Payback

Southside collection

De: Natalie Y. Moore

Narrado por: Janina Edwards

More than two decades after Darrell Cannon was tortured into a false confession of murder, he was finally released from prison with hardly an apology. He wasn’t the only one with a story to tell.

Award-winning author Natalie Y. Moore reveals the fight for justice and reparations engineered by Chicago’s Black People Against Police Torture movement. More than one hundred African Americans were brutalized by Chicago Police Department Commander Jon Burge’s sadistic, state-sanctioned “interrogation” ring that operated within the department for decades. The racist CPD cover-up had no chance against the appalling evidence leveled by survivors. In this landmark hearing, “sorry” wasn’t going to cut it.

Natalie Y. Moore’s Payback is part of Southside, a collection of five true stories about racism and reform, crime and corruption, justice and injustice in Chicago - from the Pulitzer Prize-winning team at The Marshall Project. Each story can be listened to in a single sitting.

©2018 Natalie Y. Moore. (P)2018 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

Truly enjoyed

Excellent information with the African- American approach. Historically mapping systemic racism in the very society we live in today.

Bookworm Speaks! - Payback

 Bookworm Speaks!Payback (The Marshall Project)
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The killing of George Floyd has been a watershed moment for the United States of America. Only time will tell if such an outpouring will produce any lasting results and changes but it does seem that more and more people are becoming more aware of the vast inequities that exist within American society. This Audible original is one such example. An innocent man suffered a brutal miscarriage of justice and when the crime and corruption were exposed leading to his release, barely anything was done. On top of that, the apology was barely enough. It certainly wasn't for me! A very well produced story, short but sweet, and in spite of the outrageous subject matter, ends on a hopeful note.

Love this book

I really loved how information this book was and the narrator encapsulated emotion and perspective which was great. Highly recommend this to everyone. I think this is important for every American to read so that they can understand the horrors that are embedded into our history as Americans.

Good short read, but I wanted more.

This was a good read, I wanted more context. I never knew about the horrid things police officers were doing in Chicago, but it is a sad long truth. I look forward to reading the other short stories in the series. I have 5 of them.

a story that needs told

sad how relatable this stuff still is in today's society but glad I know about this now.its not something I had previously heard about

Excellent

This was a very good story. A very troubling and eye opening experience given, and it ends on a hopeful note. I thought it was very well prepared and professional.

hmmm

this is not at all what I thought it was gonna be, it was however very informative.

Sadness

Just feel that there's no peace for people of color
NO WHERE!
People of color are given pieces of things to shut them up or push them away

Uncovered

Powerful documentation all school districts nationwide need to incorporate into their government graduation requirements. Thanks for your investigative courage.

Triggered

Chicago Police Department Commander Jon Burge’s state-sanctioned “interrogation” ring that operated within the department for decades brutalized more than one hundred African Americans. This is a collection of five true stories about racism and reform, crime and corruption, justice and injustice in Chicago.

This is a 35 page short story written by Natalie Y. Moore. The whole time I was reading this, I had flashbacks. I was born and raised here. And I will never forget. I remember how they beat us and harassed us. How they would stop me for no reason and illegally search me. This would occur about three times a day. I will never forget how many times they arrested me for nothing. For walking to the store with my brothers to get groceries. They would tell us that three or more in a group was mob action. They charged me with ridiculous offenses like huffing paint, gang loitering, and or course mob action. I remember how they would put me in the back of a police car and take me to an empty field. They made me sit in the car and watch a bunch of them form a circle around someone and beat whoever was in the middle of it. And how they would tell me I was next. I had to be no older than 11 or 12. I remember in 1995 when they snatched one of my 15-year-old friends (who had done nothing wrong). They charged him with R*** and mur***. They gave him a 40-year sentence. After 17 years inside, DNA proved they had the wrong guy. I have many stories and still carry many scars, physically and mentally. I even remember when they tried to say I r***ed a white woman. But thank God she told the truth and said it wasn’t me. As you can see, this book was very triggering. I’m so glad I read it and will read any and everything I can find by this author.