought this merited national coverage and I think it’s because as a Latina I’m hyper aware of incidents involving Latinos, in which case this was. Negative events feel very big to me.