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Light 'Em Up

Phillip Rizzo

"Light 'Em Up" takes a deep dive on the criminal justice system, crime scene investigation and leadership. We take you under and behind the crime scene investigation tape to get at the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help us God! Justice comes to those that fight ... not those that cry!

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120 episodes

  1. Female Cop Roughed Up During Radio Run at Well-known Nuisance Property. FOP President Turned it Into a Pissing Match with: Mayor’s Office & City Council. Coded, Condescending Comments Concerning Akron’s Black Community. SOP by the FOP "Bomb Thrower". 55:12
  2. Murder In Times Square! Legally Justified, or Officer-Created Jeopardy by the NYPD? A Tragedy of Tactical Errors, Missed Opportunities, Poor Police Positioning, Ineffective Use of Less-Lethal Options & Inadequate Crisis Intervention Training. 56:48
  3. Seashells, a Wannabe Strongman & the Pettiest Prosecution in American History. Was Ex-FBI Director James Comey's "86 47" Instagram Post a Crime, or Proof the 1st Amendment is Breaking Under the Strain of the Trump Administration's Rogue DOJ? 54:06
  4. Get the Flock Out of Here! Flock Automated License Plate Readers (ALPRs) are Everywhere, Tracking You, Every License Plate, Every Movement, Every Moment. Citizens Aren’t Staying Quiet. Some are Ripping the Cameras Down with Their Bare Hands. 55:47
  5. ICE Kills Again & Again with Impunity & Immunity: The Cold-blooded Killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston. How the Trump Administration Has Given the “Green Light” for Rogue, Trigger-happy, Federal Agents to Shoot First and Lie About it Later. 53:54
  6. TAKEN! The Kidnapping of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro by Donald Trump. International Law Be Damned! Is the U.S. stealing Venezuelan Oil? The Negative Cascading Consequences for the World. Trump’s Recent Diversion from the Epstein Files. 1:04:09
  7. Donald Trump’s Relentless Attacks on Journalists — Echoing the Oldest Tactics in the Authoritarian Playbook. The Despotic Decline of Dictators who Fear the Free Press. The 1st Amendment: The Backbone & Foundation of a Free People or 45 meaningless words? 59:26
  8. From Peeing on the Sidewalk to Being Ordered out of Your Vehicle at Gunpoint: Officer-Induced-Jeopardy. 10+ Officers with Assault Rifles Ready to Fire. The Akron Police Department: Manufacturing Danger Where None Existed & How They Tried to Keep it Quiet. 52:37
  9. The Federal Death Penalty: 3 Bullets, Shot in the Heart. Trump's Firing Squad: Pro-life, Pro-Death Penalty. Politicians' Lethal Hypocrisy that Cheers on Government Sanctioned, Cold-blooded, Pre-Meditated Murder 1:03:19
  10. Big Talking Trump Always Chickens Out: Iran’s Civilization Survives Trump’s Empty, Demented Threats of Extinction. What is a War Crime? A Primer on: The International Criminal Court, Geneva Conventions as War Crimes are Being Committed in Real Time. 1:03:55
  11. 5 Time Draft Dodger, Suckered into Indicted War Criminal Bibi Netanayhu's War of Choice. 13 U.S. Servicemen Dead So Far. Voters Elected Clowns - Now They Have Their Circus. The History of US/Iran Relations as This is Now a Global Crisis. 1:09:06
  12. FIRED! ICE Barbie (Noem) Out at DHS: The Numbers Don’t Lie Even if the Leadership Does. 32 Lives Lost in DHS Custody Since 2025. Zero Accountability: The Human Cost of DHS’ Failure. Noem’s Pathological Lies & How DHS Under Trump Became a Crisis Factory. 53:39
  13. A Frank Conversation with Dr. Sandy Womack Jr. 100 Years of Black History Month: Voting for Your Survival: History is Warning Us. "We Have to Become Students of History" to Protect the Republic from the Chaos & Confusion of The Trump Administration. 43:50
  14. The Killing of Renee Good 37, mother of 3: Minneapolis Under Siege & Federal Occupation, Graham v Connor (an analysis of law enforcement’s use of force), Officer-Induced Jeopardy & the Human Cost of the Trump Administration’s Reckless Political Theater. 1:14:32
