New Report Reveals How Cooper’s Prisoner Release May Have Led To Charlotte Light Rail Murder
A new report from Fox News reveals that former Governor, now a candidate for the U.S. Seante, Roy Cooper’s decision to approve the largest prisoner release in North Carolina history may have included Decarlos Brown Jr., who is facing charges for the murder of Iryna Zarutska. While the public records of the release have not been released, former Governor’s protégé, Governor Josh Stein, could release the records to clarify the situation, but so far has declined to do so.
“Roy Cooper should apologize to the Zarutska family for releasing their daughter’s killer. He freed career criminals, including Iryna Zarutska’s killer, and refuses to take accountability. Cooper put criminals above North Carolinians, and he has no business ever being in a position of power again,” said RNC Spokeswoman Emma Hall.
Back in 2021, Cooper’s administration entered into a settlement with far-left organizations to facilitate the largest release of prisoners in North Carolina history. The left-wing organizations argued that COVID-19 posed a danger to prisoners, and the Cooper administration entered into an agreement to arbitrarily lower the prison population, despite the widespread availability of vaccines to limit the impact of the disease.
At the time, the North Carolina Republican Party, led by Chairman Michael Whatley, said, “Governor Cooper’s incompetent management of the COVID-19 crisis risks turning a public health crisis into a public safety crisis.” And then went on to highlight that Cooper locked out public school students but released dangerous criminals. In the immediate aftermath of the settlement, the Cooper administration was caught lying to the General Assembly and was forced to confirm that individuals who were slated to be released included people who committed crimes against persons.
In this context, the records shown to Fox News provide a strong indication that Decarlos Brown Jr. was released early due to Cooper’s collusive settlement. From the article, “The records reference offender identification numbers tied to the NAACP v. Cooper settlement and include the Feb. 15, 2021, eligibility cutoff date, a key benchmark outlined in the agreement for determining which inmates qualified for early release or transition. One of the offender identification numbers listed corresponds to Brown, according to the records reviewed.”
State officials have not publicly confirmed whether Brown was ultimately released or transitioned under the settlement, and no public list of the 3,500 inmates affected by the agreement has ever been released.”
It is worth noting, that Governor Stein could release records to refute these claims by Republicans, but so far has remained silent. Stein is long time partisan Democrat who worked for Cooper for years and is actively working to help Cooper in his Senate campaign.
