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You’re Not Racist For Not Wanting To Be Murdered

“I got that white girl.” The audio was low quality, and you have to lean in to catch it, but the statement caught on the public transit surveillance camera was clear enough to understand.

By Gina Florio4 min read
Iryna Zarutska

Fourteen-time career criminal Decarlos Brown, Jr. gloated. He believed his mission was accomplished, and that mission was to viciously murder a young white woman in cold blood, in front of several strangers to boot. After the act, Brown paced the aisle on the train, blood dripping from his person, mumbling in pleasure to himself as 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska bled out on the floor, alone and terrified, still wearing the plain, baggy uniform from the pizzeria where she had just finished a shift.