Woman Murders Alleged Attacker and Claims "Stand Your Ground" Defense | Brittany Smith Case Analysis
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- Опубликовано: 25 ноя 2022
- This video answers the question: Can I analyze the case of Brittany Smith? She was the topic of a Netflix documentary titled “State of Alabama vs. Brittany Smith.”
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Your story about Brittany using someone else's urine to fake a drug test reminds me of an experience I had in the late 1990s that was both sad and amusing. I ran a group home for men dealing with Substance Use Disorder, and we suspected that one of our residents was using. I confronted him about this and sent him to a local hospital to get tested. (We didn't have home testing kits at the time.) The hospital tested for a large number of conditions as a kind of catch-all for administrative reasons. The next day I called the hospital lab for the test results. They were negative for any illicit drugs. They also showed that he was pregnant.
So the poor guy had substance use disorder _and_ testicular cancer. That must be rough.
I thought he had his periods but he upped the ante! Could’ve been kidney stone too😂.
A friend of mine used his 8 year old brother's urine for a drug test. He said "It was one hell of a way to find your 8 year brother haz a coke problem. 😂
@@rambling964 Nope. He used "clean" urine he bought from a woman in his outpatient program.
@@bobzenx7225 that don't make sense tho. Sorry not trying to be pedantic here. If he used his 8 yr old brother's urine the urine would be clean no? Sorry if I ruined ur anecdote.
80 times? 🙄 hard to feel bad for someone arrested 80 times. 🤦🏾♂️
Netflix gave us a series but your 15 minute video is more informative!
Those kitchen cupboards can be very, very dangerous. Many people have fallen victim to the door of a kitchen cupboard at some time or another.
I have gotten nasty bumps on my head from kitchen cabinets.
Yep..But it's the Drawers that'll "Draw On" Ya in a Heartbeat tho'..😉😁😱😛🤣😂🤣👌👌
Get a West Highland White terrier
Come for the cacti, stay for the story. Love you Dr. G.🤗
Cacti? I thought three guys had just surrendered.
Yeah..and thinkin the 🌵🪴🌵 Have grown Tooo from the New Groovy Scenery and Lighting!?🤔😉😆💕👌👌
I like the backlighting in your new studio. And your cacti decor, of course. Thanks for your informative content, Dr. Grande!
What a messed up case. I feel so sad for her four children who have no choice in all of this!
Great video, Dr. Grande! Your hard work and thoughtfulness is very appreciated! ♡♡
The pit bull puppy did not get a good start in life with any of these damaged people 😢xx
I love the multiplying cacti!
Seriously, though.
Cabinets wielding non-stick pans are dangerous. I'm glad they were able to neutralize it.
Just a reminder, I'm not diagnosing anybody in this video; only speculating about what could be happening in a netflix special like this.
😂😂😂 Really liked this comment ahahah
@@Aysegul_OAmusic hey thank you! :)
thanks for your comment it always makes for an interesting dialog ......
@@tankthearc9875 Thank you so much!
I know he only talks about horrible crimes but I’d LOVE to see Dr. Grande have a huge belly laugh. It would be surreal.
You can occasionally catch him trying to hide a smirk sometimes, or little micro-reactions to the content he's discussing... I miss the blooper reel!
However since his comedy is based on deadpan delivery, we won't get to see much of that.
Go check out his podcast, Bella Grande Media! You will see him at his more natural self, joking around & laughing with the other guys on the show. They do deep dives on more true crime stories.
You are so correct about the Meth. I've seen it around for decades, and it never ends well. So much craziness and crime with it. I've heard every druggie tale there is and I've seen the bodies. Tragic. The thing is that so many of the users have utterly no hope for and kind of better life in reality, just a continued deadly grind. Nothing to hold them back, or to live for otherwise. I know there are programs and thinks, and not everyone falls into the traps, but far too many do. Short wasted lives.
Get a West Highland White terrier
Definitely the scariest drug to me. Some of the most horrendous cases I’ve watched have been committed by meth addicts.
