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A&E has greenlit the four-hour documentary series The Chicano Squad (w.t.).

A&E has given a green light to The Chicano Squad (working title), a four-hour docuseries chronicling U.S.’s first all-Latin homicide unit dedicated to…

A&E has given a green light to The Chicano Squad (working title), a four-hour docuseries chronicling U.S.'s first all-Latin homicide unit.

Jupiter Entertainment has elevated Chris Spry to the post of senior VP of development.

Knoxville/NY-based production company Jupiter Entertainment has tapped Chris Spry to be its new senior vice president of development. Spry has spent the last two years serving as the Sky Studios-backed company’s vice ...

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The city’s police union sued AK-47 in 1981 for naming victims of brutality in the song ‘The Badge Means You Suck.’

To encourage social distancing during the spread of COVID-19, we are altering our regular “Event Horizon” section for the foreseeable future. While many local events are on hold, we will

How the Country’s First Latino Homicide Squad Transformed Houston Policing—At Least for a While A new podcast explores the history of the “Chicano Squad” as part of a Houston police department effort to repair its broken relationship with the Latino community. February 10, 2021 The Houston Police Department Chicano Squad, founded in 1979 after the killing of Jose Campos Torres. Raymond/Frequency Machine On an overcast evening in early May 1977, 23-year-old Vietnam War veteran Jose Campo...

To revist this article, visit My Profile, then View saved stories. While the events that marked the start of 2021 have made the year already feel like it’s lasted an entire decade, we are, in fact, just getting started. Which means there is still time—so much time!—for good things to happen, and dare we say, even things to look forward to. Like these 21 podcasts, all of them premiering in the first half of 2021 and bringing something new for fans of true crime, self-help, comedy, televisi...