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Foreign.
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Are we getting into it? Are we doing this?
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I think so. But I was gonna say first, you know, we are a tw woman show balling on a budget team. So we don't have like those, like we don't have an attorney that's going to tell us here. This is the exact disclaimer you're supposed to say. But I do feel like especially for this episode, we do need to put a disclaimer out there that this, what we're going to cover is gnarly. It involves not just a mention of lots of talk and discussion about abuse, domestic abuse, violence, unaliveness. It's brutal. So please, like feel free to stop this if you need to make sure that if you have children or sensitive ears around that you listen to at first before someone else might overhear it or before you share it with anyone else.
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Yeah, it's filled with domestic violence and just brutal crime.
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Yeah. Just any kind of violence there is that it happened.
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And of course it's Domestic Violence awareness month. So yes, we thought this would be the perfect case to cover.
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Yes, it is very sad, but I do also feel like. I feel like we say this often, but one of our goals for sure is to make sure that victims aren't. Their story doesn't stop getting told and that they're not. What happened to them is not who they were. So I think as. As sad and as gnarly as what we're about to get into is, it's important.
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Yeah. So this case was featured on a show that I watched called Body Cam. The episode is called Taken by Surprise. It's season three, episode one. We're going to be pulling a lot from that. I wish shows like this. I love the show. Obviously. I've watched all the seasons.
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It's a really good show.
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It's really good and it's so sorry.
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But I. I've been filming for like 82 days straight and this is bugging the out of me much better.
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There we go. Woo.
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Now you can not. Because I ain't no angel. I ain't no angel, baby.
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But so this is where we, we found this case. It. It happened in Henry County, Georgia, which is like 20 miles outside of Atlanta, I think.
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Yeah, it's not far from where we are. So to us it's still very much like local and I don't know, at some points I think we feel like Tennessee and Georgia are just one. They're all situation.
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Yeah, they are. Literally. I grew up in North Georgia and now live in Tennessee and So it's like.
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Yep.
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Where'd you grow up? I grew up here, but I actually grew up in North Georgia. And now, you know, but it's all one area, so. Sandra White is her name. She was 39 years old. She was a nurse. She was very close to her siblings. She talked to her sister every single day.
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Her brother too, a lot. They were all very, very close.
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Very close. Sandra was a nurse. She worked at a local hospital. She was.
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We love nurses.
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Yes, we do. Thank God for them.
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Thank God.
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My Brandy, my. One of my best friends, she's going through nursing school right now.
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It's crazy.
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I don't.
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It's crazy.
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Her mental health, like, she.
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They are so smart.
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They're so smart, so empathetic. And I can tell her something that's going on with me and she'll have me diagnosed within 10 minutes.
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Yeah.
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It's so good.
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Yeah.
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But also my mom's a nurse too, so she does that.
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But also it's like, okay, I got a diagnosis. Like, so what do we do now? And it's like we hang out, we, we. We talk, we rest. Yeah. Like you just need a hot beverage.
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Yeah.
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Yeah. Hot tea.
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Yes.
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Maybe some apple crown.
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Yeah.
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Hot, hottie, Hot. Yes. Like, they're so great. Whereas I do feel like most doctors nowadays just want to give you something instead of trying to see if there's a way to naturally.
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Yeah.
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At least try to put a dent in it, you know?
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Yeah.
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No. Nurses are like, either need to go to sleep, drink a little, maybe smoke something.
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Drink some water, get some hydration, Go.
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Out with your friends and laugh. Go sit out in the sun.
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Yeah.
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Lay in the grass.
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Like they're all very simple fixes.
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Yeah.
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So Sandra White, she's 39. She is a mother of a 16 year old who's in high school. His name's Arkevion. He played football. You know, typical mother son relationship. What I was going to say is I wish shows would show more about the victims. Like you said, they're not what happened to them. They're more than that. But you know, the. In an hour span, you can only give so much information. And I think Body Cam did a really great job of this.
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I do too. And you know, they were the two victims that lost their life in this, but there were two other victims. And. And I'm not saying that it wouldn't have happened either way. But the vic. The victims that were that survived this were officers who were doing anything and everything in their power to get the two that had have been unalived out of it. And they didn't know that they were already deceased at the time. So they were lose.
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Lose.