A tragic situation. Desperate times call for desperate measures like every turd in a pot needs to be flushed away.
I will never stop watching Dr. Grande videos
What happened to the puppy?
Try as I might, I can't bring myself to care about anything else in this story.
As for the drugs being responsible and "getting a pass": I'll buy that when I hear that people are being held down and having the drugs shoved down their throats or into their veins. It's a choice, Doc, and druggies need to be held to account.
Pitbulls and drug addicted yokels ... what could possibly go wrong?
Pitbull didn't do anything!!
@@THE-id1by Simply being a pit bull is doing something wrong.
I thought the pitbull would play a bigger part in this story. Like she was playing the long game by raising the puppy, then a few years later letting it bite people.
Here we go … it’s Grande time. This one sounds of great interest. Thanks for all the great videos, Grande. I appreciate them every day.
How exactly can one hold a substance accountable when the person themselves choose to use it and commit crimes for it
It's the new world: nobody must be held accountable for anything.
@@robgrey6183 Excuses across the board for everything any time seems to be an Olympic Event.
I like the lights in the background!
This is the second time I’ve seen a program on Netflix, decide not to watch it until I hear the story from you first. It actually inspires me to then watch on Netflix. Netflix owes you royalties 😂
I could never have made up such a thing. Clearly, I have no prospects as a writer of fiction.
Another amazing video Doc. I love your dry sense of humour.
It's the perfect environment for cacti.
She was trying to get her kids back and like a lot of moms, would do just about anything to facilitate that. Did she do what a lot of people think they would do in that situation? No. But being terrified, recently SAed, a drug history, not fully comprehending the situation, being untrusting of the police, along with many other factors caused her and Chris to make stupid decisions. I honestly believe if Chris would have killed him this wouldn’t have even been a story, he would have gotten off with the stand your ground, that’s probably one of the reasons why he initially took the blame. The public wants a perfect victim and that rarely is the case.
Your growing Cacti family is adorable!
I would not have wanted to be on this jury…there is too much Reasonable Doubt…he attacked her, people don’t behave rationally after attacks/Rs etc-expecting her to act rationally would plant doubt that would likely keep me from finding her guilty of murder.
The dry sense of humor is killing me! Awesome!
Also the lack of help for drug users leads to something like this.
There has never been so much help available as in current times. It doesn’t stop you til the addict wants it to stop. Stop putting it all on the system. Take responsibility for your own actions!
Thanks Dr. Grande, I doubt that aw enforcement has heard the last of Brittney's exploits.
Could you please analyze comedic actor Andy Dick, I think he's homeless now?
I liked his show on MTV he had in the early 2000's. He was extemely funny!!Especially the skits he did as Christina Aquillera, that was hilarious!!!
@@Leanne-mw8nm Kaptain Klean
I'm concerned about the poor puppy being traumatized from witnessing all the violence.
right?also she the girl here who owned the pup should have had a background check done on her(lol)and....what happened to her other children?she had 4 children supposedly
The entire length of the Netflix documentary I couldn't stop thinking what happened to that innocent puppy and I pray that social services intervened and that the puppy was able to be adopted out to a loving home!!
Get a West Highland White terrier
Thank you for that. 😢❤
That pitbull is going to bite a kids face 100% noe
Protip ladies- if you're dealing with an aggressive person harassing you, retain a lawyer and do not speak to police. The justice system is still slanted against women.
Dr Grande, you are awesome for all the videos you put out. All of your videos are well researched, well formatted, and your unbiased analysis is well thought out and delivered. I appreciate you all the hard work you put in to each of your videos!!!!
where did he find reasonable doubt? she lied so much its obvious it was a murder.
@@tankthearc9875 I believe by her saying she was attacked first, that could lead jurors to reasonable doubt. As strange as this story is, she could've been believed by some. But with all of her lies and the behavior, I agree that she doesn't become believable with anything she says.
