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Light 'Em Up — 111 episodes
Big Talking Trump Always Chickens Out: Iran’s Civilization Survives Trump’s Empty, Demented Threats of Extinction. What is a War Crime? A Primer on: The International Criminal Court, Geneva Conventions as War Crimes are Being Committed in Real Time.
5 Time Draft Dodger, Suckered into Indicted War Criminal Bibi Netanayhu's War of Choice. 13 U.S. Servicemen Dead So Far. Voters Elected Clowns - Now They Have Their Circus. The History of US/Iran Relations as This is Now a Global Crisis.
FIRED! ICE Barbie (Noem) Out at DHS: The Numbers Don’t Lie Even if the Leadership Does. 32 Lives Lost in DHS Custody Since 2025. Zero Accountability: The Human Cost of DHS’ Failure. Noem’s Pathological Lies & How DHS Under Trump Became a Crisis Factory.
A Frank Conversation with Dr. Sandy Womack Jr. 100 Years of Black History Month: Voting for Your Survival: History is Warning Us. "We Have to Become Students of History" to Protect the Republic from the Chaos & Confusion of The Trump Administration.
The Killing of Renee Good 37, mother of 3: Minneapolis Under Siege & Federal Occupation, Graham v Connor (an analysis of law enforcement’s use of force), Officer-Induced Jeopardy & the Human Cost of the Trump Administration’s Reckless Political Theater.
Staunch Criminal Justice Advocate, Tenacious Fighter, Trauma Informed Educator: An Update with Sarah Cintron, Mother of Juan Cabrera. "I'm Not Going to Give Up Until My Son is Free". An Error-filled Case of Corruption that has Her Son Wrongly Convicted.
Thank you for another FANTASTIC year! We're being downloaded in 147 countries globally & growing! We're not "true crime", we're the truth in the criminal justice system!
Presumed Guilty, Due Process Over-board! The Extra-judicial, Targeting & Destruction of "Go Fast" Boats & Their Crews on the High Seas by The Trump Administration. 70 Lives Erased Without Explanation.
"Un-Civil Tongues": Hate, Violence & Power. Sticks & Stones Can Break Your Bones & Names Can Get You Murdered. The Intersection of Hate Speech & Violence. Cockroaches, the Enemy Within. Donald Trump & the Radical Rhetoric that promoted Rwandan Genocide.
Securing the Stage: Lessons from the Charlie Kirk Shooting. How to Prepare for and Put on a Large Scale Outdoor Special Event. An In-depth analysis of Special Event Contingency Planning in the Wake of Charlie Kirk's Shooting.
Is The MAGA Movement a Cult? How to Become a Tyrant. Radical Nationalistic Devotion: The “Charismatic Leadership” of Trump & the Cult Following He’s Created with MAGA. Can the Country Ever Recover from the Faith & Fury of the Red MAGA Hat?
Pro-Life & Pro-Death Penalty: Hypocrisy & Hypoxia. How Does One Reconcile These Polar Opposites? An In-depth Examination of the Pelican State of Louisiana.
Unmasking America: Birthright Citizenship, Mass Deportation & the Cost of Exclusion. The 14th Amendment on Trial, Citizenship Under Siege. The Use of the Executive Order to Bypass the Constitution & Redefine the Meaning of U.S. Citizenship
Detained & Damaged: Kids, Cash & the Trump Immigration Machine. A dumpster fire of greed, cruelty & cowardice: The human cost of the relentless, xenophobic attacks on immigrants. Do Trump's policies actually reduce crime or just make the rich richer?
Uncharted Waters, Unprecedented Times: Will Your Hard-won Civil Liberties be Lost? The Trump DOJ Green-lights Police Brutality. The Push to Pardon George Floyd's Killer. Will America's Experiment in Self-Government Survive the Slide into Tyranny?
"An Ignorant People Can Never Remain a Free People" The Attack on the "Great Writ" Habeas Corpus, Due Process, the Rule of Law & Democracy by the Trump Administration. Are we on a Collision Course with the 1973 Coup d' état in Chile?
"Whatsoever You Do to the Least of My Brethren, That You Do Unto Me”. Criminalizing Undocumented Immigrants. The Hatred of MAGA Towards the Foreign-born. Immigration Facts & How the GOP Strategically Used the Death of Laken Riley.
