GoFundme removes fundraiser for repeat offender, Decarlos Brown Jr who stabbed Iryna Zarutska suggesting that he is also a victim

GoFundMe removed an online fundraising for the legal defense fund of the man accused of stabbing a Ukrainian refugee on the Charlotte lightrail last month. 

The action comes as Decarlos Brown Jr., 34, is charged with first-degree murder in the death of 23-year-old Ukrainian lady Iryna Zarutska on August 22. The woman's fatal assault occurred just months after she fled her war-torn nation as a refugee in hopes of a brighter life in the United States.

Brown had been arrested several times before, dating back to 2011, and was apparently homeless at the time of the attack.

The repeat offender had been arrested at least 14 times, for felony larceny, robbery with a dangerous weapon, assault, shoplifting and making threats according to the nypost.

The campaign, named 'DeCarlos Dejuan Brown JR legal fees', argues that Brown is just as much a victim as the woman he stabbed to death, claiming that the dollars donated would help 'to halt the injustice against Decarlos Brown Jr.'

GoFundme removes fundraiser for repeat offender, Decarlos Brown Jr who stabbed Iryna Zarutska suggesting that he is also a victim.

'While what happened on the Blue Line was a tragedy, what we mustn't lose sight of is the fact that Decarlos Brown Jr. was absolutely failed by the justice system and North Carolina's mental health services, and as such is not completely to blame for what transpired.' One page was written according to WHAM.

Another fundraiser for Brown wrote that ‘anything helps against the racism and bias against our people,’ thanking donors for ‘giving us a hand to push against this corrupt narrative.’

Decarlos Brown Jr GoFundme states he is also a victim, but social media users overwhelmingly disagree

Many users took to social media, expressing their disconcert with GoFundMe for allowing the fundraisers.

One user posted to X, ‘No one should donate to GoFundMe EVER AGAIN. This is disgusting.’

Another user wrote that Brown was a ‘monster,’ saying that it was ‘evil’ of GoFundMe to allow a fundraiser page to be made for him.

‘You can’t make this up. He [allegedly] murdered in cold blood and yet his supporters want you to think he was ‘failed’ by the system. Instead, he did exactly what the system wants him to do,’ another posted on X.

‘What kind of sick human is donating to this monster? GoFundMe should be ashamed,’ another raged.

While another opined, ‘Race has f–k all to do with it! There would be absolute rage if the race was reversed!’

GoFundme removes fundraiser for repeat offender, Decarlos Brown Jr who stabbed Iryna Zarutska, Ukraine refugee, pictured moments before she is stabbed to death last month while on the light rail in Charlotte, N.C.

GoFundMe has since removed the fundraising pages.

In a statement, GoFundMe said that their terms of service ‘explicitly prohibit fundraisers that raise money for the legal defense of anyone formally charged with an alleged violent crime.’

In the interim, a GoFundMe page has been set up for the victim’s family, raising over $86,500 for Iryna Zarutska.

‘Ira had recently arrived in the United States, seeking safety from the war and hoping for a new beginning. Tragically, her life was cut short far too soon,’ according to the account that was set up to help Zarutska’s loved ones with funeral expenses.