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Right. But I, I just find it so commendable, like, because they were. This is a. It was a small, small town, like, quaint little neighborhood thing and a nice neighborhood. Yeah, their house was beautiful. Yes. The whole neighborhood is very, very pretty. But it's one of those, like the police department and the officers, they're patrol officers. You know, they are not necessarily equipped for what happened, but boy, did they make it happen. You know, they were like, no, we. We got this and they did it. That's not. Yeah, that's not like, it's. It's just really, really nice to. Unfortunately, people were hurt and they were hurt too. But it. I love their passion for their job and like, trying to just do anything and everything. Like, the one got hurt worse because he needed to see where, where everyone was. Yeah. And like. And then the other one was like. I mean, it's just crazy. It's. It's really sad. But I do feel like, I feel sad for the officers because I. I think they really wanted the outcome that they found was not the outcome they were fighting to. To get.
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Yeah.
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I just hope they don't have any doubts in, in what they were doing, like, or that they could have done things differently because. Because they couldn't have. Yeah, they couldn't have.
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Yeah.
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But.
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So In April of 2019, Sandra is eight months pregnant. She is living with her boyfriend whose name is Anthony Bailey. He went by Tony. He. She's also living with her 16 year old son, Arkevion.
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I have to say, when people comment on pictures of Bentley and I, and it's like, he's like double your size. They were the same way. And it's so cute.
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He was a big old boy.
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He was. And. But you could tell, like, I still joke. I'm like, but I'll still whip Bentley's ass. Like, I know she would have wore his butt out too, but like, you don't have to when, when you've got such a close relationship with your kids. Like, but he, he literally is double her size.
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Yeah.
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And she's eight months pregnant. Like, he is a big dude.
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Yeah.
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And he played football, obviously.
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And he played football. Yeah. So every day on her way to work as a nurse, the hospital, she would call her sister. Her sister's name was Enitria and Enietria was a teacher. So they would text each other when they got up. By the time they got in the car to go to work as a teacher for Anitria and a nurse for Sandra. They would talk to each other on the phone, like on the way to work. Well, Enietria called her that morning and she didn't answer. She didn't answer her text, which was weird because they did it every morning. And on her way to work at the school, she gets a call from the hospital where Sandra works. And they say, hey, Sandra didn't come into work today. This is not like her. Is she okay? She's eight months pregnant. Come check on her. So Enietria turns around and goes back to Sandra's house to see if she's okay. And trigger warning. This is where it gets ugly. As she pulls up, she's on the phone with her brother Terrell, who is also trying to call Sandra.
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I have a question, totally off subject. Do we know what Terrell does for a living?
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No.
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Because watching him, he is just like his sisters. But to have like, if I was the mom that had like a teacher and a nurse and like a solid young man as my, I would be like, I win. Like, you know what I mean? Like such public servants they are.
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I bet he, he looked like he was in like construction.
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Yeah.
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And building stuff.
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Yeah. And I could also see him like coaching, like youth sport, you know what I mean? Like, like. Or doing big brother things.
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Yeah, big brother, big sister.
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Yes. Stuff like that. Yeah. Like he's just got that vibe that, that family values.
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Yes, family has.
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Yes.
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Yeah.
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It's very, very sweet hearted people.
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Yeah. So Enietria calls Terrell brother and sister. They're going to Sandra's house in Henry County, Georgia. And when they pull up to her house, they notice this stain coming down the driveway. The driveway was kind of at a slope and the house was like at the top of it. And there was, you know like a two car garage and the front porch in the house.
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It's like that driveway just cut, kind of came down a little bit to the road.
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Yeah.
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Enough for like if there is a bucket of water and you literally lay it over sideways, like the water is naturally going to slowly but surely go down.
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And so they had this long stain down this driveway and they don't know what it is. It's dark colored.
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People probably can't hear that.
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But if you can, emergency vehicles are near us and they realize that this is blood coming from the garage. Blood is coming from the garage all the way down the driveway into the street.
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The garage doors are closed. The garage doors they Cannot see, but it is obvious.
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And it was one of those garages where they have the windows at the top where you can like kind of see him but not well. And so Anitria goes up to the garage where this blood is trickling down and sees Sandra laying in the garage and she thinks, oh God, this is. She's having the baby.
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Yeah, this is happening.
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Yeah, he's having a medical emergency. Now mind you, this is in April of 2019. The very next day they're supposed to have a baby shower for her.
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Yeah, she's. She's eight months pregnant. I mean, she's pregnant. Yeah, she's pregnant.
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Pregnant.
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There is no if, ands or buts about it. She's pregnant. This. Yeah, it's one of the. She's at the point where it could be any day type of situation. Yeah, she's pregnant.
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She's pregnant. So Anitria and Terrell, they're at the house, they. They see this blood. They see their sister down. They call 91 1. The 911 call is very triggering. I can see him, ma'am, but I. Driveway. And then they call police. They call police. The first officer to arrive on scene is officer Shannon Foster. They see the blood in the driveway. They are going to try and get into the house because they see that Sandra's down. So they, they force entry because they're not getting any response from anyone inside of the home.
