An exploration of redemption, community, and the deconstruction of American law enforcement’s obsession with gangs, “The Disciple” follows former Gangster Disciple, Rev. Andy D. Williams’ fight against gang database policing in Aurora, IL, and beyond.
Read MoreAnd I looked at him and said: "You better tell the truth - because HBO, The New Yorker, Daily Mail, Post, - all of them are full of shit. They’re lying on us. We’re under attack. We got no money. We got no food. We got no power. We just SOUND like we’re powerful."
- Antonio “King Tone” Fernandez, May 11th, 2017
I remember visibly shaking when I first heard Taylonn Murphy Sr. tell this story. The cruelty and lack of empathy involved in how the officer regarded the boy is exactly the sort of trauma over-policing invites into our neighborhoods.
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