Tren de Aragua: The Alien Enemies Act of 1798, the "Theater" of the Trump Administration, Trumped-Up Charges, Providing Cover to Detain and Deport Without Due Process.
The Death of Haley Cheney, a Beloved “All-American Girl”. Concerns of a Rush to Judgement from an “Investigation” that was “Phoned in" (at Best), Riddled with Indifference, Pre-Judgement and a Misogynistic Bias.
The Twisted, Perverted Concept of Qualified Immunity. A Proverbial "Get Out of Jail Free Card" for Law Enforcement. Examining its Historical Background & Original Intent. Protecting & Shielding the Bad Apples Even When They Break the Law.
Is this America? The Railroading of 14-year-old Dillon Reedy. How Your 1st Amendment Free Speech & Due Process Constitutional Rights can be Stripped from You in a Blink of an Eye. An In-depth Discussion with Alison Reedy (Dillon’s Mother)
The Police & De-escalation of Aggression: What is it? Leading with Empathy, Establishing a Collaborative Relationship, with a Distressed Person in Crisis, Reserving Judgement, Actively Listening, NOT Shoot First and Ask Questions Later.
The Fiery Cross: The Foundations of the KKK and the Ties That Bind with the MAGA Movement. Exposed Roots of: Anti-Immigrant-Nativism, White Supremacy, a Dark Side of Hate Crimes, Wrapped Firmly in the Flag Pretending to be Patriotic & Pro-American
Thank you for another FANTASTIC Year! We're being downloaded in 115 countries globally & growing! We're not "true crime", we're the truth in the criminal justice system!
Taser, Taser, Taser! Conducted Energy Weapons: “Less-lethal”? Do they Save Lives and Reduce Civilian Shootings or Facilitate Cardiac Arrest and are Used in a Reckless, Punitive Manner?
Protecting Your Constitutional & Civil Rights in a Time While They are Under Assault: Driving While Black in Cleveland, Ohio, Pre-Textual Traffic Stops, Whren v U.S. & Defending Yourself When Cops Become Robbers.
A Broken Tail Light, an Expired License Plate: NOT Capital Crimes! How Cities are Working to Reduce Racial Profiling & Biased Pre-Textual Traffic Stops — Making the All-Too-Common Traffic Stop Safer For All.
The Senseless Killing of Michael Jones, Another Black Man, by the Akron, OH Police Department: Poor Tactical Police Procedures, Reasonable, Articulable Suspicion (RAS) & Officer Induced Jeopardy.
Murdered in Cold Blood Over a Pot of Water: The Tragic Case of Sonya Massey. A Focused Exam of the Expanding Plague of "Wandering/Roaming Cops". Is it Safe Anymore for Individuals of Color to Call the Police for Help?
The Radicalization Process: From "Normal" to "Violent Extremist", Being Humiliated, Losing One's Sense of Significance, & Othered. Motivated by Propaganda, Stripped of the Ability to Peacefully Pursue Purpose in a World Built on Exposing Your Devaluation
If the West Carroll Parrish Sheriff's Department Has Nothing to Hide, Why'd They Lawyer Up? A Sister's Relentless Quest to Get at the Truth in the Sudden, Unexplained Death of Crystal McCrory Jones in Oak Grove, Louisiana
The dark multi-billion-dollar underworld of Sports Betting and its Criminality: Are Major League Sports in Bed with Sports Betting Services to the Detriment of Their Own Players and Their Sport(s) as a Whole?
Does the 2nd Amendment & the Castle Doctrine Apply Equally or at ALL for Black Americans? Sr. U.S. Airman Roger Fortson, Amir Locke & Donovan Lewis: Gunned Down in Their Own Homes. Hard Truths Examined. Does This Ever End? Who Will be Next?
I Want to File a Complaint! The Importance of the Civilian Complaint Alleging Police Misconduct. How this Single, Solitary Action Can Pave the Way Toward the Success or Failure of an Officer, the Department, and the City.
Where Do We Go from Here? America at a Critical Inflection Point: Democracy or Dictatorship? An Examination of Race, Political Power, Social Economics & Education. Sage Wisdoms with Dr. Sandy Womack Jr., Proactive, “Pro-people" Educational Leader.
“My Son Was Judged to be Guilty Before He Ever Stepped One Foot in the Courtroom”: Life Lessons, Revelations & Preventative Awareness from the Mother of a Son Convicted of 1st Degree Pre-meditated Murder.
