Somebody: Coming Soon

Somebody

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True Crime, Society & Culture

4.7 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2020

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

Coming March 31, 2020.

When Shapearl Wells's son Courtney is found outside a Chicago police station with a fatal bullet wound, Shapearl immediately distrusts the official narrative. So she launches her own investigation into her son’s murder and teams up with journalists from the Invisible Institute to confront the cops and find the truth about Courtney's death. Somebody explores the racial disparities and turbulent relationship between law enforcement and citizens in one of America’s largest cities. A co-production of the Invisible Institute, The Intercept, Topic Studios, and iHeartRadio, in association with Tenderfoot TV.

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0:00.0	About a year after my son was killed, I was heartbroken and at a loss, not knowing if I ever find out what happened.
0:12.0	I didn't know where to turn so I took to Facebook live.
0:17.0	Okay Facebook.
0:20.0	Okay Facebook I'm going to try this again.
0:22.0	Like I was saying, you know, when our son was killed,
0:25.2	it is something that devastated our whole family.
0:29.5	But to add insult to injury, we are in a big battle with the city of Chicago, day after day, trying to find
0:41.4	out what happened to him.
0:44.0	And there are so many discrepancies.
0:47.0	In his case, we are the average black family trying to fight against a huge city.
0:58.7	And everywhere we turn, we hear the doors getting slammed in our face. I can't say whether or not something
1:10.7	happened while he was with the police.
1:14.0	But I know that they have continuously denied our request for videos and 911 calls that depict the final moments of my son.
1:27.0	It's painful. You feel the desperation in your heart because you want answers to what happened to your child.
1:37.0	Everybody tells you that the city of Chicago is doing what they can. But what I see is that they're
1:46.2	fighting every step of the way. They want you to stop fighting. They want you to give up. They want you just to
1:56.5	accept that your child is dead and just move on. I can't do it. He doesn't deserve it. He doesn't deserve what happens to him.
2:10.0	So I can't just give up with everything within me.
2:15.0	My last breath I keep fighting for him because he can't do it anymore. The price of my heart, no matter how long it takes, I will not stop fighting
2:31.0	recording. not stop fighting for Courtney.
2:42.0	Hear my son Courtney's story and follow my fight for justice and truth. Somebody is available March 31st wherever you get your
2:46.5	podcast. You're going to.
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