S7 E5: Nemesis

Someone Knows Something

CBC

True Crime

4.6 • 20.1K Ratings

🗓️ 31 May 2022

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

David and Amanda examine the relationship between religious beliefs and justification for violence. The investigation takes them to Washington, D.C., where they meet with an American evangelical minister who was involved in the anti-abortion movement — leading protests against Dr. Barnett Slepian and blockading the clinic where he worked. Has the minister’s position changed?

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0:00.0	It's hard to imagine losing a loved one, a wife, a husband, a child.
0:05.1	For many, it's their biggest fear.
0:07.1	I'm Marissa Jones, host of The Vanished, and every week I dig into the stories of overlooked
0:12.1	and unsolved missing persons' cases.
0:14.3	I bring to light every detail, interviewing friends, family, law enforcement, and even
0:18.8	suspects to try to uncover the truth.
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0:29.4	Please is a CBC podcast.
0:33.1	The following episode contains mature subject matter.
0:36.4	Please take care.
0:47.1	For James Cobb, the justification for his violence was in the name of religion.
0:52.0	During his state sentencing, he uses many biblical and anecdotal quotations, the simplest example
0:57.2	being, what does the church say about abortion?
1:00.4	Nobody ever has the authority to destroy unborn life.
1:04.6	In 2003, while Cobb was awaiting his state trial, a small but vocal group of people gathered
1:10.2	in front of the holding center where he was being held in Buffalo, in the name of the
1:14.4	Army of God.
1:15.4	Watching video of this from the CBC archives, none of Cobb's supporters are physically
1:35.8	violent.
1:36.8	Instead, it's the religiously charged language that contains the force.
1:41.3	Some are carrying vile signs saying things like, praise Jesus, Jim Cobb popped and stopped,
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