The murder of a Ukrainian refugee on a public train in North Carolina has led to political furore over “failed soft-on-crime policies” in the U.S.

A video of the vicious and unprovoked stabbing of 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska at the hands of ex-convict Decarlos Dejuan Brown Jr., 34, was released by the transit authority Friday and has been shared widely on social media.

According to an FBI affidavit using the surveillance footage from the Charlotte Area Transit System, on Aug. 22, Zarutska boarded the train around 9:45 p.m. and sat in a row near the back in front of Brown, who is seen wearing an orange hooded sweater.

About four minutes later, as Zarutska scrolls on her phone with AirPods in her ears, the man pulls a knife from his pocket, unfolds it, stands and proceeds to stab her in

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