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Rhine's Breaking Point: The Long Shadows of Cincinnati

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The Rewind Files por Brooklyn and Silas

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Imagine a city holding its breath so tightly the pressure finally blows the lid off. In this episode of The Rewind Files, Brooklyn and Silas take you back to April 9, 2001—the day Cincinnati reached its breaking point. When 19-year-old Timothy Thomas was shot and killed by police over minor traffic warrants, a community that had already lost 15 Black men to police actions in just five years reached its limit. What started as a demand for answers at City Hall quickly spiraled into something much larger. We’re diving into the 8 PM curfews, the National Guard on the streets, and the "war zone" atmosphere of the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood. How does a routine traffic stop lead to the largest civil unrest the U.S. had seen since the '92 LA Riots? Brooklyn and Silas peel back the layers of that tense April week to find out what happened when t ... 

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