Episode Transcript
The summer of nineteen ninety three was one of the
best of my life.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
Same for you, Rick, definitely, Jeff. We were newspaper interns
at the Nashville Tennessee and.
Speaker 1 (00:10):
Board really made that summer unforgettable. Our fellow intern in
roommate Reggie Payne.
Speaker 2 (00:15):
He was from Oakland, deep raspy voice.
Speaker 1 (00:18):
Sports editor at Grahamlink State and an aspiring rapper, his
stage name Sexy Sweat. After the internship we lost touch.
Then in twenty twenty, I called Rick with an idea,
Let's find Reggie.
Speaker 2 (00:32):
We searched everywhere Facebook, LinkedIn every journalism and rap forum.
Speaker 3 (00:38):
Nothing and then we found out why.
Speaker 1 (00:44):
Police handcut this patient and put him in the prone position.
Speaker 2 (00:49):
In February twenty twenty, Reggie suffered a diabetic episode at
his parents' home in Sacramento.
Speaker 3 (00:54):
I'm calling my son.
Speaker 2 (00:56):
And police forced Reggie to the floor, cuffed him. He
slipped into a coma and never woke up.
Speaker 1 (01:04):
I'm like thanking you, but then I see my son's
not moving. No headlines, no outrage, no justice, only silence.
Speaker 3 (01:17):
This is Jeff Pearlman.
Speaker 1 (01:18):
I'm a longtime journalist and the author of ten books.
Speaker 2 (01:21):
And I'm Rick Jervis, author and correspondent for USA Today.
Speaker 3 (01:26):
Reggie's death haunted us, so.
Speaker 2 (01:28):
We started digging and uncovered city officials bent on protecting their.
Speaker 1 (01:32):
Own from School of Humans and iHeart podcasts. This is
Finding Sexy Sweat, premieering June nineteenth. Listen to Finding Sexy
Sweat on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you
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