Hey guys, just want to give you a heads up that we're going to keep posting a new NPR series here in our feed every week.

The series is called on our watch and it's all about what happens when police do something wrong.

Today's episode is all about what happens when police kill someone.

We all know they are investigated, but what's interesting is that there are a bunch of different reasons for those investigations.

The families of the people who are killed, of course, want the investigations to reveal the straight up truth about what happened.

But investigators, prosecutors, and the officers involved are often after something else.

Okay, here's the episode.

This podcast deals with policing and people affected by it. It contains explicit content and descriptions of violence.

Yeah, it's a police department.

It's around 4.20 in the morning on Sunday, September 14th, 2014. Still completely dark outside when Julie Perez gets a knock at the door.

Yes. Can we come in and talk to you, ma'am?

And there are two men standing there.

Oh, I'm just going to stand up for a second. Once you have a seat there, ma'am.

One of whom is an inspector with the District Attorney's Office.

Here's my badge and getting a case in.

And the other one is a detective for the Richmond Police Department.

So, you have a son that's here?

Julie and her husband, Rick, have a 24-year-old son named Petey.

These states here sometimes, but how's it been for a long time?

Okay, and how's your relationship with him?

It's good. I just heard the listener leave it. That's pretty good.

They don't tell her why they've showed up at her house at this early hour.

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