Remove the Black Fathers and the family will fail. Turn the Black woman against the Black man, he will fail. Remove the Black woman from the home. The Community fails.
“Willie Lynch Letter.”
This is one of the most powerful stories you will hear on any podcast platform. Meet LaTanya Jenifor-Sublett. At just 19 years old, she was tortured, falsely accused of a crime she did not commit, and sentenced to 42 years in prison. She endured 21 years of incarceration before finally being released. A survivor of torture by members of the Chicago Police Department, LaTanya does not call herself a community activist—but she refuses to remain silent. Today, she fights for justice and stands against the mistreatment of those who are too often overlooked.
LaTanya Jenifor-Sublett Story:
After I refused to sign it, I was slapped, choked, beaten, slammed into the concrete wall, handcuffed, and called names that I had never been called before. I was in that interrogation room for hours without water, nothing to eat. I urinated on myself. They threatened to incarcerate my mother if I did not sign it. And still I said, “I’m not gonna sign this.” One detective walked out of the interrogation room. When he came back, he opened the door, and my mother was standing there in handcuffs. They said, “We’re taking your mom to jail for this. Fucking sign it, or your mom’s going to jail.” My mom was just crying. And I’m like, “How are you [taking her to jail]? I’m telling you what happened.” And they took my mom away. And I thought that she was in jail. So, I’m like, “Okay, okay, okay. [I will sign it.]” Then they literally grabbed my hand. One of them held me by the neck as I signed this statement. In several places. They don’t make you just sign it at the bottom—you sign it in all the spots where it incriminates you. That young, nineteen-year-old woman thought she could go to the police station and say, “I’m mad about this crime. Don’t be mad at me; be mad with me.”