Broken Doors, Episode 1
Post Reports
The Washington Post
4.4 • 5.1K Ratings
🗓️ 30 August 2022
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
An unusual warrant. A pattern of questionable no-knock raids. A reporting thread that just kept going. “Broken Doors” is an investigative podcast series from The Washington Post, hosted by Jenn Abelson and Nicole Dungca.
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No-knock warrants allow police to force their way into people’s homes without warning. What happens when this aggressive police tactic becomes the rule, rather than the exception?
All this week on “Post Reports,” we’re airing episodes of the “Broken Doors” podcast, a six-part investigative series about how no-knock warrants are deployed in the American justice system — and the consequences for communities when accountability is flawed at every level. Hosted by Jenn Abelson and Nicole Dungca.
Today, we have the first episode of this series, called “‘That’s what you get.’”
In Monroe County, Miss., sheriff’s deputies burst through the front door of a man’s home as he slept. He said they pointed a gun at his head and ransacked his home in search of drugs and cash. The no-knock search warrant they used was threadbare. But that wasn’t the worst of it.
For any updates to the series since the podcast aired earlier this year, check out Monday’s Post Reports episode, “No-knock warrants, revisited.”
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| 0:00.0 | Hey there, it's Martine. |
| 0:07.9 | This week we are going to be airing episodes from the Washington Post's latest investigative |
| 0:12.4 | podcast, Broken Doors. |
| 0:14.6 | The series focuses on the use of no-knock warrants in the criminal justice system, and what |
| 0:19.8 | happens when accountability fails at every level. |
| 0:23.6 | The series wrapped up earlier this year, so if you've already listened or are just curious |
| 0:27.8 | about news that's happened regarding no-knock warrants and the cases the podcast covers, |
| 0:32.3 | we also have an episode out now that gives listeners a comprehensive update. |
| 0:36.2 | It aired on Monday, so take a look at that. |
| 0:38.4 | We'll also put a link to the episode in our show notes and at postreports.com. |
| 0:43.0 | And now, the first episode of Broken Doors. |
| 0:45.8 | It's called, That's What You Get. |
| 0:48.4 | And just a warning, this episode contains explicit language and descriptions of violence. |
| 0:53.1 | Okay, here's the show. |
| 1:03.7 | So do you want to take us through to where you were? |
| 1:06.6 | I'm kind of scared. |
| 1:08.6 | Let me look. |
| 1:09.6 | Come on. |
| 1:10.6 | I don't think I got lights though. |
| 1:14.0 | Nope, the lights not working here, but this is where I was. |
| 1:20.5 | Benji Edwards is leading me through his childhood home. |
| 1:24.0 | It was built by his mom and dad in the 1960s. |
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