225: This One's So Bad We Invented a Strip Club

Tynesha Stewart was exceptionally bright and beautiful. She studied civil engineering at Texas A&M; University. But a few years earlier, when she was still in high school, Tynesha met Timothy Wayne Shepherd. Timothy was 25, but that didn’t stop him from pursuing Tynesha romantically. Their relationship soon turned abusive. 

Then Kristin tells us about a case of racial profiling that’s so scummy it’s almost hard to believe. (But believe it, sister.) On September 4, 1992, an elderly white woman was attacked in her bed. She later told police that her attacker had been a black male. With little to go on, police decided to question every black male in Oneonta, New York. (And a few black women, because… why not?) The administration of SUNY at Oneonta aided the investigation by providing the names and addresses of all their black male students. 

And now for a note about our process. For each episode, Kristin reads a bunch of articles, then spits them back out in her very limited vocabulary. Brandi copies and pastes from the best sources on the web. And sometimes Wikipedia. (No shade, Wikipedia. We love you.) We owe a huge debt of gratitude to the real experts who covered these cases.

In this episode, Kristin pulled from:

The documentary “Brothers of the Blacklist” 

“Brown, Black and the persistence of profiling,” by Sherrilyn A. Ifill for The Root

“Brown v. City of Oneonta,” NYCLU.org

“The story of Brown v. City of Oneonta: The uncertain meaning of racially discriminatory policing under the equal protection clause,” by R. Richard Banks for Stanford Public Law and Legal Theory Working Paper Series

“Brown v. City of Oneonta,” entry on Wikipedia

In this episode, Brandi pulled from:

“Tynesha Stewart, 19, Was Murdered & Dismembered By Ex-Boyfriend In 2007” by Erika Marie, ourblackgirls.com

“Solved: The brutal murder of Tynesha Stewart” by Mary Hallberg, maryhallbergmedia.com

“Tynesha DeVonna Stewart” thecharleyproject.org

“Police: Student was killed, then burned on grill” by Associated Press, NBC News

“Officials: No landfill search for A&M; student” by Paige Hewitt, Houston Chronicle

“Houston man accused of cooking woman's body goes to trial” by Brian Rogers, Houston Chronicle

“Harris County man takes stand, tells of killing A&M; student” by Brian Rogers, Houston Chronicle

“Mom of abuse victim wants others to see signs” by Paige Hewitt, Houston Chronicle

“Murder of Tynesha Stewart” wikipedia.org

“Timothy Wayne Shepherd v. The State of Texas” justia.com

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