The Murder in Charlotte

It's an X post by a WSOC reporter but what the alleged killer's mother says is the story of thousands of murders every year.

"Today we heard from Decarlos Brown's mom. She spoke to @Hunt_Saenz. She is not making excuses for her son....

"When Brown was released from prison, Brown's mom says "he started saying weird things." 

"She says she got Brown evaluated but his behavior became aggressive so she got an involuntary commitment order from the courts. He was placed under psychiatric monitoring for two weeks and diagnosed with schizophrenia. But after he was released she says Brown became so aggressive she had to kick him out. He became homeless. 

"In January, Brown was arrested for misusing the 911 system. Police say he called from the hospital and claimed someone gave him "man made material" that controlled when he "ate, walked and talked." Despite his criminal past and homelessness, Magistrate Teresa Stokes allowed him to be released from jail on a written promise to appear. In court last month on this charge, his public defender questioned Brown's mental capacity."

Mental illness and refusal to hold people who are severely and obviously crazy combined with a criminal justice system that is not even trying anymore makes tragedies like this inevitable.

As another Xer points out:

"Here’s a list of all the news networks who have NOT covered the Charlotte NC story:  

- NYTimes 

- CNN 

- Washington Post 

- MSNBC 

- NPR 

- USA Today 

- Reuters 

- Axios 

- ABC News

- PBS

Every single one of them wrote stories on Daniel Penny... "

Progressives believe black lives matter.  White lives not so much.   If there was no video, it might explain the lack of interest.  In addition, progressives seem not to care about homeless mentally ill people unless they can use them to attack GOP.

9/8/25 Daily Mail chronicles alleged murderer's criminal history.