Criminal Lawyer Reacts to the Bodycam, Testimony & Verdict in the Taylor Schabusiness Trial 

I was struggling with my soberity from meth feb 2022 and only had less than a year clean. I was chatting with my dealer to make a purchase when this story broke. It stopped me from relapsing. I'm sober for 2.3 years

I have been following this case and it was sad when they brought her dad in the orange jumpsuit, in shackles to testify. Sounds like the entire family struggled and when the mom passed, the dad lost all control. Absolutely no excuse to behave this way because in the end there are no winners. My heart goes out to the enforcement team that now have this permanent vision. I pray they get help.

My heart truly goes out to the parents family members and friends, who lost somewhere so near an dear to them and such a horrendous horrific way..My deepest condolences an continuous ongoing thoughts prayers going out/up💟🛐🙏🏾

I really hope the police department offered counseling to these officers, who witnessed all of that, especially the first officer down there. I really hope he got some help. This is the kind of stuff that makes cops eat their guns and I never wanna see that happen.

Wait.. what happened to e- sign?? Either way love love love your content!!!

This cop is having to relive the absolute worst shift of his life.

Have a safe trip!

Nice suit Bruce, looks like quality.

Honestly, monsters like thst thing should be deleted directly after conviction. They should NOT Be allowed to share this life with the rest of us.

All she had to say was “it’s none of your schabusiness”

Just think. Those parents aren't hysterical, because of the absurdity of the idea. Shock, disbelief, and denial are basically holding them in stasis, hoping it's a sick joke, knowing it isn't but not ready yet to accept it. This monster whatever her name is, I won't give her the respect of that, she caused this to him and to his parents. It's horrible.

Her face - she is PURE evil. Never a tear. She's also 100% sane. The minute the jury found her mentally stable she stopped the little smiling act.

Bruce, she said in the interrogation that she didn't know if he liked to be choked. Meaning she never got his consent to choke him, there is no indication that choking was consensual sexual activity he anticipated. She sexually assaulted him while he was still alive, choking a non-consenting partner is sexual assault. Then assaulted his corpse. I think if she was a man people would be more willing to see that. Just a note, appreciate your videos.

So I sat and thought really hard about that poor mother and what she saw. Unfortunately people are judging her based upon her reaction. If it were me, I would not believe what I saw and be too scared to look again to make sure. There’s absolutely no way I could. Stop judging people’s reactions.

I do think she was definitely high on meth when she did this, but I dont believe it was the *reason* why this happened. She's been incarcerated since the day this happened, so she's been off meth for a *LONG* time at this point. If this was all due to meth, she would be absolutely devastated, remorseful, and disgusted at herself for what she did. She's able to look at these photos and listen to the graphic testimony regarding the scene, and laugh or just show no emotion of any kind.

As a mother I couldn’t imagine the horror of knowing your son was strangled and dismembered while you were sleeping upstairs. I could not imagine the pain . The just utter pain . No one has ever earned the death penalty more . Shame

As a former police officer of 20 years, medically retired, thank you for the empathy you show the first responders. That scene will definitely stay with those officers forever.

My son left law enforcement because of cases like this. His partner was shot in the back of the head while they were on patrol together. It could have been my son since the shooter simply wanted to shoot a cop. My son still has nightmares.

I'm a do my damn best not to commit any crime because i have also googled Jeffree Dahmer and charles manson and ted bundy 🤣😂😵

Never mix Schabusiness with pleasure.

It's funny that people think going to a maximum security psychiatric hospital is better than going to prison. Being drugged against your will despite any possible side effects, not knowing when or if you might ever be considered cured, being judged for every action or non-action, and much more... I guess in some countries they do focus on rehabilitation more and those people may get released too soon, but I haven't seen that happen in the US. Actually, I've only heard of one case in Canada where that did happen.

Thank you for making the video larger. It really help senior citizens. Thank you very much.

Can we just take a moment and appreciate Bruce’s commitment to us by bringing his entire office on the road with him? Absolute unit.

We all put the hate on cops when they are evil but please they gotta also deal with stuff like this and accident scenes can be as horrific.

I couldn’t live in that house anymore after that. At this point, whether she’s convicted or admitted to a mental prison, just make sure it’s FOREVER! she’s a monster 👺 & she’s bonkers, barely human.

