Another factor in the death of Iryna Zarutska on Charlotte’s light rail–the left-wing MacArthur Foundation giving Mecklenburg county a $3.3 million grant to reduce the jail population. Specifically as part of “racial equity aims.
Like Soros’ Open Society, the MacArthur Foundation incentivizes local municipalities to make residents less safe by leaving threats like Decarlos Brown on the streets.
Another factor in the death of Iryna Zarutska on Charlotte’s light rail–the left-wing MacArthur Foundation giving Mecklenburg county a $3.3 million grant to reduce the jail population. Specifically as part of “racial equity aims.
Like Soros’ Open Society, the MacArthur… pic.twitter.com/0J0G52iZKT
— Megan Basham (@megbasham) September 9, 2025
“Implicit bias training” to reduce the jail population in the name of “racial and ethnic disparities.” pic.twitter.com/zWWWO40oEV
— Megan Basham (@megbasham) September 9, 2025
🚨We warned EVERY police chief & sheriff in the nation about these dangerous @macfound grants via a piece in the Law Enforcement Intelligence Brief in 2021. Unfortunately, not enough listened. Here’s my investigative piece LECF ran in fall 2021: https://t.co/TttjVuqowd
— Alex Newman (@ALEXNEWMAN_JOU) September 9, 2025
>>Local law-enforcement authorities had signed a controversial deal in exchange for large grants promising to drastically reduce the number of people incarcerated in the local jail — especially if the people to be jailed were non-white.
Holy shit. Is this even legal?
— Investor (@peakoilinvestor) September 9, 2025
— Megan Basham (@megbasham) September 9, 2025
That explains a LOT about Chicago too!!! pic.twitter.com/2flU631ATO
— JKash 🍊MAGA Queen (@JKash000) September 9, 2025
These 20 jurisdictions received large implementation grants, ranging from about $1.5M to $3.5M, to launch these programs:
Charleston County, SC
Harris County, TX
Lucas County, OH
Milwaukee County, WI
New Orleans, LA
New York City, NY
Philadelphia, PA
Pima County, AZ
Spokane…— Food and Travel Nation ® (@FoodTravelUSA) September 9, 2025
Mentions in the New York Times:
– George Floyd: 5313
– Trayvon Martin: 1149
– Daniel Penny: 91
– Michael Brown: 2652Iryna Zarutska has only been mentioned 1 time and it’s in an article upset with the Right for caring. pic.twitter.com/G4BEw8Zr69
— The Rabbit Hole (@TheRabbitHole84) September 9, 2025
LAWFARE: Did you know that many of the judges releasing violent criminals into your communities aren’t even lawyers? Judge Teresa Stokes who released the career criminal who murdered the Ukrainian refugee on a promise he’d return to court for trial is NOT a lawyer. In states like North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Texas and Arizona the magistrate signing your arrest or search warrant, or deciding bail amounts might not be a lawyer.
LAWFARE: Did you know that many of the judges releasing violent criminals into your communities aren’t even lawyers? Judge Teresa Stokes who released the career criminal who murdered the Ukrainian refugee on a promise he’d return to court for trial is NOT a lawyer. In states like… pic.twitter.com/cw0uCAe0tS
— @amuse (@amuse) September 9, 2025
(Timeline editor’s note: We are using the August 22, 2025 date when adding base information to the Iryna Zarutska timeline entries, because that is the day she was killed. It did not become apparent to the public until September due to a total lack of mainstream media coverage.)