It's Mehdi here. If you enjoy our show, then there's a new investigative journalism podcast

that I think you'll really enjoy it as well. It's called Somebody, and it's a co-production

of the Intercept, Topic Studios, and the Invisible Institute.

Reporter Alison Flowers attempts to discover the truth about the shooting death of a young

man on Chicago's south side in 2016, teaming up with the young man's mother, Shepurl Wells,

who launched her own investigation into her son's murder after doubting the official

police narrative. Somebody will be dropping on March 31st, but you can subscribe now

on your podcast app of choice.

We are the average black family trying to fight against a huge city. In everywhere we

time, we hear the doors getting slammed in our face.

My name is Shepurl Wells.

They want you to stop fighting. They want you to give up. They want you just to accept

that you're shot, you're dead, and just move on. I can't, can't do it.

This is the story of my son Courtney.

My name is Courtney Copeland. 2015 is the biggest year of my life. He was a good child.

He loved his family. He was a lady's man, even with his auntie and his grandmother.

He got that smile, it was dimful.

I just remember thinking to myself, like, where does he get all this energy from?

I'm Chance the Rapper. Courtney Copeland was a good friend of mine.

In 2016, he wound up with a bullet in his back outside of Chicago police station.

We won justice! We won justice!

I never did this to my son. I asked that you turn yourself in. I asked that you ask

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