@@bernicereinhard2296 yes but doc said he doesnt think she was guilty beyond reasonable doubt himself.
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Dr. Grande have you done an episode on the Walmart shooting? Sounds like the shooter was having delusions from his phone entry. So sad. I used to live in that area. It’s so quiet and kinda boring. I’m in shock.
Well done Dr. Grande. You knocked it out of the park!! Thank you !!!!
Can I suggest the case of Melissa Highsmith? She's been missing for over 50 years. She was abducted from her mother as a newborn and the police have never been interested in her case, it seems.
I hope he sees this ❤
Commenting to bump this up. I suggested a case via IG message and he covered it, but that was also when there was only about 10k of us. Still might give it a try.
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She’s been found!!!! They’ve posted today on their Fb group!
@@DemonaLlama OMG what amazing news!!!!
I hope someone rescued the puppy! Poor thing would have been traumatised living in that chaos.
I would say that once again the parents that raised these 2 individuals get a pass. The parents also represent a force that escaped responsibility. Alot of this behavior begins at home and it is clear that the parents were completely disinterested in raising decent human beings.
I agree that in most cases it is the parents, or single parent, responsible for the lack of instilling ANY morality in their children. I have seen so many of these true crime analysis and videos and cannot believe how human beings can commit such violent acts on others so easily. Heck, I feel guilty if the person at my table accidentally spills milk when serving a glass, I have a ridiculous amount of guilt over things, too much. I cannot imagine these people have little to no remorse or guilt over their horrendous crimes. Obviously they have no empathy. I understand empathy develops at a very young age, like 1 month to 3 years old, when the baby should be attaching to the mother and learns about love from the mother or parents. If the child does not get exposed to any such bonding, they fail to develop empathy. Too many kids these days are unwanted pregnancies so I am sure they never have the chance to bond, therefore they have hardly any feelings. They only do what they think is best for their needs and nothing else. Our society has devolved so much in the 50 years of my existence it is like I was born into a totally different planet. So sad.
As I get older I see how lazy parents unleash their shitty kids on the public
It’s obvious you know nothing about a small poor southern town. I bet you’re from NY NJ or the like
I watched the doc. I felt bad for her. I believe that she was abused. The fact that they gave her a murder charge with less time than the manslaughter charge was crazy.
I don't feel bad for her. Murder is murder regardless if you're a rape victim and she was wildin out on bail +lied and covered up stuff nonstop.
@@SamoaVsEverybody814 yeah fucking lunatic burned down a house. Should keep her canked up.
Less time is still the rest of your life. You murdered someone. You plead guilty to murder. Society will be protected by virtue of shunning the someone who would repeatedly lie, pull the trigger, continue lying, even point the finger at her nearest and dearest. What is NOT guilty about this woman? It’s insulting that this case has been used to try to gain a ‘feminist’ foothold. Nothing worse in this world than abandoning your kids using a dead baby as an excuse. Meth was her honey, her lover. And her ‘Mama’? The tree the apple fell from.
@@SamoaVsEverybody814 regardless if you’re a rape victim?? You’re definitely sick…
@@SamoaVsEverybody814all rapists deserve that fate
In the Netflix doc, compare the early photos of Brittany to the later photos of her...
You will find a monumental change in appearance that wasn't caused solely by normal aging factors...
The reason Brittany looks so bad now compared to when she was younger can be directly correlated to...
Heavy methamphetamine substance use / abuse!!
I concur 100% with Dr. Grande's assessment on what likely occurred regarding this sad case.
indeed this is informative, Doc...I appreciate you, thanks.
The initial plea deal was not very good. It should not have been offered. Arson charges showed she was still out of control at that time.
but of course got her female privilege
@@tankthearc9875 She should have sorted out her story and stuck to it even if the truth was that she did it. She would have got more Brownie points for being honest. That is step one of her female privilege. As it stands she looks like Meleagris Gallopavo.
This whole story smells off.
