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Who's Really Safe? The Disturbing Reality of America's Criminal Justice Crisis

Carol Marks

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Violence seems to be everywhere these days - even in the most unexpected places. Today we dive into a truly bizarre case where a decomposed, dismembered body was discovered in a Tesla registered to popular singer D4VD (pronounced "David") after the vehicle had been abandoned and towed to a Los Angeles impound lot. The grisly discovery came days after the car was sitting in the summer heat, leading to a foul odor that finally prompted investigation.

But that's just the beginning of our disturbing crime roundup. We're tracking the massive manhunt for Jamal McGriff, a 42-year-old career criminal with a horrifying 30-year record who brutally murdered an elderly couple in Queens. The victims - parents of an FDNY paramedic - were found bound, stabbed multiple times, and set on fire in their own home after being terrorized for nearly five hours. The most infuriating part? This dangerous offender was walking free despite decades of violent behavior, raising serious questions about our criminal justice system's priorities.

We also examine President Trump's recent dinner outing in Washington DC, where he attempted to demonstrate improved safety in the capital following his administration's crime crackdown. But does a presidential dinner with Secret Service protection really prove anything about everyday citizens' safety? I don't think so. The reality is that many of us have dramatically changed our behavior - I don't even answer my door anymore - because we can't rely on the system to keep dangerous people off our streets. So what's really behind this crime wave? Is it failed "reimagined" justice policies that prioritize keeping offenders out of prison? Mental health system failures? Or something more sinister? Join the conversation and share your thoughts on what's driving this disturbing trend. Subscribe now for more unfiltered analysis of today's most troubling news stories.

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Speaker 1:

Hello and good morning, my little love bunnies. All right, today I have for you a singer. I don't know who this character is this singer and he spells it. I hate when people do this. He spells his name D, then with the number four and then VD, so I'm going to call him David, even though if you spelled it out it would be DeFore VD.

Speaker 1:

Anyway, a decomposed and dismembered body was found in a Tesla of his. But we'll get to that in a minute. And then we have more issues about criminals being out on the street. New York Police Department issues dire warning as a manhunt launched for armed career criminal accused of torching, killing elderly NYC couple. And then we have Trump dines out in DC to show that it is safe. I've got some words about that, but we're going to save that one for last. Let's start with this singer rapper, whatever he is. All right, here we go From the New York Post. Please don't let there be any pop-ups in this. All right.

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A putrid, dismembered body has been found dumped in a Tesla, reportedly registered to a popular New York-born singer. I'm gonna call him David. I'm not pronouncing DeForeVD, deforevd, okay, whatever. Several days after it was abandoned and taken to a Los Angeles tow yard, so I don't know what this means. It was registered to him. It was abandoned on the street. The police, or whoever came and took it away, took it to the impound whatever and they found a body in it days later after it started smelling. Uh, what does this mean for this character? I don't know. I don't know what it means and when it was registered to him. They probably need to ask him some questions.

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Police made the grim discovery at the impound lot in hollywood on monday afternoon after workers reported a foul odor coming from the electric vehicle. Now this guy it could have been stolen. This car could have been stolen. He could have bought it for a family member. Who knows what? Who knows the 2023, but we need to find out. I would like to know. The 2023 Tesla is registered to David Anthony Burke, the 20-year-old Queens-born romantic homicide artist known as D4VD, so he has a song named Romantic Homicide. That's not good. The artist's representatives assured Burke it is cooperating with authorities, even though he is still out on tour, according to a statement obtained by NBC blah blah, blah blah. Authorities told the outlet that it could take some time, since the bagged remains weren't intact on top of the body's advanced decomposition. From days locked in the Tesla front trunk baking in the South Carolina sun oh isn't that lovely. The car, which bears Texas license plates, had been towed to the lot after being reported abandoned in the Hollywood Hills roughly five days ago. In that time, david had been sharing routine posts with his two million followers on Instagram. He is currently in the middle of a world tour and had a show in Minneapolis scheduled on Tuesday night, with Los Angeles stops slated for later this month. No idea who this guy is. He previously performed on stage in Chicago on Saturday at the Salt Shed David, best known for his tracks here With Me and Romantic Homicide.

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Okay, then it just stops. The article just stops. Who knows? Will we have a follow-up on that? I don't know. I hope we do All right.

Speaker 1:

Next up is this more out on cashless bail, dei system, reimagined criminal justice reimagined bullshit. Now I did a video yesterday on YouTube and I hope you go watch it and please share it. It's about this whole thing about DEI and the criminal justice system and how people are just walking about freely. Now it doesn't matter how many times they get arrested. It was about Irina Zarutska. It was about her case that I talked about. So please go subscribe to my YouTube channel, go watch that video I think it's pretty good and then go share it please. Okay, police launched a massive manhunt Tuesday for a violent sex offender and career criminal sought in the horrific Queens fire that killed the elderly parents of an FDNY paramedic.

