Revisiting A Chicago Hate Crime And Its Aftermath

重温芝加哥仇恨犯罪及其后果

Fresh Air

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2024-05-31

43 分钟
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Yohance Lacour's Pulitzer Prize-winning podcast, You Didn't See Nothin', tells the story of Lenard Clark, a 13-year-old Black boy who was beaten into a coma by white teenagers, after riding his bike into a predominantly white neighborhood. Lacour talks about the importance of the case today, and how it shaped his life and the city of Chicago. Also, John Powers reviews the film Kidnapped: The Abduction of Edgardo Mortara. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
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  • In 1997, a 13 year old black boy named Leonard Clark was beaten into a coma after riding his bike into the predominantly white Chicago neighborhood of Bridgeport.

  • Police deemed it a hate crime, and at the time, it was part of a long history of racial strife in the area, and one of the perpetrators was the son of a powerful Chicago union boss with ties to the mafia.

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  • It was written and reported by Johannes Lecoeur, a Chicago native whose life was forever impacted not only by the attack on Lennard, but the series of events that happened afterward.

  • The story made national news.

  • 13 year old Lennard Clark cannot speak, does not react to his mother, and is in serious danger of dying in.

  • The vicious act that has gone to the heart of Chicago's deep racial divide.

  • This kind of savage, senseless assault strikes at the very heart of America's ideals.

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