WEBVTT - Introducing Crimetown, Season 2

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, it's Io. Listen. We're working on a few more

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<v Speaker 1>bonus episodes surprise, surprise. But in the meantime, I want

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<v Speaker 1>to tell you about what I think is the best

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<v Speaker 1>podcast ever. I want to tell you about Crimetown. Crimetown

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<v Speaker 1>is essentially the mother podcast of the Ballot of Billy Balls,

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<v Speaker 1>because the guys who made Crimetown are the guys behind

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<v Speaker 1>this show. Crimetown is part of why I fell in

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<v Speaker 1>love with podcasting and what made me realize there was

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<v Speaker 1>something beyond just two people sitting in a room with

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<v Speaker 1>a microphone. You can have a movie for your ears.

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<v Speaker 1>The first season of Crimetown told the story of crime, corruption,

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<v Speaker 1>and the intersection of the mob and politics in Providence,

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<v Speaker 1>Rhode Island, where they had this wild mayor, Buddy Ciancy,

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<v Speaker 1>who beat up a guy he thought was sleeping with

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<v Speaker 1>his wife and then he was forced to resign, but

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<v Speaker 1>then he got reelected several times. It's insane and it's incredible.

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<v Speaker 1>It's truly the best thing I think that's ever been

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<v Speaker 1>made in the podcast space, and I'm not bias at all,

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<v Speaker 1>why would it be biased. In season two, Crimetown goes

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<v Speaker 1>to Detroit, where a new mayor is at the center

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<v Speaker 1>of the story, Qualmie Killpatrick. And if you don't know

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<v Speaker 1>anything about Kwamie Kilpatrick, give that a little google. It's

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<v Speaker 1>really juicy. The Crimetown team talked with Qualmie for hours.

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<v Speaker 1>He told the story of his epic rise as this

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<v Speaker 1>political star. He was hailed as like the new hope

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<v Speaker 1>for a Detroit that had weathered decades of white flight

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<v Speaker 1>and the industrialization and the War on drugs. But of

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<v Speaker 1>course he also had an epic fall. I'm gonna play

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<v Speaker 1>you a clip from Crimetown season two in which Kuami

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<v Speaker 1>talks about a rumor that he threw a wild party

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<v Speaker 1>at the mayor's mansion and that a stripper at that

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<v Speaker 1>party wound up dead. As the rumors grew, Kwami found

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<v Speaker 1>himself in a fight for his political life. The second

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<v Speaker 1>season of Crimetown is available wherever you get your podcasts.

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<v Speaker 1>Make sure you start from the beginning and subscribes so

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<v Speaker 1>you can snag the new episodes as they come out.

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<v Speaker 1>I hope you love it. I know you will, and

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<v Speaker 1>I'll see you soon. I love crime Town, but I

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<v Speaker 1>Detroit Mayor Kwamie Kilpatrick hopes he's putting all the rumors

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<v Speaker 1>and allegations are wrongdoing to rest. In May two thousand three,

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<v Speaker 1>a day after Heather Catalo confronted Kwamie Kilpatrick, the mayor

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<v Speaker 1>flew back to Detroit. He called a press conference on

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<v Speaker 1>the steps of the Manugian Mansion to address the scandal.

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<v Speaker 1>I want to stand here and tell the citizens of

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<v Speaker 1>the city of Detroit that Kwamie Kilpatrick has absolutely nothing

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<v Speaker 1>to hide about any of these allegations. I think and

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<v Speaker 1>feel very strongly that an independent evaluation or investigation needs

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<v Speaker 1>to be done on all of these allegations. So the

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<v Speaker 1>next time that someone is this runner and starts to

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<v Speaker 1>say anything, you all won't take it as true. And

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<v Speaker 1>with that, surrounded by family and friends and appointees, the

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<v Speaker 1>city's youngest mayor talked about the allegations that have rocked

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<v Speaker 1>his administration. The most serious that there was a wild

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<v Speaker 1>party at the Manougian Mansion with new dancers and his

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<v Speaker 1>wife walked in. It never happened. It never happened. It

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<v Speaker 1>never happened, and there are lemmy try it again and

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<v Speaker 1>again to dismiss the rumor of a wild party at

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<v Speaker 1>the mayor's residence, but it just wouldn't go away, and

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<v Speaker 1>not only that right around this time something happened that

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<v Speaker 1>was about to make the rumor much much worse. This

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<v Speaker 1>was a typical drive by shooting. This is Mike Carlyle,

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<v Speaker 1>a Detroit homicide detective. In April two thousand three, a

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<v Speaker 1>woman named Tamara Green, who worked as an exotic dancer,

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<v Speaker 1>was finishing up her shift at a strip club Tomorrow Agreen,

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<v Speaker 1>she is known. Her dancing name or street name was Strawberry.

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<v Speaker 1>She had finished dancing the bar clothes at two a m.

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<v Speaker 1>After work, Tomary Green went to pick up her boyfriend,

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<v Speaker 1>Eric Mitchell, a drug dealer known It's big She picked

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<v Speaker 1>him up and was she just driving over to the

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<v Speaker 1>city's west side and a little left to four a

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<v Speaker 1>on there and sitting in front of one of his houses.