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Yeah. And also when the officer was first on scene, he just called in like he was going to go and wait for medical. And then other officers were like, no, we're coming, we're coming. Thank goodness.
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Thank goodness.
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Cuz this could have been even, even more tragic, like from a standpoint of more un. Alive people. So thank goodness for teams.
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Officer Taylor Webb, he showed up. Officer Keegan Merritt showed up. Third officer Joseph Maddox also showed up. And I wanted to name these people because they're, they were very crucial in getting into this house.
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Absolutely.
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So they break into the front door because no one's answering. They think we got to get to this woman who's in distress. Yep.
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And who's pregnant as well.
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Yeah.
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And it's not just, it's. It's not just her life. It's also her baby's life too. Like crucial, Crucial.
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You got to get in. So Officer Foster stood to kind of COVID for officer Webb. He's the one who broke down the front door. And as soon as officer Webb is inside, he's shot.
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Yes.
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And they have to retreat.
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Yes.
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Which is protocol.
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And Foster actually Stays as close to the house as possible because it's. Once you're there and you can like find a spot where you can see them and they might not see you. It's a lot easier to do, get something done with people that are not close to the house. So he like was there the whole, the whole time? Time. Yeah, like the whole time. And this was hours, guys.
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15 hour standoff hours.
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And he was there the whole time. He not once left that post or Sandra or the other victim because he.
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Was kind of standing near the garage.
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Yeah.
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Officer Webb was at the front door. He knocks the front door down in or he gets in and as soon as he's in, shots, shots fire come.
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From the other way. Yeah.
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So it's like a entryway and then to the left is, is like a split staircase and like it goes up.
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And then cuts over and it goes up again.
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Yep. And so Tony was at the, the corner of the, the split staircase where it turned where you can kind of hide behind the stairs.
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Yeah.
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So Officer Webb is shot. They're freaking out because he's shot in.
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The chest and he's also shot in the hip. Like right in the hip.
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Yeah. And they don't know. They can't get in contact with him. He lost his radio, he's dead. They don't know what's going on.
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Yeah.
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So a ton of officers come to the scene. Yeah. Anthony actually text Anitria while this is all going on. He text her, tell them not to come in. I have our KV on and she shows this to police because she's there freaking out, all this commotion, shots fired. Like she, she's in the back of.
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A police car just freaking out, super even shocked. Like in. I don't want to not word for word quote, but she is like I would have never thought in my, in her experience with Tony, she was like, I would have never picked him to be the person that's. That's doing all of this. So she is shocked. Yeah. Like at this point she's still wondering if somebody else is in the house and if her sister is good. And, and now, now her nephew's involved as well. Like.
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Yeah, yeah. So they have a down pregnant woman in the garage, a hostage, 16 year old, a man shooting at police and have already shot police and a police officer down in the house. This is high stress situation.
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Yes.
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Well, luckily Officer Webb was able to.
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Oh, basically. Yeah.
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Through the dining room, through and into the garage.
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Yeah.
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Where he was safe from the shooter. Yeah.
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And he said I need to See if the victim it like, can I help her? He can hardly help himself right now. But the only thing on his mind was getting to her.
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Yeah.
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To Sandra. To see how he could get her out and make sure that her and her baby could make this. Make it out of all of this.
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That gives me chills.
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It me. It does. Me, too. Because that's just. That. That's just genuine service right there. Oh, my goodness gracious.
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So during this whole time, during this standoff, police end up hearing a noise in the garage, and they see that it's Officer Webb. Joseph Maddox. Officer Joseph Maddox is the one who kicks in the garage door. And literally, he wasn't supposed to do that, actually. Did you see how he dived out of there?
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Yes. Like, and it's like the last little bit of strength he had. Superhero. Yeah, like, he was. He was dying, too. Yeah, he had. He had realized that Sandra was not alive and had not been alive for a long time. For hours. But, yeah, the last little bit of strength, he had to dive out. But also, the officer that was kicking in, the girl, like, he wasn't supposed. That's actually against protocol. But he was like, I don't care. We gotta do something. The reason that they didn't know if Webb was okay or not was because he would not answer when they were calling for him. Because he was afraid that if he gave his location away, that he would not make it. Like, he would definitely be shot again and then not make it to Sandra to see if she was, like, what he could do to help her. So he was, like, quiet as a mouse, not saying a word on purpose so that he could see if sand. Like, what he could do for Sandra.
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Knowing it's killing his brothers in blue. Not to know.
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Yes. Yes.
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Like, he's a good guy.
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They are all man.