Bruce saying "Schabusiness" is the funniest part of this whole vid

The stench of blood must be awful ! My dogs were attacked and the smell of blood in my bathroom where I cleaned them up were strong .

It’s one thing to see something like that on the internet but in person you’ll definitely probably need counseling after this unless you are use to seeing this kinda stuff

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I understand why they used to think people could be taken over by demons, because how could a human being possibly do something like this...A Japanese geisha did something like this in 1936. She was also into strangling her lover, and eventually killed him and cut off his junk. Pretty bizarre.

Taylor’s Lawyer: YOU’RE HONOR I OBJECT Judge: And why is that, Taylor’s Lawyer: Because it is devastating to my case. Judge: Overruled Taylor’s Lawyer: GOOD CALL

Those poor cops will have PTSD from that . Do sad for the family and those involved in the investigations ,

Her eyes are vacant of any soul. What a piece of work. My prayers to the victim’s family. ❤

It must be very difficult to defend a case as horrific as this one , I wonder how lawyers can still have to do their best to help a person like that even though they can't stand them?

It's true. I was an amphetamines addict. Never crossed my mind to physically harm anyone, let alone dismember them.

Imagine that poor mother knowing that piece of excrement killed and dismembered her son in the house whilst you were sleeping upstairs. Bless the family

It's easier to say she's crazy than to believe someone would do that without having something terribly wrong with you. The dismemberment was so much worse than initially reported. The medical examiners testimony was horrific.

The new cold opens before the intro are amazing, beautifully done Michael! Thank you Bruce, for your insight as always! I’ve learned so much from this channel.

Safe travels Bruce.

Can someone tell me what led the police to her? Did the mom tell them to go to her?

Those officers are going to need somme pqyxhological help after that horrendous discovery

I googled her age expecting her to be in her late 40s. Homegirl is 25! What?!😳

I just cannot believe that people like her actually exist in this world

I watched her trials, both of them. I couldn't get over her smirking and staring right into the camera. She has the look of pure evil 😈. I'm sure she'll get life in prison where she belongs.

New here but that intro is top five on RU-vid! 🔥 Appreciate your coverage on this horrific case.

dammit bruce rivers criminal lawyer, you got me singing the theme song to myself in public

Could you imagine being her cell mate? That would be so messed up to have to sleep next to her locked in the same jail cell.

What a horrific murder case. I find your comments insightful and informative.

I typically don’t ever say this but I genuinely feel bad for these two cops in the moment where they first discovered the bucket. Granted, there are many more people more effected by this horrible crime but to know that you’re now responsible for controlling such an horrific scene and things are about to go downhill fast I can only imagine the stress these dues dealt with.

I've been threw psychosis because of meth ; staying up far too long with no food , helucinating and seeing a lot of scary stuff ... NEVER cross my mind to ....Dismember some one ? That's insane .

This woman will not have to worry about other inmates trying to take control of her.

My phone search history would make me look guilty of almost any crime

I heard once having a child is like your heart being outside of your body. I cannot imagine the pain. My aunt lost two, it ain’t right. I’m glad they didn’t air the moms testimony. 😢 God speed, ami. Have fun.

The jury didn’t need to deliberate. The 45 minutes they were back there was the amount of time needed to fill out all the paperwork for the judge to read aloud. After witnessing the horrors on the bodycam footage they were more than ready to put this evil psychopath behind bars…right where she belongs. I get chills every time I look at her because I know that I am looking at pure evil. Watching her through a screen is as close to hell as I ever want to get…

My hub’s step dad was in a biker’s gang, way back in the day. Their club’s lawyer remained steadfast + loyal, available 24/7 for over 30 years (all until his passing, years ago) He ended up the “go to” for all the extended fam/friends, long after the club disbanded. A trustworthy, personable criminal lawyer is a huge blessing for a family to have on stand by! (occasional + rare mishaps/mistakes DO happen) Bruce reminds me of that lawyer…

You know, I feel for the defendant’s lawyer right now. On the one hand if he puts on a strong defense for her, he satisfies his duties to his client, but it’ll probably weigh on his conscience and effect his reputation. On the other, if he does a piss-poor job she has an avenue for appeal but he’s putting his professionalism on the line.