She bought a dog off a rando... then the rando calls her next day, asking for a lift?!? wut?!? AND SHE SAYS YES? ... in fact, she doesn't JUST say yes, she ALSO invites Random-Pit-Bull-Breeder-She-Just-Met, to stay the night, as the only other person in a single woman's house?!?
And there's like another half-dozen of these bizarre, just-doesn't-make-sense story elements.
The decisions of basically EVERYONE involved in this story (assuming the story's trrue... which it ABSOLUTELY isn't) are utterly insane.
Some kind of town-wide, universal infestation of brain-worms, maybe? Is the whole place hopped-up on bath salts?
Basically, this is "street rules" behaviour and it becomes "normal" for those
"on the streets". It doesn't help that govt. employees basically ASK for certain stock answers to "the questions' . We may have done this as students: people coming and going in some rented house. I did it, a large Victorian near the El Toro Marine base. But back then we always paid our rent (somehow) and never had real major issues with behaviour. Most guys were just glad to get home from Vietnam, and lots of girls they went to HS with were glad to see them back. But add DRUGS as a motivator, and things can go sideways rreal fast.
I agree this sounds crazy!! She buys the dog from a random guy, gets her brother to drive her to pick the guy up, invited him to stay the night, leaves that m note with the gas station teller, tells her brother to go bk to talk to the teller and then he comes bk to her house with his gun locked and loaded. Ummm what!? Sounds like a set up murder to me. Haven't gotten to the end of this video yet as I'm typing this but if she was in sincere danger, she could've told her brother when he got there to take them to get smokes. She could've went to the police officer in the store, she didn't have to go back home with Todd. Just sounds way too fishy to me. Like this was a set up murder that she tried to make out to be self defense by pre-leaving that note for the teller. Maybe the motive was for drugs/money..
how he finds reasonable doubt boggles my mind
She knew the bull dog breeder from childhood. They knew each other. Not defending her entirely. Just wanted to point that out.
Always interesting.
Thank you
Peace 💕🇺🇲
I'm really enjoying your content, and especially your dry sense of humor! Thank you
As a former pitbull owner, I can attest to how beautiful, loyal and cuddly they are. Please don't allow the media's bad publicity to taint your perception of this wonderful breed. My first pitbull, Jagger, absolutely loved children. We had people bring kids over who were terrified of dogs, and Jagger basically cured them of that terror. He loved playing red rover with a teddy bear and 5 or 6 kids in our yard. Unfortunately he was only 6 when he died of a rare lymphatic cancer in 2004. My second pitbull, Lars, was a real gem too. He made our family so happy after mourning Jagger. Beautiful boy. We had him for 10 years, he died of old age. The reason people want to own pitbulls is because they're a lovely breed of dog.
We should have stand your ground defense but unfortunately most stories are usually an excuse to cover up homicide. Great points again. Thanks Dr G😊💛❤
Hello my lovely friend. Sending prayers and hugs for you and your mum. Did you get the message I'm pregnant, due August next year. 😢 😚❤💙💖✉🍵🌷🌸🌹🍀
Hi Dr. Grande. I hope you see this. All my other apps. that I watch do. I think she was guilty, but, she murdered out of anger, which in my opinion was from her being abused at some point in her life. Thanks for another on point diagnosis, peace & love to you & your family as well, Janine Smiley🙂😀😎🤩❕🎄🎁🚗🚘🏡🎀🎉⌚🛋✌👍⏰🌻🌷🌺🌹👋
@@janinemccartha1811 Janine, I have seen and looked after many babies and children that have been sexualy and physically abused, they don't go on too murder people.
Love your videos doctor and the and the sarcasm makes me laugh. You’re the best.
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Good morning Dr Grande. There is no doubt she killed this man. It always seems drugs and alcohol don't mix. I believe she didn't alert the police, maybe allegedly she wanted this outcome. Thank you Dr Grande. Excellent analysis, tragic outcome and informative topic.
Drugs don't mix*
The taxpayers pay for the last few weeks of the majority of pitbulls' lives. You don't have to approach a pitbull breeder to obtain a pitbull.