A Cold Blooded, Cajun Cover-up: How Sloppy Investigative Practices; Turning a Blind-Eye Intentionally, Voids in Personal Character & the 7 Deadly Sins Led to the Uninvestigated Death of Crystal McCrory Jones in Oak Grove, LA.
The Highly Suspicious Death of Crystal McCrory Jones: Glaring, Incompetent Errors in the Autopsy Report; Failure to Investigate. Cover-up & Collusion in Cajun Country.
Corruption & Death in Cajun Country: The Tragic Story of Crystal McCrory Jones. Little to No Investigation, a Rush to Judgement, an Intentional Effort at Covering Up the Facts & Overlooking Evidence: Why?
The "Secret War Crime" That Isn't a Secret. Gender Based Violence (GBV) in Armed Conflict & War Zones - Rape is a War Crime.
Thank you for another FANTASTIC Year! We're being downloaded in 107 countries globally & growing! We're not "true crime", we're the truth in the criminal justice system!
One Man's Terrorist is Another Man's Freedom Fighter: The Brutal War in Gaza, Terrorism & The Terroristic Threat.
Is Your Doctor Violating Your Constitutional, HIPPA & Privacy Rights? "Pain contracts." Are you Being Bullied & Coerced into Peeing Away Your Personal Protections & Privacy?
Conscious & Unconscious Bias in Policing: Seeing "Color" in Officer Discretion. Molding & Strengthening Trust with the Community Thru Analytics. Candid Revelations with a High-Ranking Police Executive Part II.
A Candid, Confidential Conversation with a High-Ranking Police Executive: 21st Century Challenges in a Small Department, Seeing “Color” in Police Discretion, Unconscious Bias, Accountability & Diligently Protecting & Serving.
What’s the Racket with RICO? The Racketeer Influenced & Corrupt Organizations Act. The Mafia, Donald J. Trump, Rapper Young Thug & RICO’s Historical Background, Scope & Application in Georgia v Trump.
Who Will Police the Police When They Won't Police Themselves? Consent Decrees, "Pattern & Practice" Investigations & The DOJ.
𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫! When Police Lie People Get Hurt, Often Seriously. "Testilying" & The 4 Big Lies Police Can Tell. Fraizer v Cupp: How Deception in Interrogations Does Not Automatically Constitute Misconduct
Akron (OH) Police Craft Convenient False Narrative to Help Justify Massacre of an Unarmed, Young Black Man. Can a Civil Rights Lawsuit Bring a Measure of Justice to a Grieving Family & a Divided City?
Not Granted Bail? Rot in Jail: Your Constitutional 6th Amendment Right to a Speedy Trial. Know Your Rights in Order to Protect Yourself! If You Don't, Who Will?
Murder on the F Train in The Big Apple: The Choking Death of Jordan Neely. Is Daniel Penny a "Gotham City Hero" or a "Manslaughtering Menace"?
The Massacre of Jayland Walker: 8 Terrified Akron (OH) Police Officers "Skate", No Indictment. Officers Shot 94 Times, Hitting Jayland 46. Walker, 25, Unarmed, but 𝙗𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙠.
Death on the Sidewalk in The Windy City. The Killing of Leevon Smith. Self-defense or 2nd Degree Murder?
You May Not Be The 1st, But Your Goal Is To Be The Best: Inspirational Insights that Empower, with Dr. Sandy Womack, Jr.
“If There’s No Hope for the Youth, Then There’s No Hope for the Future”: Critical Thinking with Dr. Sandy Womack Jr., on: Critical Race Theory, & the Importance of Education, Knowledge of Self & Love in the Currently Divided States of America.
If You're Not Sittin' at the Table, You Often End Up on the Plate. The Struggle for Equality in a Land that Doesn't Value Black & Brown Lives. A Conversation With Solutions Based Educator & Superintendent of the Columbus City Schools Dr. Sandy Womack Jr.
Barefoot, Alone, Pacing Back & Forth in the Rain at 4 am with a Machete. Brian Umana was a Human Being in Need of Help. Shot 10 Times & Killed by the NCPD. The Police Culture, Patterns & Practices that Have Gone Wrong in Policing America’s Streets.
Using the Police to Clear the Mentally Ill from Streets & Subways with "Involuntarily Hospitalization": Is New York City Mayor Eric Adams' Policy a "Moral Obligation to Help" or a Heavy-handed Move Equivalent to "State-Sponsored Kidnapping"?
