Revisited: The Division: New Orleans – part three

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🗓️ 24 August 2022

⏱️ 38 minutes

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In 2020 a change comes to New Orleans. The city elects Jason Williams, a progressive Black prosecutor who promises to reckon with the past. One of the first things he does is set up a civil rights division, led by Emily Maw. The division takes on the case of Kuantay Reeder, and assistant district attorney Bidish Sarma is able to view Reeder’s case file. Will there be evidence inside to support his claim of innocence?. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

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0:00.0	This is The Guardian.
0:08.0	This week we're revisiting some of our favourite episodes of the year so far.
0:12.9	Today, Episode 3 of a special investigation, the division New Orleans.
0:19.7	If you haven't listened to Episode 1 and 2, I recommend scrolling back down your feed and
0:25.2	listening to them first. Do stay with us until the final episode for an update on what's
0:30.7	happened since a series first aired back in May. And just to say, before we start,
0:37.0	this series features strong language and depicts scenes of violence.
0:48.9	Previously on the division New Orleans.
0:51.5	Quante Reader has been convicted of murder, his sentence, Life Without Parole, at Angola Prison.
1:02.4	Working in the fields under the watch of armed guards on horseback.
1:07.4	And how long were you made to do that sort of work?
1:10.4	About 11 years.
1:12.4	11 years.
1:13.4	Yep.
1:15.6	About 11 years.
1:16.7	It is.
1:19.1	It is our leap in the field.
1:21.6	Mar and they sleep.
1:27.3	There were two suspects in the investigation.
1:30.3	One was a guy called Bird, who allegedly had a motive.
1:34.4	The other suspect was Quante.
1:37.3	An eye witness called Earl Price said he saw him do it.
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