Hello Dr Grande..... this was a little weird one. Thank you for your excellent analysis.🌹
👏👏👏 Bravo Dr. Grande! 👏👏👏
Mental health? Anyone who does tons of drugs is going to have mental health issues. Take a normal person and constantly load them up with drugs and you will get this insane behavior.
***Dr. Grande, can you please do an analysis of the Cabo 6 in the Shanquella Robinson case? ***
I love your new set Dr!
Other than the murder this is a common reality in the South, it's called redneck. One car for 10 people, no one is working but Moms on disability, Pit Bulls are a common household pet for families with small children. Btw, mixing up urine samples can happen to anyone with an ankle bracelet.
but yet they talk about blk ppl on welfare. smh
I love my rescue pitbull, he's great with kids and other dogs.
Keep pit bulls out of this.
And yes, I'm from Alabama.
Love when you recommend series to stream. ❤
Very good point you made at the end of this clip
You are right Dr Grand
I like that you find illegal substances ‘guilty’. Its about time we held these bad guys to account frankly
She took Todd out and put herself away. Society wins.
she got 18 months inside total bs
What did the poor puppy do to get flamed by Grande? Pit bulls are well known to be great with kids.
Any breed dog is exactly what HUMANS make them. A Goldendoodle put my pitbull into the hospital while she was protecting my son in the middle of our street while I watched. Stop breed discrimination.
Dextromethamphetamine is a legal, schedule II prescription treatment for ADHD, and is effective in rare cases for some people who have uncomfortable side effects from mixed amphetamine salts and dextroamphetamine. It is probably underprescribed because of illicit use, and insurance is often unwilling to cover it. Oral doses of the drug are profoundly different in kinetics, and therefore effect and duration, from insufflation and smoking.
Levomethamphetamine is a unscheduled, over the counter nasal decongestant.
You're right methamphetamine was used illegally in this case, but it also has, both enantiomers, powerful therapeutic effects, overshadowed, unfortunately, by dimwitted repetition of the idea it's neurotoxic, which is true, if you scale up the dose it takes to kill a rat to a human.
Stand your ground is code for “I don’t like that person “
Hi,Dr.Grande!
Can you please make personality analysis video of Steven Morrissey?
I think that would be interesting.
@7:46 Dr Grande FTW! 🤣💯💯
That poor little pitbull puppy, and his siblings and mother.
Grande is the Man 💪
👍yo your analysis Dr. Grande. 🙂💞
WHATUP doc g. Like the office upgrade buddy 🙏😎✌️
Poor puppy
Oh, Dr G, your dryly delivered tongue-in-cheek jokes really tickle me 😂
Methamphetamine from what I've seen on certain TV programs is often linked to violent behavior. As always a very good point you make in the end. Caught that bit of humor as well...
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Hello doc, i wonder if this suggestion would reach you. I was wondering if you'd consider taking about armin meiwes. He's the German murderer who killed a voluntary victim and then ate his body in 2001.
I feel like he's done this case before.
Thanks!
Urban people, poor whites, Hispanics and African-Americans, know that pit bulls are very loving dogs, more so than most dogs, and great with small kids, too, as long as they're raised that way, but the media has scared you supposedly nice people out in the suburbs.
Hello 👋 good Dr. Grande
Dr Granda - I’d love your take on Aussie journalist/RUclipsr “FriendlyJordies” AKA Jordan Shanks. He’s been uncovering a lot of important government corruption and sharing on his RUclips and Patreon because our journalists are super biased against our Labor governments… anyway his house was fire bombed last week, this is very unusual for Australia 😳
If it was just the one shooting incident, I may have given her a break; but it seems that she keeps committing crimes. I think that the longer she stays in custody the better. A lengthier stay may give her enough clean time to make that stick, turn her life around, get her children back, etc..
Ironically, my daughter's name is also Brittany Smith and she is a year younger than the Brittany of this video. The name Brittany (spelled various ways) was very popular in the 80s and then it quickly became less popular. That's why most Brittany's are around the same age.
