LEADER 00000nim a22005295a 4500 003 MWT 005 20191125063509.0 006 m o h 007 sz zunnnnnuned 007 cr nnannnuuuua 008 190201s2019 xxunnn es i n eng d 020 9781982481070 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 020 1982481072 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 029 https://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/ bsa_9781982481070_180.jpeg 028 42 MWT12169712 037 12169712|bMidwest Tape, LLC|nhttp://www.midwesttapes.com 040 Midwest|erda 082 04 364.66092|aB|223 099 eAudiobook hoopla 099 eAudiobook hoopla 100 1 Kitchen, Ronald,|d1966-|eauthor. 245 10 My midnight years :|bsurviving Jon Burge's police torture ring and death row|h[Hoopla electronic resource] /|cRonald Kitchen, with Thai Jones and Logan M. McBride. 250 Unabridged. 264 1 [United States] :|bBlackstone Publishing,|c2019. 264 2 |bMade available through hoopla 300 1 online resource (1 audio file (8hr., 37 min.)) : |bdigital. 336 spoken word|bspw|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 344 digital|hdigital recording|2rda 347 data file|2rda 506 Digital content provided by hoopla. 511 0 Read by Prentice Onayemi. 520 Ronald Kitchen was twenty-one, on his way to buy milk for his four-year-old, when he was picked up by the Chicago police, brutally tortured, and coerced to confess to five counts of heinous murder. He spent twenty-two years in prison, thirteen of those on death row, labeled as a monster. Kitchen was only one of the many victims of Jon Burge and his notorious Midnight Crew that terrorized and incarcerated black men-118 have come forward so far-on the south side of Chicago for nearly two decades. Not one to give up, Kitchen co-founded the Death Row 10 from his maximum security cell block. Together, these men fought to expose the grave injustices that led to their wrongful convictions. The Death Row 10 appeared on 60 Minutes II, Nightline, Oprah, and Geraldo Rivera and, with the help of lawyers and activists outside, were instrumental in turning the tide against the death penalty in Illinois. Kitchen was finally exonerated in 2013 and filed a high- profile lawsuit against the Chicago Police Department, Jon Burge, Mayor Richard Daley, and the Cook County State's Attorney. Kitchen's story is outrageous and heartbreaking. Largely absent from the current social justice narratives are the testimonies of the victims themselves. Kitchen is a rare survivor who has turned his suffering into a public cause and is poised to become a powerful spokesperson. The atrocities of the Midnight Crew have been brought to light through Kitchen's actions and are now part of the discussion as the nation engages in an unprecedented conversation about racism. 538 Mode of access: World Wide Web. 600 10 Kitchen, Ronald,|d1966- 600 10 Burge, Jon. 650 0 Death row inmates|zUnited States|vBiography. 650 0 Police brutality|zUnited States. 650 0 Torture|zUnited States. 650 0 Judicial error|zUnited States. 700 1 Jones, Thai,|d1977-|eauthor. 700 1 McBride, Logan M.,|eauthor. 700 1 Onayemi, Prentice,|enarrator. 710 2 hoopla digital. 856 40 |uhttps://www.hoopladigital.com/title/ 12169712?utm_source=MARC|zInstantly available on hoopla. 856 42 |zCover image|uhttps://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/ bsa_9781982481070_180.jpeg