Burden of Proof

Everything Is Stories

History, Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.8 • 606 Ratings

🗓️ 26 September 2023

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Tommy Cotter worked as a soundman for network television show COPS. For one year, Cotter experienced several forms of crime alongside officers in Chattanooga, Tennessee and Fort Wayne, Texas. He captured sound of prostitution stings, robberies, and domestic disputes. Ten years after leaving the job, Cotter reveals how this experience transformed him. ****** **** is a photographer who spent time as a crime scene specialist in a southwestern state. He recounts the elaborate hiring process which included a lie detector test, a mock crime scene, and a trip to the morgue. Photographing evidence, suspects, and autopsies, the experience began affecting his subconscious. Memories forgotten resurfaced, and the elements of a crime scene even began appearing in his personal photography. Produced by Garrett Crowe, Mike Martinez, and Tyler Wray. Music by William Cody Watson. Transcript are available at everythingisstories.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:51.5	I felt guilty about working this job because of exploiting people's pain.
0:56.0	We had a call, and this was, I guess, in downtown Chattanooga, or pretty close by.
1:03.0	And there was a report of somebody riding around with a shotgun.
1:07.0	You know, you got to do your job and make sure you don't get distracted by what's going on
1:11.3	and not get the story. And so we went to the vicinity. We saw the car. We attempted to pull him over.
1:19.5	He sped away, and we followed him. He pulled into his mother's yard, stay out of the shot,
1:25.6	watch the cameraman and just be his shadow. He threw out a bag of drugs.
1:32.2	The money was flying everywhere, and his mother came out. He didn't do anything. He didn't do
1:36.6	anything. Leave him alone. Leave him alone. Make sure you have audio to match the pictures,
1:40.5	which is not easy when you don't know what you expect and there's danger everywhere.
1:44.8	The cops and the crew basically were filming this and also helped apprehend this guy at the same time.
1:52.1	It's one thing to see something on TV because you take TV for granted as being safe.
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