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Jamal McGriff, who is 42 years old and ex-con on parole with a string of career busts, has been identified as a suspect in the vicious deaths of 78-year-old Maureen Olton and her husband, frank Thomas Olton, 76, who was found bound to a pole in the basement with multiple stab wounds after their Bell Rose home was torched Monday. Police and law enforcement sources said. Nypd Commissioner Jessica Tisch said McGriff is armed and dangerous and has a 30-year-long criminal record. Well hello, why is he not in a f***ing prison?

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The suspect's MO is to go door-to-door asking for some kind of assistance until he can gain entry. Oh, my word. Oh, don't see, I don't answer my door anymore. Ever I haven't answered my door in forever. Somebody rings the door. I'm not answering it. No, sir, I will just sit there quietly until somebody leaves. No, I'm not answering the door anymore. Ever I've been like that for years and I remember not till when my kids were little, oh my word, I would sit there with the windows open, the front door wide open, and, you know, just let them play. And, oh, that was the day when we could do that back then, remember, not anymore. Thank you for everything, not Okay. Investigators for the NYPD and our partners on the Regional Fugitive Task Force are working around the clock to locate and to apricate whatever tish said.

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The suspect killer entered the 254th street home through a back door around 10 15 am on monday and was caught on surveillance footage, leaving after terrorizing the elderly victims for nearly five hours. Oh, my word, bless their hearts. Frank olton had been doused with a flammable liquid and set on fire, while both victims were stabbed multiple times. Oh my God, this is horrible. Just 14 minutes later, fire alarms went off. Oh God, maureen Olten's body was found on the first floor and her husband in the basement, where he had been chained and lifeless before the fire was set. And lifeless before the fire was set. Tragically, police said their first responder's son was alerted to the blaze at his parents' home and was at the scene when the fire was down. Oh, my goodness Bless. Oh, mcgriff had robbed the 30th.

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Okay, then it goes on and talks about his career criminals. Oh, I hope they get this guy and put him away for life. You know, I don't know, though, anymore, and you know you can guess what. Well, I'm not going to say it. All right, moving on to, trump dines out with cabinet officials to demonstrate DC safety after crime cracked down.

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Outcome is really spectacular. All right, mr President, I get what you're doing, but come on, you're the President of the United States. You have Secret Service with you all over the place all the time, probably when you go to the bathroom, so I don't want to hear about how safe it is now. You, of course, you're going to be safe going out and about Shut up. I love you, but no, president Trump took the streets of Washington DC Tuesday and dined out with members of his cabinet as he touted the spectacular outcome of his crime crackdown.

Speaker 1:

I'm sure it is spectacular, I don't doubt him on that. But him trying to go out to dinner and say look how safe it is, come on, do you think we're stupid? Trump's outing to Joe's Seafood, prime Steak and Stone Crab, an upscale establishment about a block away from the White House, marks the first time the president has gone out to dinner in the district since the start of his second term. And you know, we were watching this story on the news this morning and the gent asked I wonder if the Secret Service has to go in there. I'm sure they go sweep the place first, but I wonder if they have to stand back there and watch them prepare the food. I'm like I'm sure they do, or they just bring in their own chef and say, hey, come in and do they have somebody that to taste? Test taste at first. You know, I don't know, I don't know. What do you think about that? That's not the question of the day. We are going to have the question of the day and it is well, it's actually a multitude of questions.

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I guess my question, if I can articulate it right, or whatever, is what do you think is the cause of all of these crimes? Is it one? The new reimagined justice system? Or two? Uh, is it lack of mental illness? Uh, crisis intervention, whatever, if sin sanus not addressing mental illness. Now here's the thing with irina zarutska and they're saying the guy who killed her in cold blood, like that, had mental illness. Well, at first I was going along with that and then I heard Greg Gutfeld talk about it. And he's right.

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Greg Gutfeld, if you can find his little tirade on it I think it was on the five that he did it You'll probably find a video out there on him explaining why he doesn't think it's mental illness, why he says this excuse is just not right. He said he was a man going after a woman. He was behind her so she didn't know it was coming, so it was on purpose, and then he walked away. It was on purpose, like he knew, and then he walked away like as fast as he could because he knew it was wrong. So he knew what he was doing. It wasn't mental illness, he knew what he was doing. He, he was a man who overpowered a woman who was not suspecting anything and then ran away. So, yeah, okay, I get that.

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Anyway, what do you think the cause is of all of this stuff happening? I think it's the new reimagined justice system where they just let everybody free because they don't want to be called racist. That's what I think, and I think we do have a race war coming, or it's here already, here A long time ago. Somebody that I knew a very long time ago have a race war coming, or it's here already here A long time ago, somebody that I knew a very long time ago talked about race war coming. And are we amongst it right now? I don't know, because everyday people get along just fine. It's the criminals that are the people that are doing all of this, it's not everyday people. So I don't know, I don't know. What do you think? I'm getting muddled down here? Give me what you, what your thoughts are on all of this. Okay, I gotta go. Thanks for listening. Bye.

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