Red Light: Racial Violence in the U.S.
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In Louisiana, a police chase ends with the death of an unarmed black man, Ronald Greene. In Mississippi, Rasheem Carter’s body is found in the woods one month after his disappearance under mysterious circumstances. Not far away from there, two men, also African American, are subjected to different types of torture and abuse by the “Goon Squad,” an infamous group of policemen who would eventually face justice for multiple hate crimes. In each case, the victims’ families quest for truth and justice proves instrumental to unearth clues as to what really happened, in stark contrast with the role of law enforcement officers.
‘Red Light – Racial Violence in the U.S. South’ sheds light into one of the country’s major fault lines. Correspondent Dan Williams combines detailed reporting from current events with historical precedents to deliver a hard hitting, important piece of journalism.
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