8: T.J. Versus The City Of Chicago

Motive

WBEZ Chicago

Society & Culture

4.7 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 8 November 2019

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

T.J. gets angry watching a heavyweight match between two persuasive Chicago lawyers. One side claims the police framed T.J. for a murder. The other side claims that T.J. is a murderer.

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0:00.0	Motive is supported by better help.
0:02.7	Imagine you're looking at a scale with everything you do for other people on one side and everything
0:07.3	you do for yourself on the other side.
0:10.0	If the scale isn't balanced, maybe it's time to spend a little more time on you.
0:15.2	And therapy is a great way to make sure you make that time for yourself.
0:20.2	Better help connects you with a licensed therapist online who can help you find that balance
0:25.2	and stick to it.
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0:38.4	Hello?
0:39.4	Hey, Donnie, can you hear me?
0:43.2	Yes, I can.
0:44.2	How you doing, Frank?
0:45.8	Donnie Ballard is TJ's brother-in-law.
0:48.3	He and TJ were close.
0:50.2	Donnie would stop by TJ's house when he was getting ready to go to court and is lawsuit
0:54.2	against the city and the detective who put him away from murder.
0:58.1	You know, me and my wife would go there and hit behind her and his clothes.
1:01.7	And I mean, you know, we talked about certain things like, man, I can't believe he did that.
1:07.1	Donnie says TJ seemed happy after he was released from prison, but that changed.
1:12.0	When the bitterness I saw coming out was after the federal trial for the lawsuit.
1:21.0	A lot of things were dredged up.
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