Somebody: Coming Soon

Coming March 31, 2020.

When Shapearl Wells's son Courtney is found outside a Chicago police station with a fatal bullet wound, Shapearl immediately distrusts the official narrative. So she launches her own investigation into her son’s murder and teams up with journalists from the Invisible Institute to confront the cops and find the truth about Courtney's death. Somebody explores the racial disparities and turbulent relationship between law enforcement and citizens in one of America’s largest cities. A co-production of the Invisible Institute, The Intercept, Topic Studios, and iHeartRadio, in association with Tenderfoot TV.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
About a year after my son was killed, I was
heartbroken and at a loss, not knowing if I ever
find out what happened. I didn't know where to turn,
so I took to Facebook. Life. Okay, Facebook, I'm gonna
try this again. Like I was saying, you know, when

(00:24):
our son was killed, it is something that devastated our
whole family. But to add insult to injury, we are
in a big battle with the city of Chicago, day
after day trying to find out what happened to him,

(00:44):
and there are so many discrepancies in his case. We
are the average black family trying to fight against a
huge city, and everywhere we talked, we're here the doors
getting slammed in our face. I can't say whether or

(01:09):
not something happened while he was with the police, but
I know that they have continuously denied our request for
videos and nine want one calls that depict the final
moments of my son. It's painful. You feel the desperation

(01:33):
in your heart because you want answers to what happened
to your child. Everybody tells you that the city of
Chicago is doing what they can, but what I see
is that they're fighting every step of the way. They
want you to stop fighting. They want you to give up.

(01:55):
They want you just to accept that your child is
dead and just move on. I can't can't do it.
He doesn't deserve it. He doesn't deserve what happened to him.
So I can't just give up. With everything within me,

(02:16):
my last breath, I keep fighting for him because he
can't do it anymore. Raise my heart. No matter how
long it takes, I will not stop fighting for Corney.

(02:37):
Here my son Courtney's story, and follow my fight for
justice and truth. Somebody is available March one, wherever you
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