This week, he broke that silence. Posting a tender photo of himself and Iryna smiling in bathing suits, he shared only a broken heart emoji. The simplicity of that post spoke volumes, capturing the raw grief that words could not express.
Soon after, Stas turned his heartbreak into pointed criticism. He began reposting videos and statements online that called out Magistrate Judge Teresa Stokes, the official who had released the suspect, Decarlos Brown Jr., on cashless bail just months earlier despite his long criminal history.
A Troubling History Ignored
In January, Judge Stokes made the decision to release him on nothing more than a written promise to appear in court. That choice has now become the center of intense scrutiny, as many argue it directly placed the community at risk.
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