Hey, it's Yana. This week we are re-releasing an episode we co-produced with NPR's Planet

Money. It's about reparations, racism, and torture by police in Chicago. We first released

it back in November 2016. I co-hosted this episode with Noel King, who was then at Planet

Money and is now an anchor on NPR's Morning Edition. And this episode is as important a story

now as it was then.

I'm Anna Sale.

And this is Darrell Cannon. Growing up was beautiful. It was much more peaceful back

then. You very seldom seen the police. All areas was well-managed. There was no drugs

on the streets back then. Those were carefree times.

Darrell grew up on the South Side of Chicago. He was born there in 1951. He talked about

these early memories with my friend Noel King. She's a reporter for the podcast Planet Money.

How far from where we are right now, did you grow up?

A few miles. It's called a woodland area. And that's around 63rd Street. My bag blew

roasts. Had a song out about 63rd Street.

Can you tell me how the song went? I don't know it.

He talked about they say this is a big, big city, but I live in the poorest part. I know

I'm on the dead end street in a city without a heart.

Noel visited Darrell at his home in Chicago earlier this year. She was there to report

a story about police torture and about an attempt by the city of Chicago to make amends

for it. Decades ago, the police tortured Darrell while he was being questioned about a crime.

Earlier this year, along with 56 other men, Darrell received a financial settlement from

the city. He got a check. The city of Chicago called it reparations. For Noel, that word

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