Collateral Damage from The Intercept
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Ep. 8 Legalized Takings: The Land Grab That Killed Donald Scott
December 3, 2025 · 1 hr 1 minIn 1992, Donald Scott, the eccentric owner of a large Malibu estate, was killed in his home by an ad hoc team of raiding cops. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department led the raid, but a panoply of state and federal police agencies…
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Ep. 7 Dirty Information: The NYPD’s Shock Tactics and the death of Alberta Spruill
November 19, 2025 · 48 minIn 2004, New York narcotics officers raided Alberta Spruill’s home, shattering her door and detonating a flash grenade. Spruill, a 57-year-old city worker, went into cardiac arrest and died two hours later. The raid was based on faulty…
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Ep. 6 Airborne Imperialism: The Tragic Deaths of Veronica and Charity Bowers
November 12, 2025 · 58 minVeronica and Charity Bowers, a young Christian missionary and her daughter, are killed when the Peruvian Air Force shoots down a small passenger plane in 2001. The plane had been mistaken for a drug smuggling plane and was shot down as…
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Ep. 5 What Fourth Amendment? How the Killing of Trevon Cole Almost Made Prime-Time TV
November 5, 2025 · 49 minIn June 2010, Las Vegas police conducted a no-knock raid on Trevon Cole’s apartment, where he lived with his nine-months-pregnant fiancée. Cole, who occasionally sold small amounts of marijuana, rushed to the bathroom to flush a bag down…
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Ep. 4 Criminalizing Care: The Remarkable Life and Cruel Death of Peter McWilliams
October 29, 2025 · 60 minPeter McWilliams was an optimist, activist, poet, and advocate for personal freedom. His book “Ain’t Nobody’s Business If You Do: The Absurdity of Consensual Crimes in Our Free Country” resonated across the political spectrum. After…
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Ep. 3 Blown Cover: The Preventable Murder of LeBron Gaither
October 22, 2025 · 44 minWhen LeBron Gaither was 17, he got into an altercation with a staff member at his school that resulted in assault charges. As Gaither faced the possibility of a criminal record, a Kentucky State Police detective offered him a deal: Charges…
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Ep. 2 A Death in the Dark: The Story of Ryan Frederick and Detective Jarrod Shivers
October 15, 2025 · 52 minIn January 2008, Ryan Frederick, a 28-year-old who worked the night shift at a Coca-Cola plant in Chesapeake, Virginia, found himself at the center of a tragedy. Just days after his home had been burglarized, Frederick was jolted awake by…
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Ep. 1 Dirty Business: The Atlanta Narcotics Unit’s Deadly Raid on 92-Year-Old Kathryn Johnston
October 8, 2025 · 55 minIn 2006, a 92-year-old Atlanta woman was gunned down in her own home by police during a drug raid. The police initially claimed the woman was a marijuana dealer who fired a gun at them. The story might have ended there. But an informant…