  15. Staunch Criminal Justice Advocate, Tenacious Fighter, Trauma Informed Educator: An Update with Sarah Cintron, Mother of Juan Cabrera. "I'm Not Going to Give Up Until My Son is Free". An Error-filled Case of Corruption that has Her Son Wrongly Convicted. 1:08:23
  16. Thank you for another FANTASTIC year! We're being downloaded in 147 countries globally & growing! We're not "true crime", we're the truth in the criminal justice system! 32:41
  17. Presumed Guilty, Due Process Over-board! The Extra-judicial, Targeting & Destruction of "Go Fast" Boats & Their Crews on the High Seas by The Trump Administration. 70 Lives Erased Without Explanation. 56:16
  18. "Un-Civil Tongues": Hate, Violence & Power. Sticks & Stones Can Break Your Bones & Names Can Get You Murdered. The Intersection of Hate Speech & Violence. Cockroaches, the Enemy Within. Donald Trump & the Radical Rhetoric that promoted Rwandan Genocide. 1:19:52
  19. Securing the Stage: Lessons from the Charlie Kirk Shooting. How to Prepare for and Put on a Large Scale Outdoor Special Event. An In-depth analysis of Special Event Contingency Planning in the Wake of Charlie Kirk's Shooting. 1:00:48
  20. Is The MAGA Movement a Cult? How to Become a Tyrant. Radical Nationalistic Devotion: The “Charismatic Leadership” of Trump & the Cult Following He’s Created with MAGA. Can the Country Ever Recover from the Faith & Fury of the Red MAGA Hat? 1:12:27
  21. Pro-Life & Pro-Death Penalty: Hypocrisy & Hypoxia. How Does One Reconcile These Polar Opposites? An In-depth Examination of the Pelican State of Louisiana. 1:03:04
  22. Unmasking America: Birthright Citizenship, Mass Deportation & the Cost of Exclusion. The 14th Amendment on Trial, Citizenship Under Siege. The Use of the Executive Order to Bypass the Constitution & Redefine the Meaning of U.S. Citizenship 1:05:08
  23. Detained & Damaged: Kids, Cash & the Trump Immigration Machine. A dumpster fire of greed, cruelty & cowardice: The human cost of the relentless, xenophobic attacks on immigrants. Do Trump's policies actually reduce crime or just make the rich richer? 59:59
  24. Uncharted Waters, Unprecedented Times: Will Your Hard-won Civil Liberties be Lost? The Trump DOJ Green-lights Police Brutality. The Push to Pardon George Floyd's Killer. Will America's Experiment in Self-Government Survive the Slide into Tyranny? 1:11:05
  25. "An Ignorant People Can Never Remain a Free People" The Attack on the "Great Writ" Habeas Corpus, Due Process, the Rule of Law & Democracy by the Trump Administration. Are we on a Collision Course with the 1973 Coup d' état in Chile? 1:04:16
  26. "Whatsoever You Do to the Least of My Brethren, That You Do Unto Me”. Criminalizing Undocumented Immigrants. The Hatred of MAGA Towards the Foreign-born. Immigration Facts & How the GOP Strategically Used the Death of Laken Riley. 58:47
  27. Tren de Aragua: The Alien Enemies Act of 1798, the "Theater" of the Trump Administration, Trumped-Up Charges, Providing Cover to Detain and Deport Without Due Process. 1:01:15
  28. The Death of Haley Cheney, a Beloved “All-American Girl”. Concerns of a Rush to Judgement from an “Investigation” that was “Phoned in" (at Best), Riddled with Indifference, Pre-Judgement and a Misogynistic Bias. 1:08:56
  29. The Twisted, Perverted Concept of Qualified Immunity. A Proverbial "Get Out of Jail Free Card" for Law Enforcement. Examining its Historical Background & Original Intent. Protecting & Shielding the Bad Apples Even When They Break the Law. 58:13
  30. Is this America? The Railroading of 14-year-old Dillon Reedy. How Your 1st Amendment Free Speech & Due Process Constitutional Rights can be Stripped from You in a Blink of an Eye. An In-depth Discussion with Alison Reedy (Dillon’s Mother) 51:56
  31. The Police & De-escalation of Aggression: What is it? Leading with Empathy, Establishing a Collaborative Relationship, with a Distressed Person in Crisis, Reserving Judgement, Actively Listening, NOT Shoot First and Ask Questions Later. 1:11:03