Thank you for another 𝐅𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐂 Year! We're being downloaded in 97 countries globally & growing! We're not "true crime", we're the truth in criminal justice!
Policing the Mentally Ill: A Matter of Life or Death. Crisis Intervention Training (CIT), Reducing the Risk of Death During Emergency Interaction Between Law Enforcement and Someone Spiraling Downward in a Mental Health Crisis.
"Snitches Get Stitches"... The Dark Underworld of "CI's" - Confidential Informants
You Are Being Watched by the Police: Automated License Plate Reader Cameras - Emerging, Effective, Crime-Fighting Technology or An Unlawful, Unconstitutional Intrusion of Your Privacy?
Can You Be Impartial Or Is Your Bias Showing? An Insider's look at the 'Hallmark of the American Justice System': Jury Duty, with Special Guest April Litman
You Have the Right to Remain Silent: 𝐃𝐎 𝐒𝐎! The Conversation YOU NEED to Have with Your Kids & Yourself.
You've Been Pulled Over by the Police: What You Do Next May Cost You Your Life, Pretextual Traffic & Equipment Stops, Officer-Induced Jeopardy & Deadly Force
As Many as 90 Rounds Fired: 46 Entry Wounds, 15 Exit Wounds. From Minor Traffic Violation to the Brutal Killing of Jayland Walker, an Unarmed 25-year-old Black man, at the Hands of 8 Officers of The Akron Police Department: Why?
The Cancerous Face of Antisemitism: From Hate-Fueled, Intentional Murder to Swastikas Spray-painted on Synagogues, Sidewalks & Gravestones. A Global Pandemic of Hatred Surges Against Members of the Jewish Faith & Community
He'll Kill Until He's Killed: Your God-given 2nd Amendment Rights; The Premeditated, Calculated, Cold-blooded Massacre in Uvalde, TX & How the "FASTER Saves Lives" Program Mitigates the Carnage
"I have no peace. I feel like I can't breathe. It's almost as if I’m afraid to go to sleep". The Raw, Unfiltered Emotion, Deep Mental Anguish & Heartache of a Mother – While the Razor Wire & Steel Bars of Prison Separate Her From Her Incarcerated Child
Step Forward, Turn to the Right, Turn to the Left, Step Backward. You've Been 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐈𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐝 by an Eyewitness - Your Nightmare Has Just Begun. A Troubling Look at 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐄𝐲𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐈𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬
The 5 Phases of Anger & Aggression Management. We Unpack the Slap Heard 'Round the World by Will Smith from a Criminal Justice, Physical Security, Crisis & Anger Management Perspective
Stabbed 40 Times and Left for Dead. Hurled In Front of an On-coming Subway Train. Beaten into a Coma with a Rock. Members of The AAPI (Asian American & Pacific Islander) Community: The Intentional Targets of Hatred in America.
From Breonna Taylor to Amir Locke: No-Knock Warrants: Essential Tools for Officer Safety or More Confrontational-Style Policing? With Policing & Public Safety Expert Victor Hayes.
I'm invisible not because you don't see me, but because you choose not to look: The profound, deep wisdoms of Dr. Sandy Womack Jr, Urban Education Transformation Expert
Comply or Die: Driving While 𝘽𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙠: "DWB in America": Racially-motivated Pretextual Traffic Stops; Initial Contact with Police that Turns Deadly.
Hatred, Domestic Violent Extremism (DVE) & Just Who Are The Proud Boys?
Thank you for another FANTASTIC Year! Downloaded in 82 countries & growing! We take a deep dive on the criminal justice system, crime scene investigation & leadership.
The Death Penalty: Justice & Deterrence or Flawed & the Fruit of a Long Racist Past? A Detailed Look at the Troubling Case of Oklahoma v Julius Jones.
“Justice comes to those that fight, not those that cry!” “Pressing forward” with outspoken community activist, civil rights warrior, controversial radio personality and voice for the voiceless, Mr. Art McKoy.
The Mindless Menace of Violence: 53 Years Later, Will We Ever Listen? Can America Ever Lose its Obsession with Violence?