How ironic is it that cop number 2 is a Ed Kemper look alike. The perfect guy to know a severed head when he sees one.

Intro is so great!! ❤, sometimes I get your intro song in my head.. 😂 you all rock! Ⓜ️N!!! ( I hope this mother and this team of responders are all recovering from this 💕🥺)

This right here is why I could never be a police officer. There’s no way in hell I could ever deal with having to see something like that. Ever. When the one cop walked upstairs and left him down there. I’d be in a complete panic. There’s just no way. I cannot imagine what the mom felt finding that. Shad was a cute guy. Clearly he had some issues with drugs but he didn’t deserve this. It’s so damn humiliating. Beyond humiliating.

I've watched a few lawyer reacts and true crime videos it seems to me as a Brit that a lot of bad stuff happens in Wisconsin. Then I watch the Darrell brooks trial and see how lovely some of them are.

"Just a nice average suburban street where Christmas carolers go from door to door and meth causes you to dismember your boyfriend" 😂

Hiya Bruce, from Australia! That was the most disturbing case I've ever watched. As if there isn't enough insanity in the world without a demented killer who just so happens to be your lover...incomprehensible!

This is beyond anything I could imagine, my heart goes out to anyone who had to go through this case especially the family I can't even picture or imagine the pain or horror they must be going through.

I would I've lost it as a mother see my child's head in a bucket

Even though she suffers from bipolar one, I will never forget the lack of remorse Ms Schabusiness showed in court and her matter-of-fact demeanour when interviewed by the cops. Her crimes were depraved.

They say she's got blood on her hands, but the footage shows no blood on her hands?

Watching from Grenada 🇬🇩 Absolutely love this show, Reminds me of my late grandfather who was a lawyer as well

Don't shave! I love the facial hair as much as the cuff links, maybe more. Keep spreading the truth. No self snitch. Behave like a good person. I hope you aren't secretly a terrible person because I love your honest reactions!

Mr. Rivers. Would you take a case like this, and if so, what would your line of defense be? Especially regarding the Insanity plea. Thanks again.

I have issues with how law enforcement is conducted in the US, but holy s***, I feel sorry for the poor cop who uncovered that bucket. I'd probably have contaminated the crime scene by vomiting on it. Flaming pentagrams are NBD, but the rest? Yeah, def troublesome.

I'm trying to put myself in the mind of the parents. Imagine looking in the bucket. It would be almost impossible to comprehend. It would just have to feel like a dream.

the biggest arguement against insanity was her behavior on the body cam footage at the time of arrest and the police interrrogation. I have relations who have schizophrenia and bi-polar, and TS was lucid, oriented, had good memory recall, and could speak intelligently.

There was one point where a mutual friend of the victim and defendant was talking about hanging out with them and used the slang "choppin it up" for hanging out, and she starts busting up laughing trying to hide her smile.

Definitely has a Premeditation Component to it. A Truly Beyond Heinous Crime.

In a tiny bit of devil's advocate, a lot of people were looking up Jeffrey Dahmer because Netflix did a special. For the blow-up doll I got nothing LOL

Innocent until proven guilty presupposes at least some level of civilized behavior, at some point. This is not that. I wouldn't have been a bit upset if the bodycam was just the cops mag-dumping the second they positively identified her. Or would that be too quick?

Most incredible green screen on a moving motorcycle ive ever seen. Michael Rivers IS the James Cameron of RU-vid

Oh my goodness..I'm in Australia....I love your content, and I'm so so keen to see the next few months on your travels to Alaska. Take care and ride safe 😊🩷🇦🇺

As far as I'm concerned she's right up there with Dahmer. That is some sick sh*t she did! I don't know how anybody could live with themselves after doing something like that. Much less, giggle & grin when the worst parts were being displayed. Ugh!!

HEY BRUCE you had it right the first time,, *this lady woulda been fantasizing about all that crazy stuff without meth,,* the stuff about Dahmer yeah that's very relevant but if they're going to blame the meth,, they should also blame the internet because it was a much bigger factor in her crime(s)...

I would be saying, "After I pulled the towel off? Oh then I ran upstairs screaming and tried to calm down to continue the investigation. I thought the whole head in a bucket call was going to be a prank."

