This Isn't a Game

The Fault Line: Dying for a Fight

Sony Music

Society & Culture, News, Documentary, Politics, True Crime

4.6 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 4 October 2021

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

When Sean Kealiher and his friend Micah Fletcher began confronting racists in their community, neither one could have predicted the consequences. In 2017, Micah would nearly lose his life when he was attacked on a Portland train as he defended two teenage girls from a racist tirade. Now, he reflects on how he was lauded as a hero while his friend Sean was treated as a thug for doing the same things. Want the full story? Unlock all episodes of The Fault Line, ad-free, right now by subscribing to The Binge. Plus, get binge access to brand new stories dropping on the first of every month — that’s all episodes, all at once, all ad-free. Just click ‘Subscribe’ on the top of The Fault Line show page on Apple Podcasts or visit GetTheBinge.com to get access wherever you listen. A Somethin' Else, Oregon Public Broadcasting, & Sony Music Entertainment production. Find out more about The Binge and other podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Origins with me Cush Jumbo. The show with the biggest names in entertainment tell me the stories that made them who they are today.
0:08.0	Origins is a conversation about my guest's early inspirations and growing up.
0:12.7	Guests this season include Dame Anna Winter, Poppy Delavine, Pete Capaldi, and Golda Rushavale, aka Queen Charlotte in Bridgeton.
0:22.1	I only kind of discovered my sexuality when I went to drama school.
0:28.0	Join me every week to hear where it all began.
0:30.8	From Sony Music Entertainment, this is Origins with Cush Jumbo.
0:43.3	Something else. Origins with Cushumbo. Previously on dying for a fight.
0:47.5	And lo and behold, here comes Sean's gangly ass.
0:52.0	And I'm like, holy fucking shit.
0:55.9	That has to be.
0:56.8	There's no way.
1:01.5	I took the bait on that as far as believing, okay, yeah, I am going to get justice.
1:11.6	And once you get used to a lifestyle where you entertain violent confrontation as part of day-to-day life, then you almost expect it to happen.
1:15.1	Now, he claims he's not a Nazi. Is that true?
1:16.2	No. No. He is still a literal Nazi.
1:20.2	I am 100% ACAP now. Fuck the police. Fuck the system. They don't care about justice.
1:34.9	Before we get started, a warning.
1:39.2	This episode contains extended descriptions of violence and murder.
1:42.8	It also contains strong language and racial slurs.
1:45.7	Please keep that in mind when mind when and where to listen.
1:52.4	At around 10.30 at night, on May 25, 2017,
1:57.2	a woman named Demetri Hester was taking Portland's light rail train system home, but on the Max train with her was a large man who was yelling and raving.
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