Broken Doors, Episode 2
Post Reports
The Washington Post
4.4 • 5.1K Ratings
🗓️ 31 August 2022
⏱️ 72 minutes
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Summary
In the second episode of the “Broken Doors” podcast, a family confronts a sheriff after a deadly no-knock raid.
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All this week on “Post Reports,” we’re airing episodes of the “Broken Doors” podcast, an 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.
The second episode of this series is called “‘Why y’all had to go in that way?’” In Episode 2, we return to a rural county in Mississippi.
Around 1 a.m. on Oct. 28, 2015, the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office hurled a battering ram into the home of Ricky Keeton to carry out a no-knock search warrant. After the raid turned deadly, Ricky’s family confronted the sheriff — and began secretly recording.
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. |
| 0:06.2 | This week we are going to be airing episodes from the Washington Post's latest investigative |
| 0:10.7 | podcast, Broken Doors. |
| 0:12.9 | The series focuses on the use of no-knock warrants in the criminal justice system. |
| 0:17.8 | And what happens when accountability fails at every level? |
| 0:21.7 | The series wrapped up earlier this year. |
| 0:23.8 | So if you've already listened or are just curious about news that happened regarding |
| 0:27.4 | no-knock warrants and the cases the podcast covers, we also have an episode out now that |
| 0:32.1 | gives listeners a comprehensive update. |
| 0:34.4 | And aired on Monday, so take a look at that. |
| 0:36.4 | We'll also put a link to the episode in our show notes and at postreports.com. |
| 0:42.6 | And now the second episode of Broken Doors. |
| 0:45.0 | If you haven't listened to the first one, make sure you do that before listening here. |
| 0:49.8 | And just a warning, this episode contains explicit language and descriptions of violence. |
| 0:54.4 | Okay, here's the show. |
| 1:24.4 | What you're hearing is a secret recording. |
| 1:39.8 | It was made by a family the day after their loved one, a man named Ricky Keaton, was killed |
| 1:45.4 | by sheriff's deputies. |
| 1:48.4 | Ricky's family showed up at the office of Monroe County Sheriff Cecil Cantrell. |
| 1:53.0 | This meeting took place on October 29th, 2015. |
| 1:56.8 | At some point in the first few minutes of that meeting, Ricky's niece started recording |
| 2:00.9 | the conversation on her cell phone. |
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