3 Women Die Every Day at the Hands of their Intimate Partner. I'm a Survivor: Volunteer Coordinator Leanne Biltz, Hope & Healing, The Battered Women's Shelter & Rape Crisis Center Serving Summit & Medina Counties of Ohio
Meth, Murder & Mayhem: Targeting, Identifying & Documenting the Facts Without Getting “Burned”. An Intense Conversation with Private Investigator Ben Bergeron, Former Chief Criminal Investigator, Prosecutor’s Office, Summit County, Ohio.
The Lie Behind the Lie Detector: A blistering exposé of the truth that polygraph examiners will NEVER reveal, with Mr. George Maschke, Co-Founder of Antipolygraph.org
"The Truth Is What Happened." Deep insights from an expert countermeasure and polygraph examiner: Gil Witte
The Truth, The Whole Truth, and Nothing but the Truth: All Things Polygraph with Expert Polygraph Examiner Holly Niotti Soltesz (Owner, HNS Polygraph)
Part II: "I just want justice for my son." The disturbing case of Ter'Rion Dunn: An innocent young man charged with capital murder simply for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. An in-depth discussion with his mother, Kimkeshia Johnson-Byron.
A penetrating investigation of the psychopathology of the criminal mind and why people commit crimes with Dr. Doug Smith, Forensic Psychiatrist for The Summit County Alcohol, Drug Addiction & Mental Health Services Board
The ABCs of Prison Ministry: Accept it, Believe it and Confess it! Church behind prison bars: Worship and Praise in "The Big House" with Minister Latif Ali, Prison Ministry Pastor.
Shots fired! 4 decades of heroic service on the rough and tumble, mean streets of Cleveland, Ohio with Retired Sgt. Victor Hayes (Recipient of: The medals of heroism, valor and officer of the year (B Shift).
Blood, bullets, body bags & toe tags: An in-depth conversation with the Summit County Medical Examiner's Office Forensic Investigator Supervisor Amy Schaefer on the cause and manner of death and crime scene investigations.
"I just want justice for my son." The disturbing case of Ter'Rion Dunn: An innocent young man charged with capital murder simply for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. An in-depth discussion with his mother, Kimkeshia Johnson-Byron.
Getting back to the basics. Winning through introspection, knowledge of self and service to others. A frank discussion with 20+ year Cleveland EMS First Responder, Civic & Community Servant Leader & Renaissance Man, Heyward R. Prude III
"It isn't how you start that's important ... it's how you finish." Extending faith, hope and love through progressive education and enlarging our knowledge of history and of self.
Broken bones, psychological, emotional, financial abuse, intimidation and control: The domestic violence survival story of MJ Vess, Founder of VictoryLife House
Stolen Innocence Going Viral: An in-depth look at the sick, dark world of Online Sexual Predators.
You are 1 click away from being wiped out. Information Security Expert Paul Hugenberg III provides critical insight on how to prevent from being a victim of a cyber attack and being hacked out of business.
Chasing speeders, seizing drugs and keeping our highways safe: A ride-along with 29 year veteran of The Ohio State Highway Patrol (Ret) Sgt. William R. Bancroft, Administrative Investigations Unit
Outlined in chalk: Tales from a bloody crime scene with 3X Spartanburg County, SC Sheriff's Office Crime Scene Investigator of the Year, Mr. Lathier Graham
Fingerprints, mugshots and forensics. Behind the scenes with the SFPD ID Division Supervisory Fingerprint Expert René Rodrigues
La Cosa Nostra: The Italian Mafia --- bloody vendettas, bullets and bodies.
Deep, dark secrets and unknown facts are unlocked about YOUR smartphone with forensic cell phone expert, attorney Don Wochna.
Just the facts ma'am: An in-depth conversation with retired Cleveland Police Homicide Detective Tom Armelli
Incarceration Nation: Perspectives from the parent of an incarcerated child.
Moving towards chaos or community? Dr. Sandy Womack, Area Superintendent of Columbus, Ohio schools, charts our path
Strategically healing the mind, body and spirit with Luz Lopez, Bilingual Psychotherapist
Education, The NCAA & Leadership with Tom McMahon (40+ year Educator, NCAA Coach, Leader)
Drilling down on HR culture, employee engagement and its nexus in the workplace --- with Tammy Triolo, Founder of PCQ Consulting.
Light 'Em Up: "Keep on Leading". The art and nuance of leadership with author Louis J. Fernandez
Light 'Em Up: Teen Dating Violence Awarness & Prevention
Light 'Em Up: Stalking Awareness & Prevention
Light 'Em Up: Sex Trafficking