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<v Speaker 1>And on the west side of Detroit. She's behind the

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<v Speaker 1>steering wheel and big E is sitting in the right

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<v Speaker 1>front passengers seat. Big E Eric he looked in front

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<v Speaker 1>of him at the corner. He's seen a light color

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<v Speaker 1>suv turn and started approaching their vehicle head head on.

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<v Speaker 1>The driver put out his left hand while Eric Mitchell,

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<v Speaker 1>by his own statement, just try to get down on

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<v Speaker 1>the floorboard as the suv got closer the driver this

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<v Speaker 1>ver we started firing and apparently emptied the clip of ammunition.

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<v Speaker 1>She was struck three times. I believe Eric was struck

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<v Speaker 1>twice in the shoulder and the vehicle went down the street.

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<v Speaker 1>The STUV rolled past him. Eric Mitchell jumps out of

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<v Speaker 1>the car and from there he runs up on a

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<v Speaker 1>porch asking neighbors for help, and the police arrived. The

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<v Speaker 1>SUV's already gone out of sight. Uh E. M s

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<v Speaker 1>gets on the scene. They pulled Themaric Green from the

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<v Speaker 1>vehicle and she's she's basically dead at the scene. There

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<v Speaker 1>are a lot of shootings in Detroit, but the murder

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<v Speaker 1>of Tamarrow Green wouldn't go unnoticed thanks to one particular detail.

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<v Speaker 1>The Lieutenant Church of squad Aid had made a remark

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<v Speaker 1>the caliber bullets that had a killder or forty caliber bullets,

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<v Speaker 1>and he made to remark, well, you know Detroit police

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<v Speaker 1>carry black forty caliber weapons. Well here you know. The

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<v Speaker 1>media started a frenzy again, claims that strippers went to

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<v Speaker 1>the Mayor's mansion for a party for Fammi Killpatrick, that

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<v Speaker 1>the mayor's wife showed up and was outraged. Reports she

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<v Speaker 1>attacked and assaulted one of the exotic dancers, and that

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<v Speaker 1>one of the dancers at the mansion was to Mary Green,

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<v Speaker 1>a high press Stripford known as Strawberry. The same woman,

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<v Speaker 1>two months later was murdered in the drive by police

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<v Speaker 1>now described that as a head wild rumors or true story.

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<v Speaker 1>To Mary Green was the person supposed that got beat

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<v Speaker 1>up at the party by the mayor's wife. This is

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<v Speaker 1>Christine Beatty, Qualmi's chief of staff. Ultimately, she ended up dead.

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<v Speaker 1>So then they tried to do this theory of old

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<v Speaker 1>She ended up dead because she danced at the mayor's

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<v Speaker 1>party when that thing came up and took on its

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<v Speaker 1>own life. Again, we had already established it. There was

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<v Speaker 1>no party, so now try to tie this random girl's

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<v Speaker 1>murder in with you know, the Mayorn administration was to this.

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<v Speaker 1>It makes me so angry. I did it was. It

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<v Speaker 1>was a horrible time for us. It was a horrible time.

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<v Speaker 1>Then after this young lady got killed, I heard that,

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<v Speaker 1>oh that was the stripper at the man The news

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<v Speaker 1>was chased me down, calling me a murderer. After that,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm like, because I'm out of here busting my butt

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<v Speaker 1>for this time. I mean, you know, I didn't get it.

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<v Speaker 1>Ea sleep, you know, I was waking up in the

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<v Speaker 1>middle of the night doing all kinds of stuff. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>we just trying to shovel, stoke, cut grass, fixed streets.

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<v Speaker 1>All of that work got swallowed up in this kind

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<v Speaker 1>of negro urban legend it was called. But it was

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<v Speaker 1>more than that. It was a part of the whole

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<v Speaker 1>process of really demonizing and uh degrading me. And so yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>it definitely hurt. I was depressed and tired and wanted

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<v Speaker 1>to get up out of there in Detroit a huge

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<v Speaker 1>development in the Minugian mansion scandal involving a stripper who

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<v Speaker 1>later wound up that that scandal revolves around in Detroit.

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<v Speaker 1>To Mayor Cormie Kilpatrick his wife. When we start coming

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<v Speaker 1>up on time to run again, which is two thousand

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<v Speaker 1>and five, we had to seriously think about it. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>it was like I want out of here. I mean

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<v Speaker 1>I was very like, I'm breaking my neck for what now?

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<v Speaker 1>Like hold on? And of course you always come back

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<v Speaker 1>to the people, the citizens that your servant. But is

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<v Speaker 1>it worth being attacked in this way? And I don't

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<v Speaker 1>remember the exact conversations of how we got there. I

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<v Speaker 1>know the overall thing was we can't go out like this,

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<v Speaker 1>like this can't be the Swan song, like we owe

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<v Speaker 1>it to our city and the people that are here

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<v Speaker 1>to continue this fight.