On September 16, 2009, the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department arrested 24-year-old Mitrice Richardson for possession of less than an ounce of marijuana and frauding an innkeeper. Despite showing obvious signs of a manic episode, Richardson was released without her phone, money, or transportation in the middle of the night. She was never seen alive again. Listen to learn about the ongoing corruption in LA county and the story of women who would likely still be alive today without the existence of explicit police bias.

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