Thanks! 🙂
These aren’t my people. Just appalling behavior.
Your cacti background is pretty interesting 😅
Why didn't she write on the note to call 911? She had ample opportunities that night to get away from Todd and went back to the house with him anyway. Stand your ground does not apply to this case because it was like she wanted to set Todd up to be killed by her brother, then claim she was standing her ground. This law seems to have soo many different interpretations, it's hard for people to agree on what it truly means and how it should be used. It can range from true self defense during an assault to killing someone over something they did hours or days ago when the threat is no longer imminent and there is now time to involve law enforcement.
Good afternoon Dr Grande! Hope you're doing well! Thank You!
As a survivor myself I know firsthand that you might act strangely after an assault but I am here to tell you her story makes ZERO sense.
It was very nice of her trying to help Todd with advice But there’s a reason why they’re people trained to give advice to addicts sometimes the advice coming from a friend isn’t always the most helpful and yes there will be sometimes hostility.
About the fourth time you have had a “Todd” in your videos. But it’s still a rare name. At least it is not about Dr. Todd. Once that happens I know you have met your nemesis. Thanks for your “insight”Dr. 💚✅💚
Thank you Dr. Grande, your new place looks nice. I kinda miss the bricks though. I think a glowing halo above your head would balance the scene. Now on to the intrigue...
Good morning Dr Grande, very interesting video. Well, a dangerous person begats a dangerous person. Yes, Brittany is guilty. But, I believe she was scared and trying to protect the other person. Stand your ground laws in California state the person trying or causing verbal or physical harm has to be in the house. Then if the victim retaliate with causing injuries or death, the person will be cleared of all charges. I know this because I put a shotgun barrel in my ex-boyfriend stomach and told him I would kill him if he didn't stop coming to my front door. It worked, never saw this man again.
Always learn from your videos. Could you do a video on Amy Semple McPherson. She was an Evangelical preacher in the 1920s and 30s. She disappeared will swimming in Long Beach, CA.
Very interesting situation.
Take care and Happy Saturday.
There was a case in Michigan which I think relates to this case - the woman in the Michigan case had also lost custody of her children but was on track to get them back. However, she got entangled in a relationship with a man who abused drugs and wound up killing him so that her relationship with him would not keep her from getting her kids.
Dr. Grande,
If I may request a suggestion for a possible upcoming new video -
Please consider the case of
Dean Corll aka "The Candy Man" along with the 2 teenage boys that helped Corll procure teenage boys...
David Owen Brooks & Elmer Wayne Henley
"Houston Mass Murders 1970-1973"
In 1973 when this case was known to law enforcement the “Houston Mass Murders” became the serial killer case with the most victims in U.S. history at 28.
There has always been more evidence to suggest the “Houston Mass Murders” case sadly yielded more known and unknown victims.
I hope nothing like this happens at my house. I've got 22 rounds everywhere. I bought the home from a hoarder, and or a while I just shot every pest I saw
Boy oh boy. Im gonna come in from a different angle, firstly: For now, I say: Ti hell with em all. And what about some decent laws to protect animals from being in the ‘care’ -(not) - of drug addicts and violent people? We have these for children, that’s why she had her kids taken away. It’s a dangerous and cruel loophole in the law. I see em around my area suffering. I don’t even like pit bulls, but I do feel the suffering of beings and little puppies feel madness and fear. To hell with the lot of em. I’m gonna share a personal story related to this, later. It’s topical for me. But gotta go to work, so thank you Dr Grande.
Interesting as always! Since so many people are making requests for a video, I'll make one too: Shelly Miscavige
She's trying to get back her 4 children...
She bought a pit-bull puppy...
OK, that's not directly related to the crimes, but still, seems like a bad idea.
Alabama, 'nuff said...
We haven’t heard the last of ms Brittany. If the drugs don’t kill you, the lifestyle will.
So why did she set fire to a trailer?