S20 "The Africas VS. America" E3: The Toughest Cop in America
The Expert Witness from Uncover
CBC
4.5 • 10.9K Ratings
🗓️ 15 May 2023
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
By the 1970s, both local and federal law enforcement have perfected a system to subvert and neutralize Black liberation movements across the United States. The civil rights movement has been uprooted, and Black Power is now here. In Philadelphia, the most famous police officer in America is elected mayor. Frank Rizzo’s objective is to turn the city into centre stage in the nationwide fight against Black liberation activists. His power and influence will have deep implications for MOVE.
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| 0:00.0 | All seven episodes of the Africa's Versus America are available right now. |
| 0:05.0 | Binge Listen to the entire series by searching Africa's Versus America |
| 0:09.0 | wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:11.0 | You could also listen ad-free by subscribing to the CBC True Crime Channel on Apple Podcasts. |
| 0:17.0 | This is a CBC Podcast. |
| 0:23.0 | Just a heads up. This episode includes explicit language. |
| 0:31.0 | Like now standing in the former grounds where it stood. |
| 0:37.0 | I'm in a plaza in Philadelphia Center City. |
| 0:40.0 | An it was a monument of a man in Sutant High, |
| 0:44.0 | hair perfectly groomed, gesturing toward something just off in the distance. |
| 0:49.0 | Or as Mike Africa Jr. refers to it. |
| 0:52.0 | It was a bull-sized bronze, like 13 or 15 foot statue |
| 0:59.0 | going to Hitler wave. |
| 1:02.0 | But if you'd visited Philadelphia prior to June 2020, you'd have likely seen it. |
| 1:07.0 | A 10 feet tall weighing some 2000 pounds, |
| 1:10.0 | it registered as a composite of great power and authority, |
| 1:14.0 | befitting the man himself. |
| 1:16.0 | Frank Rizzo. |
| 1:18.0 | Rizzo was as powerful a man as the city had ever seen. |
| 1:22.0 | Police Commissioner, Tutor Mayor, |
| 1:24.0 | and he had a direct line to the highest echelons of American power. |
| 1:29.0 | At the height of his reign, Frank Rizzo was known by a number of names. |
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