Heat List

The Thomas family picks up the pieces and looks to the future, while answers to the more difficult questions about the Heat List—questions of accountability and transparency—prove elusive.

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Still mourning their loss, Ryan and his family suffer another devastating trauma. Meanwhile, the Chicago Police Department changes leadership amidst a scandal. Will they scrap the Heat List, or double down?

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The Chicago Police Department’s “Heat List” program not only fails the Thomases, but a major evaluation, too. 

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Members of a rival gang have put a target on Shaquon’s back. At the same time, his music begins blowing up in the streets. But it’s not just enemies and fans who take an interest in him. Police show up at his door. He’s on the Heat List.

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A long-standing feud between Shaquon’s gang and a rival set begins to bubble over, claiming a life. The Chicago Police Department’s “Heat List” hopes to identify those caught in the cycle of gun violence. But they don’t account for the century of bad blood between Black communities and the police. 

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Ryan and Shaquon Thomas are aspiring rappers in the Chicago drill scene, one synonymous with violence. But, the Chicago Police Department is developing a new tool to try to stem that violence. Can it help them in time?

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The Chicago Police Department crafts a scientifically-backed, cutting-edge predictive policing tool to identify folks caught up in the cycle of gun violence on Chicago’s streets. It’s meant to save lives, but will it do more harm than good?

From Wondery and Vespucci, comes Heat List, a story of one city’s 21st-century effort to break its cycle of violence and one family’s journey to find a way out of that violence once and for all.

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