Episode 7 - Criminal Injustice: A Tale of Racial Cleansing in America

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03/09/22 • 87 min

Forsyth County, GA, is described as a "Hospitality Highway" community known for its small-town charm and big-city proximity. But it’s also known for something else... Up until recent years, the county, located less than an hour’s drive from downtown Atlanta, was all white; not by happenstance, but through violence. In September 1912, all 1098 of Forsyth County’s Black residents fled for their lives, leaving behind property, forever tearing families apart, and taking with them, a lifetime of unspeakable pain, fear, and trauma. They were gone in a matter of weeks, never to return. In observance of Black History Month, this is the first true crime tale in Criminal Injustice. This is the tale of a Racial Cleansing in America.

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Episode 6: Never Had a Chance - The Tragic Life and Death of Maleah Davis

On May 4, 2019, 4-year-old Maleah Davis, her 1-year-old half brother, and his father, 26-y-o Derion Vence were reported missing from their home in Houston, Tx. Later that evening, a wounded Derion and his son would turn up at a local hospital, minus Maleah. Derion would tell authorities of a harrowing ordeal, in which he and the children were held for 24 hours by three men who had attacked him. And although Derion and his son were dropped off along a highway in the nearby city of Sugar Land, the men disappeared with little Maleah. Twenty-seven days later, the remains of the preschooler who loved My Little Pony and taking trips to the beach, were found dumped off of Interstate 30 near Hope, Arkansas. The story of Maleah Davis is the story of a child who was failed by those who were supposed to protect her. This is the story of a child who never had a chance.