  32. The Fiery Cross: The Foundations of the KKK and the Ties That Bind with the MAGA Movement. Exposed Roots of: Anti-Immigrant-Nativism, White Supremacy, a Dark Side of Hate Crimes, Wrapped Firmly in the Flag Pretending to be Patriotic & Pro-American 1:17:01
  33. Thank you for another FANTASTIC Year! We're being downloaded in 115 countries globally & growing! We're not "true crime", we're the truth in the criminal justice system! 21:22
  34. Taser, Taser, Taser! Conducted Energy Weapons: “Less-lethal”? Do they Save Lives and Reduce Civilian Shootings or Facilitate Cardiac Arrest and are Used in a Reckless, Punitive Manner? 1:05:29
  35. Protecting Your Constitutional & Civil Rights in a Time While They are Under Assault: Driving While Black in Cleveland, Ohio, Pre-Textual Traffic Stops, Whren v U.S. & Defending Yourself When Cops Become Robbers. 1:01:13
  36. A Broken Tail Light, an Expired License Plate: NOT Capital Crimes! How Cities are Working to Reduce Racial Profiling & Biased Pre-Textual Traffic Stops — Making the All-Too-Common Traffic Stop Safer For All. 53:54
  37. The Senseless Killing of Michael Jones, Another Black Man, by the Akron, OH Police Department: Poor Tactical Police Procedures, Reasonable, Articulable Suspicion (RAS) & Officer Induced Jeopardy. 1:10:54
  38. Murdered in Cold Blood Over a Pot of Water: The Tragic Case of Sonya Massey. A Focused Exam of the Expanding Plague of "Wandering/Roaming Cops". Is it Safe Anymore for Individuals of Color to Call the Police for Help? 1:07:28
  39. The Radicalization Process: From "Normal" to "Violent Extremist", Being Humiliated, Losing One's Sense of Significance, & Othered. Motivated by Propaganda, Stripped of the Ability to Peacefully Pursue Purpose in a World Built on Exposing Your Devaluation 55:23
  40. If the West Carroll Parrish Sheriff's Department Has Nothing to Hide, Why'd They Lawyer Up? A Sister's Relentless Quest to Get at the Truth in the Sudden, Unexplained Death of Crystal McCrory Jones in Oak Grove, Louisiana 42:57
  41. The dark multi-billion-dollar underworld of Sports Betting and its Criminality: Are Major League Sports in Bed with Sports Betting Services to the Detriment of Their Own Players and Their Sport(s) as a Whole? 55:02
  42. Does the 2nd Amendment & the Castle Doctrine Apply Equally or at ALL for Black Americans? Sr. U.S. Airman Roger Fortson, Amir Locke & Donovan Lewis: Gunned Down in Their Own Homes. Hard Truths Examined. Does This Ever End? Who Will be Next? 53:57
  43. I Want to File a Complaint! The Importance of the Civilian Complaint Alleging Police Misconduct. How this Single, Solitary Action Can Pave the Way Toward the Success or Failure of an Officer, the Department, and the City. 1:05:32
  44. Where Do We Go from Here? America at a Critical Inflection Point: Democracy or Dictatorship? An Examination of Race, Political Power, Social Economics & Education. Sage Wisdoms with Dr. Sandy Womack Jr., Proactive, “Pro-people" Educational Leader. 1:12:31
  45. “My Son Was Judged to be Guilty Before He Ever Stepped One Foot in the Courtroom”: Life Lessons, Revelations & Preventative Awareness from the Mother of a Son Convicted of 1st Degree Pre-meditated Murder. 1:27:49
  46. A Cold Blooded, Cajun Cover-up: How Sloppy Investigative Practices; Turning a Blind-Eye Intentionally, Voids in Personal Character & the 7 Deadly Sins Led to the Uninvestigated Death of Crystal McCrory Jones in Oak Grove, LA. 43:16
  47. The Highly Suspicious Death of Crystal McCrory Jones: Glaring, Incompetent Errors in the Autopsy Report; Failure to Investigate. Cover-up & Collusion in Cajun Country. 1:05:25
  48. Corruption & Death in Cajun Country: The Tragic Story of Crystal McCrory Jones. Little to No Investigation, a Rush to Judgement, an Intentional Effort at Covering Up the Facts & Overlooking Evidence: Why? 48:21
  49. The "Secret War Crime" That Isn't a Secret. Gender Based Violence (GBV) in Armed Conflict & War Zones - Rape is a War Crime. 53:29
  50. Thank you for another FANTASTIC Year! We're being downloaded in 107 countries globally & growing! We're not "true crime", we're the truth in the criminal justice system! 21:47