S2 [8] Cops Tend to Shoot | The Ballad of Billy Balls

The Ballad of Billy Balls

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History, Society & Culture

4.4 • 9.4K Ratings

🗓️ 23 May 2019

⏱️ 35 minutes

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After months of anticipation, iO and Austin receive the biggest piece of evidence yet.

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0:00.0	So crime, F-A shooting, I don't know what F-A is, precinct of occurrence 9th, location 13th, 3rd
0:09.1	Ave.
0:10.1	Okay.
0:11.1	In front of me and my producer Austin is something we always knew we needed, but we're
0:14.8	never sure we'd be allowed to see.
0:17.7	Something essential to ever understanding the full story of what happened to Billy Balls.
0:26.0	We're finally holding the police report from Billy's shooting.
0:32.4	The NYPD sent a small stack of statements, forensic reports, handwritten notes, and 12 crime
0:39.1	scene photos.
0:40.1	Oh my god.
0:43.1	Oh, Jesus.
0:45.4	This is a photograph of the front door of 13th Ave.
0:53.2	It's a black and white, super high contrast.
0:58.0	Photograph clearly taken at night with a flash of the front of the storefront where my mom
1:02.5	and Billy lived.
1:04.8	And this is a crime scene photo.
1:08.3	I've heard so many stories from my mom about this storefront.
1:18.4	It's wild to finally see the whole place.
1:22.4	Oh my god.
1:25.6	Now I'm looking at a photograph of the inside of their apartment.
1:34.1	There's exposed pipes on the ceiling and just shit everywhere.
1:38.9	It's just one big open room and there's stuff piled on everything.
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