Department of Justice steps in with a federal charge against a career criminal accused of a brutal murder, citing “failed soft-on-crime policies.”

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has brought a federal criminal charge against a repeat violent offender accused of murdering a woman on a public transit system. The action, which was a topic of discussion on the LEO Round Table , directly challenges what Attorney General Pam Bondi called “failed soft-on-crime policies.”

The case involves Decarlos Brown Jr., who is accused of the unprovoked stabbing death of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska on a light rail train in Charlotte, North Carolina.

According to reports and an FBI affidavit, Brown attacked Zarutska from behind with a knife just minutes after she boarded the train.

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