Iryna Zarutska, who worked at an area pizza restaurant, was stabbed to death while returning home from work on a Charlotte light rail train by DeCarlos Brown, a man with a lengthy criminal history.
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“We have a right to violence,” a character named Zella says in the clip. “All oppressed people have a right to violence. And I want to tell you something, it’s like the right to pee. You got to have the right place. You got to have the right time. You got to have the appropriate situation. And I’m absolutely convinced that this is it!”
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The moviesofcolour Instagram account says its purpose is “Celebrating every facet of filmmaking by creators of colour and their representation on screen.”
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The incident went viral on social media after authorities released the video. Tesla CEO Elon Musk made multiple posts and also reposted other users on X who discussed the killing.
Conservatives on social media also commented about the absence of coverage from corporate media, contrasting that to how many corporate media outlets covered the death of Jordan Neely, a man with a lengthy arrest record who died after being restrained by 24-year-old Daniel Penny, a Marine Corps veteran, May 1, 2023.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg secured an indictment of Penny for involuntary manslaughter, but a jury acquitted Penny in December 2024.