The Division: New Orleans – part three

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🗓️ 8 May 2022

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

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.
0:08.3	Today, the third part of the division New Orleans,
0:12.5	a today in focus investigative series.
0:15.7	If you haven't listened to episodes one and two,
0:18.6	I recommend going back and listening to them first.
0:20.8	Just a heads up, this series features strong language and depicts scenes of violence.
0:33.9	Previously on the division New Orleans.
0:39.6	Quante Reeder has been convicted of murder, his sentence,
0:44.0	Life Without Parole, at Angola Prison.
0:46.2	Working in the fields under the watch of armed guards on horseback.
0:50.9	And how long were you made to do that sort of work?
0:54.5	About 11 years.
0:56.4	11 years.
0:58.4	Yep.
0:58.7	About 11 years.
1:01.6	It is our leap in the fear of modern days' leaps.
1:09.4	There were two suspects in the investigation.
1:14.2	One was a guy called Bird, who allegedly had a motive.
1:18.2	The other suspect was Quante.
1:21.1	An eye witness called Earl Price said he saw him do it.
1:26.0	Price testified that he identified Quante in a line-up and signed the back of his photo.
1:32.8	In court, his version of events was strange.
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