One thing I really appreciate about you Bruce...as a criminal defense attorney, I would think it would be easy for you to be adversarial towards police. But in such a gruesome situation, you show such empathy towards police as the humans they are. Can't imagine what these first responders experiencd, and this poor family.... I can't even fathom the trauma of living through this.

Respect for the defense attorney, no -win situation

The way she looks in court and the way she looked when she got arrested is crazy..it looks like two totally different people 😂🤣

Oh my God I'm not even halfway through this and I just seen on their bed That is literally the same blanket I have that same comforter set that for some reason just made me feel some type of way! My heart breaks for this mother and all the family and friends involved in this young man's loss of life This is terrible.... I also feel bad for all the officers and detectives and even the jury that has to see all of these gruesome horrific scenes

This is why I couldn't be a cop, if I had to see that head in the bucket, I woulda passed out right there and needed medical attention. She has to be one of the most sadistic women I have ever heard of and I watch a lot of true crime like these.

100% everyone Who viewed that Carnage that night has some degree of PTSD or another. This extends to the Court Room and the Lawyers, Guards, Jurors, Judges everyone who views these Images IMO would have some form of Trauma.🙏🙏💔💔

I'm actually surprised a mental health defense wasn't successful. She is wakado crazy.

I like her attorney. He’s providing good “defense” for the indefensible without showboating, being loud, using misdirection or any if the nonsense defenses attorneys (like the McMichaels-Bryan attorneys during their murder trial) with weak cases dig up.

The KKK part for me means her dislike for humanity... KKK was distasteful towards black ppl but black ppl are still humans & she showed no regard for that man as an human....

It’s wholesome seeing lawyers be empathetic to people who randomly discovered a severed head while at work. I’m not a police advocate at all, but it was essentially “some guy” who found the parts. That “guy” is probably handling it personally like most people would, horribly. He happened to have gotten a cop job. He’s still a human, he didn’t deserve to see that. I will throw up if I get into the victim and his family’s hurt, so I’m gonna end at the witnesses.

Great job Rivers family, I love the intro shot of Bruce in the club, he throws his hand up and it's like lights camera action

My boy Bruce reminds me of the old white dude that sung that song “rapping for Jesus” 😂 he’s like the guy you think is a nerd but ends up being cooler than you

I think tsome of the search stuff is a bit unfair. The Dahmer netflix show was out in 2022. It was trending on twitter. How many people searched for it

This Taylor Shabusiness is another Elizabeth Bathory type of chick. It's good that was caught, she definitely would have done something like this again. She should never be let out of Prison, _ever_ , because she is a clear and present danger to anyone she would come in contact with.

Omg loving the facial hair already!!

I could not fathom finding someone’s head in a bucket. Absolutely not a loved ones. An animal head would be horrible. It’s nightmare fuel even if it’s just a dolls head. Your sons? I can’t even fathom. I feel sort of bad for Taylor after the whole trial situation but all it takes is “head in a bucket” and I’m like nah.

Meth got both Schubisness and victim and their BDSM affair into this most hideous thing. I have so much empathy for officers who have to attend crime scenes and who have to just go back to work the next day. I also find it interesting that her defence attorrney is wearing an orange tie to 'match' her attire. But that is nor unusual in some trials like that Arias thing trial. When the defence team know their client committed the most hideous of crimes, trying to apply that kind of manipulation is gross. I worked for a little while with a female forensic psychiatrist who also did family law. One of the forensic cases she accepted I had to review the police file submitted and give her the gist of it. That was appalling enough. But I was not warned in any way - I was reading the file and turning the pages and suddenly I was confronted with large photographs of one of the deceased's severed heads. I have seen and read a lot in my time but those images were so shocking and those images remained and invaded my mind for months. And If I think about it I of course can see it clearly. The most shocking thing about it was she had her practice from her home and she had grandchildren who ran around on weekends. I told the doc I worked for NOT to leave the file in hands way of her kids but - next Monday I get to work and it is on the floor. In hindsight, I should have taken some legal action.

I watched a beheading video of Paul Berg back in the al-queda days and I wish I didn't. It is in my head all these years later. I can't imagine his family knowing that video existed on the internet

If only Shad hadn't decided to get Schabusy with her, he'd still be here