Grand juries are supposed to safeguard against the government charging people with a crime when it lacks sufficient evidence. But because prosecutors control what happens in grand jury proceedings, they almost always get an indictment. That is, unless the accused is a police officer. This week on Making Contact, we hear a story from our podcast partner 70 Million about a case of police brutality in Dallas that evaporated after going before a grand jury in an edited version of “Grand Juries, The Black Box of Justice Reform?"

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Featuring:

Parker Nevilles, Jantzen Verastique, Dondi Morse - protestors targeted by police
Ric Simmons, Professor, The Ohio State University's Moritz College of Law
Roger Rudloff, police officer
Unidentified Police Officer
David Henderson, civil rights attorney

70 Million Team:

Episode Reporter: Mark Betancourt
Editor: Monica Lopez and Juleyka Lantigua
Host: Mitzi Miller
Sound Designer: Erica Huang
Photo Editor: Michelle Baker
Staff Writer and Designer: Kori Doran
Lead Fact Checker: Catherine Nouhan
Lead Producer: Pamela Kirkland
Episode Photographer: Miles Moffeit & Eli Hiller
Creator/Executive Producer: Juleyka Lantigua

Making Contact Staff:

Anita Johnson, Episode Host
Amy Gastelum; Lucy Kang; and Salima Hamirani, Staff Producers
Jina Chung, Executive Director
Jessica Partnow, Interim Senior Producer

Learn More:

70 Million: https://70millionpod.com/season-5

Making Contact is a 29-minute weekly program committed to investigative journalism and in-depth critical analysis that goes beyond the breaking news. On the web at www.radioproject.org.

70 Million: Grand Juries, The Black Box of Justice Reform?