After a pregnant woman’s murder, police searched for a Black killer. But they were chasing a lie.

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** THE WEEKLY REVEAL
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Saturday, May 11, 2024

Hello! In this issue:
* After a pregnant woman’s murder, police searched for a Black killer. They were chasing a lie.
* Coming soon: “The Grab.”
* Police are supposed to tell the family right away after shootings by officers. But these detectives had another priority: asking questions about the deceased.
* Our University of Phoenix investigation from 2015 is still having impact today.
* A Reveal partner got a big award this week.


** THIS WEEK’S PODCAST
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** The Racist Hoax That Changed Boston
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In 1989, Chuck Stuart called 911 on his car phone to report a shooting.

He said he and his wife were leaving a birthing class at a Boston hospital when a man forced him to drive into the mixed-race Mission Hill neighborhood and shot them both. Stuart’s wife, Carol, was seven months pregnant. She would die that night, hours after her son was delivered by cesarean section, and days later, her son would die, too.

Stuart said he saw the man who did it: a Black man in a tracksuit.

Within hours, the killing had the city in a panic, and Boston police were tearing through Mission Hill looking for a suspect.

For a whole generation of Black men in Mission Hill who were subjected to frisks and strip searches, this investigation shaped their relationship with police. And it changed the way Boston viewed itself when the story took a dramatic turn and the true killer was revealed.

This week on Reveal ([link removed]) , in partnership with the “Murder in Boston ([link removed]) ” podcast and associate editor and columnist Adrian Walker of The Boston Globe, we bring you the untold story of the Stuart murder: one that exposed truths about race and crime that few White people in power wanted to confront.
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** COMING SOON
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** The Grab: In Theaters and Streaming June 14
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Power hides in the shadows. From Reveal and the director of "Blackfish, "The Grab" is in theaters and on digital June 14. Watch the trailer ([link removed]) .

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** A Quote to Remember
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“If you all of a sudden are a grieving family member, don’t most people jump to the defense of the person who had the encounter with law enforcement?”

Bruce Praet was a consultant with Lexipol when he gave this advice to police: After an officer in your department shoots someone, get as much information as you can out of the family before you tell them their loved one has died.

When reporter Brian Howey asked Praet about this advice, he insisted it’s the best way to get to the “untainted” truth.

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** Impact Update
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In 2015, Reveal published an extensive investigation that showed how the University of Phoenix was sidestepping a rule ([link removed]) meant to stop for-profit colleges from gaining preferential access to members of the military.

The story got the University of Phoenix kicked off U.S. military bases around the world, suspended from the GI Bill and forced to pay the largest civil penalty to the Federal Trade Commission of any for-profit college in American history. And the impact is continuing even today.

Recently, California’s attorney general reached a settlement with the University of Phoenix ([link removed]) , which will have to pay $4.5 million. The settlement tracks closely with our investigative findings – with the University of Phoenix promising in court to never again engage in the specific tactics we documented. Watch ([link removed]) or read ([link removed]) our original investigation by Aaron Glantz, in collaboration with PBS NewsHour.


** In Case You Missed It
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🎧 The Spy Inside Your Smartphone ([link removed])

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🎧 After the Crash ([link removed])


** Ending on a Good Note
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🏆 The Pulitzer Prizes were announced this week, and congratulations are in order for New Hampshire Public Radio. Their podcast, “The 13th Step,” was named a finalist in the audio reporting category ([link removed]) . Check out the episode we produced with the podcast ([link removed]) earlier this year.
This issue of The Weekly Reveal was written by Kate Howard and edited by Nikki Frick. If you enjoyed this issue, forward it to a friend ([link removed]) . Have some thoughts? Drop us a line (mailto:[email protected]) with feedback or ideas!

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