After Months of Fighting, Leftists in Providence, Rhode Island Succeed in Removing Mural of Murdered Legal Immigrant Iryna Zarutska (VIDEO)

In March, a mural of legal immigrant and murder victim Iryna Zarutska was painted on an outdoor brick wall in Providence, Rhode Island and immediately came under fire from hateful leftists who wanted it removed.

The Democrat Mayor and other liberal officials sided with the leftist activists, but the mural remained up on the wall. Now they are taking it down.

They have finally succeeded in erasing this innocent young woman from their sight.

FOX News reports:

Mural honoring murdered Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska taken down in Providence after local outrage

A mural painted to honor Iryna Zarutska — the Ukrainian refugee who was murdered while riding a North Carolina train — is being taken down after outrage in Providence, Rhode Island.

On Tuesday, a construction crew was seen near the exterior of The Dark Lady, an LGBTQ+ club in downtown Providence, working to remove the partly finished mural. The mural, which was painted on canvas, was lowered to the ground, folded up and taken away, WJAR-TV reported.

Artist Ian Gaudreau confirmed the news that the artwork was going to be removed after local outrage.

“A lot of people voiced their frustrations, and voices were heard, and the work is coming down as a reaction to that,” Gaudreau told WJAR-TV Monday.

The mural’s removal came as residents and elected officials complained about the artwork. The office of Mayor Brett Smiley told Fox News that he wanted the artwork taken down, saying that the art is “divisive and does not represent Providence.”

“The murder of the individual depicted in this mural was a devastating tragedy, but the misguided, isolating intent of those funding murals like the one across the county is divisive and does not represent Providence,” Smiley said in a statement.

The left’s opposition to this mural is very easy to explain. They do not want to be reminded that the policies they support are responsible for her death. It’s that simple. Her memory is an ugly inconvenience to them.

Watch a local video report below:

🚨OH. MY. GOSH!!!

The mural of Iryna Zarutska in Providence R.I. is CURRENTLY BEING TAKEN DOWN after the owner of the building said:

“If it’s not down by next week, I’m taking it down myself…”

This comes after the city’s mayor called the mural:

“…divisive and does not… pic.twitter.com/Z3ZdP84KRj

— Matt Van Swol (@mattvanswol) May 12, 2026

Of course, leftists are free to paint murals of George Floyd wherever they want to, because that’s (D)ifferent.