Introducing... Black and Blue: Behind the Badge | Catching Hell
History of the 90s
Kathy Kenzora
4.7 • 610 Ratings
🗓️ 4 November 2023
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
It’s 1986 and Michael Morrison is offered the opportunity of a lifetime. A chance to leave his life of poverty in Newark and start afresh. It’s a job offer he can’t afford to refuse. Michael has no idea what this new job has in store. But he soon realizes: he’s just joined ‘the biggest gang in America’. Join Seren Jones to hear Michael’s story and find out what it means to be both Black and Blue.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey there, it's Kathy. I just wanted to let you know that you can listen to History of the 90s |
| 0:04.7 | early and ad-free on Amazon music included with Prime. |
| 0:09.7 | Hey there, it's Kathy. Today, I want to introduce you to another podcast I think you will like. |
| 0:15.0 | It's called Black and Blue Behind the Badge. And in this new limited series hosted by Sarah |
| 0:20.7 | Jones, she shares the story of |
| 0:23.0 | Michael Morrison. When he joined the police force, the badge was his future, his ambition, |
| 0:28.6 | his way out of poverty, his American dream. But once he put on the uniform, the badge meant |
| 0:34.1 | something very different. Inside the force, he faced racism and violence, and on the streets, he was surrounded by |
| 0:41.1 | hostility. |
| 0:42.5 | Michael was stuck in the middle, between being black and being a police officer. |
| 0:47.5 | In black and blue behind the badge, Michael and others like him finally get to tell their story, |
| 0:52.9 | a story that has made them question |
| 0:55.1 | everything they thought they knew about justice, community, and ultimately what it means to be |
| 1:00.7 | both black and blue. You can find black and blue behind the badge wherever you listen to your |
| 1:06.2 | podcasts. Hope you enjoy the sneak peek. Warning. This episode contains violence, racist language, and scenes that some listeners may find distressing. |
| 1:22.4 | March 2003, this occurred. |
| 1:25.5 | There's 2,000 students in there, so there's no such thing as a quiet lunch at that school. |
| 1:30.3 | This is Michael T. Morrison, or Officer Mike. |
| 1:33.3 | He's standing in his usual corner in the cafeteria at Columbia High School in New Jersey. |
| 1:38.3 | It feels like just another day on the job. |
| 1:41.3 | Like, you might have the jocks sit together, the science kids sit together, the Chile to sit |
| 1:47.5 | together, you know, different nationalities, the Haitians will sit together, the blacks |
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