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Bachelor party and two out of work auto workers and this was a time when there was an economic downturn in detroit, the automatic capital of the world and so many workers were getting laid off because fuel prices were so high. so much of the blame was being placed on japanese auto makers because they were producing these fuel efficient cars, so vincent chen is at a bar and these two men getalter case. they chase him down and beat him with a baseball bat and accuse him of being japanese. his killers never served a day of jail or prison in their lives and they were -- they had to pay about $3,00...

100% i don't know who did this to the car. we don't know. >> so hard, lisa. what was it like to put this season together for you, this episode, i should say? >> well, john, we decided to do something a little different for our eighth season. we had to pivot a little bit because of covid. our show is usually immersive and experiential. we decided to take a deep dive into moments in american history that didn't make it into the books but still impact us today. our first episode we actually look into the murder of vincent chin, that happened in the '80s. and it was a time in detroit, which was th...

And japanese manufacturers were being blamed because they were producing more fuel efficient cars. and gas prices and oil prices were skyrocketing at the time. so, vincent chin was in a bar celebrating his bachelor party. and two out of work auto workers got into an altercation with him. he left the bar, the men chased him out and beat him to death with a baseball bat. those two men never served a day in jail or prison, paid a $3,000 fine and spent some months on probation. when we think about what's been happening over the past year and a half -- and john i've spoken to you on multiple shows ...

Workers accused him of being japanese and taking the jobs and this is a time in detroit when the industry was experiencing a downturn and people blame japan for making the fuel efficient cars and people lost the jobs in detroit so if you looked like you could be japanese in detroit you could become a target and that's what happened to vincent. he got into an altercation in the bar. the two men followed him out and beat him to death with a baseball bat and didn't serve a single day in prison. they paid about a $3,000 fine and spent a couple months on probation but when you look at what is happe...

And in the case of vincent chin he was a chinese-american man working in detroit during a time of an economic downturn in the automotive capital of the world. and as a result so many workers were being laid off from their jobs and it became very easy to blame japanese auto manufacturers because they were producing these fuel-efficient cars during a time when the country was going through an energy crisis. so vincent chin is in a bar celebrating his bachelor party with some friends and he gets into an altercation with two out of work auto workers who accuse him of being japanese and taking thei...