Leo Terrell: Progressives Want Us to Live with Criminals in Our Neighborhoods

Smith: “The trial in the 2022 murder of a 24-year-old UCLA grad student Brianna Kupfer is now underway. Shawn Laval Smith is accused of stabbing Brianna to death while she was working alone at a furniture store. Police say he stabbed her 26 times. Let’s bring in Leo Terrell, Fox News contributor and civil rights attorney. Leo, the elements of this story and this case are just so gruesome, so horrible. The sounds in the courtroom drove the parents right out. They couldn’t even tolerate it. Just — want to get your thoughts on what the public should think about this happening.”

TERRELL: “What should have happened? It should have never happened. This young girl should be alive today. What is the problem, Sandra? It is progressive criminal justice. This murderer, he’s going to get convicted, has been on the loose for 15 years, arrested, released, arrested, released, arrested, released. North Carolina, South Carolina, California, assaulting an officer, misdemeanor crime, shooting a weapon into a vehicle where there was a young little boy, and now you have this situation. He was released by the District Attorney office in LA regarding a misdemeanor possession of stolen property. Why is he on the streets? Because of progressive policy. George Gascon, George Soros, and guess who? The founder of progressive leadership in California, Kamala Harris. That is why this young lady is not alive today. You know what he’s wearing right now? That monster is wearing a spit mask right now. That’s not a Covid mask. That’s a spit mask, because of his outrageous conduct. And the defense attorney, Sandra, did not do an opening statement. Why? Let me be as clear as possible, 35 years of practicing law. That guy is going to be found guilty. Not even a question. He left a recording of his — of his horrific crime at the scene. DNA, forensic evidence. It is a slam dunk case. But this goes much bigger. It is an indictment against progressive District Attorney. And one last statement. The progressives want us to coexist, to live with criminals in our neighborhoods, in our schools, in our retail stores, in our hospitals. They want us to coexist. That doesn’t make sense, Sandra.”

Smith: “6’2,” 190-pound male. He basically walked up to that girl working alone in a furniture store, told her she never had a chance, turned on a video. The video recorded almost everything. I mean, the evidence against him. I mean, he left the bent knife there, but there is digital audio recordings, there’s security camera images. And we just had a second ago up his — the number of mugshots dating back over the decades, how many times this guy has been arrested for absolutely abhorrent behavior. These — this is Brianna’s parents. They spoke to a local affiliate about what it has been like since they lost their daughter.”

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L. KUPFER: “Your brain honestly wakes up from a nap, from a sleep, and you jolt like someone electrocutes you because your brain suddenly realizes, my daughter’s gone.”

T. KUPFER: “You wake up. You think about it, you can’t help it. You take a walk, you think about it, you do anything. You — she comes to mind. She was really a good, good girl, good living example of what more of us should be like.”

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Smith: “So, will that — will this be a wake-up call to some of these cities that allowed this to happen, to allow someone like that out on the street?”

TERRELL: “No, not in California. I’m going to be honest. I’m not going to lie to your viewers. No. Is that a wake-up call? We got a progressive mayor. We got a progressive governor. We had a progressive U.S. senator who’s now vice president. Progressive district attorneys currently exist in California and throughout the nation. We need a complete overhaul. And one other point about this monster. This monster was looking for a one-on-one situation, he was basically lying in wait looking for a victim, and he found the victim. And more importantly, he not only showed his hatred towards this young girl, he had a hatred towards women. He had a hatred towards women. He’s a monster and yet he’s allowed to roam the streets. Makes no sense. It’s very frustrating to live in California.”