BLACK LABEL: End of Watch
Obscura: A True Crime Podcast
Justin Drown
4.6 • 2.9K Ratings
🗓️ 6 March 2024
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
BLACK LABEL CONTENT — Premium subscribers only
Officer Jonah Hernandez steps into the abyss as an ordinary call spirals into a nightmare, sealing his fate on a sunlit street.
In a haunting narrative, this Black Label episode delves into the harrowing final moments of Officer Jonah Hernandez. Responding to what seemed a routine trespassing call, he unknowingly dances with fate in a narrative shrouded by the unknowable risks of the badge.
Officer Hernandez's end sees real-time bodycam footage exposing a confrontation that strips away illusions of safety. Underneath the surface peace of a neighborhood lies a volatile truth—a culmination of drug abuse, violence, and despair.
This account humanizes Hernandez, depicting his life beyond the badge. A devoted parent, a lover of classic movies, and a beacon of kindness. A singular moment of chaos irrevocably altered lives and raises vehement calls for justice.
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| 0:00.0 | Listener, Obscura is supported by people like you. |
| 0:05.0 | And this month is the best month ever to join the Patreon. |
| 0:09.0 | Because at the end of the month, I'm going to release an extra large black label. Think two plus hours long. |
| 0:17.1 | And beyond that, you get access to a massive backlog of bonus episodes, hours and hours of obscure content, not released to the main |
| 0:26.8 | feed. |
| 0:28.3 | So head over to Patreon.com slash Obscura Crime Podcast to get access to bonus episodes, bonus content, and even |
| 0:38.0 | merch. That's Patreon.com slash Obscura crime podcast. Thank you. |
| 0:46.6 | The videos you're about to watch are horrendous. |
| 0:50.2 | They are exceptionally difficult to see. If I were not required to release them on the Inspection of Public Records Act, I would not. |
| 0:57.0 | One thing I want to see on the record is that Officer Hernandez did nothing wrong. |
| 1:01.0 | It could have happened to any of us including me. The first video |
| 1:05.0 | you will see is the surveillance video from the property. It will track Silvazzi |
| 1:09.1 | sees the police unit at the intersection and then moves to the canopy to wait for Officer Hernandez. |
| 1:14.4 | He deliberately placed himself there to ambush Jonah. |
| 1:17.9 | The second video is Officer Hernandez's body camera. |
| 1:20.8 | The video starts when he's at the intersection of Valley and Amador. |
| 1:25.0 | Viewer discretion is advised. |
| 1:30.0 | Welcome, listener. |
| 1:31.0 | I'm glad you're here. |
| 1:33.6 | Take a seat next to the fire. |
| 1:39.2 | Welcome to Obscura, where we shine a light on the dark. So, February 11th, 2004, 24 49 p.m. last cruise 24, 449 PM, Las Cruces-New Mexico. |
| 2:17.0 | Officer Jonah Hernandez is responding to a trespassing call on the 300 block of South Valley Drive. The property has a history of vandalism, |
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