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Yeah, they are. So he was shot in the chest and in the hip. And if you go back and watch Body Cam Taken by surprise, you can actually see the smoke coming off of his hip. And they finally get him to a neighbor's house.
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Yeah.
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Like, pull off all of his.
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Yeah, it's like he's walkie. And, like, the bullet. Bullets had obviously, like, penetrated the walking on his hip and probably a couple other things, like the taser or whatever.
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Yeah.
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And his hip was literally smoking. And he was shot in the chest, too.
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Yeah. Then Officer Keegan Merritt, who was third on the scene, he was kind of taking cover in the front yard, kind of behind a tree, but it was a small tree. It was like a newer Tree, not very big, but he was still taking cover there. Unfortunately, Tony was able to get off a shot. Shot to Officer Keegan Merritt. And it. It blew his. His middle finger off pretty much because he was standing, you know, and I think they were.
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Tony was aiming for his head like an inch different. And you're catching here, you know, or here to literally an inch, like taking a deep breath would move. Move his body in such a way that that would have been more than likely lethal as well. But. But at least then they kind of knew where the shots were, kind of like where he might be because he said, he's up top. He's up top.
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Yeah.
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And then he had to crawl away. Away with no cover.
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They actually had to call in several different police departments. They called In Clayton County SWAT, DeKalb County Police, and they even called the GBI because this standoff lasted 16 hours.
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Yeah. And Georgia State troopers too.
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There was tons of police in that neighborhood.
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And then the original officer is still just hanging on by the garage. And they finally, when SWAT came in, because with armored vehicles and stuff, like, they can do a lot more than just like your normal patrol car. They couldn't even bring patrol cars in because they would have got shot at. But do you watch swat? Like swat?
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I watched it with Jade.
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Dude, Jade's obsessed with it.
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Yeah, obsessed. I do love that guy that was on.
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Street.
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The street.
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Is his name on Spot. Is it. Is he older or younger?
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Younger.
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Pretty boy.
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Yeah.
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Yeah. Street. I don't know what his real name is.
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I don't either.
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His name is straight on swat.
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I don't remember his name.
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I like Deacon on swat. The older SWAT officer with the salt and pepper. He's like, looks like what Santa would look like in July. You know, like fit and like, but like short beard.
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Yeah, he is.
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He's. What do they call it? Silver Fox.
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Yeah.
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Yeah. One of. He is definitely that. Definitely. But Jade likes. Jade likes street too. She thinks he's cute. He is cute.
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He is cute. No.
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So all to say, SWAT team comes in, does what SWAT team does, but like the team of officers that were first responding and just the local P.D. they're bad dudes. Like bad dudes. For real? For real.
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I always think about that badass. Every time I'm pulled over, I think about, what did this person just come from?
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Yeah.
B
What if you're nice to them?
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What if they had to put up with.
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What if they just came from a 16 hour standoff?
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Oh, well, they won't let them. Hopefully not.
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I know that. But like, what if we didn't? Yeah, you never know. You got to be kind to your officers. With that being said, unfortunately, Sandra and her baby passed away. There is evidence that her 16 year old son Archeveon was shot before all of this, all of this happened. And then he, unfortunately, Tony took. Took the gun to himself and committed suicide. And. And that's when the officers were able to go in and investigate, you know, time of death of all of all of these people. Um, but we wanted to talk about this because it's Domestic violence awareness month and I've dealt with domestic violence. I dated a guy in high school and he hit me. And it's very important to. Yeah, to get this information out that you don't have to. I know it's hard to get out of it and it takes a lot of tries to do it and a lot of confidence and a lot of resources.
A
Yeah.
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But I think it's important to talk.
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About and I think to your point, like I had a boyfriend in high school that was physical with me as well. Obviously I was young, I was a freshman and we, it was like we had been dating for six months or like we didn't even go on dates. I was, I was 14. You know what I mean?
B
But boyfriend and girlfriend.
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Right. But he was a junior and there were definite physical things that happened. But I think although we say domestic violence, like which legally means you have to live together, but no, it could be assaults are assaults. And no matter if you live together or not have kids together or not, same gender.
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Yes.
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Other genders, whatever the siblings, whatever it is, I feel like it is all difficult. It does require a lot of resources, so we're gonna link some. But also just talk, find someone to talk to. If you can't in your day life, message us on Instagram or Facebook or Tick Tock. Yeah, it's just very important to talk to someone. Let.
B
Let someone, you know in on it.
A
Yep. And if, again, if you don't feel comfortable with anyone that's in your personal, like in your life, person to person, then reach out to us. We will keep you anonymous.
B
Yes, absolutely.
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Would never ever share that and do whatever we can to help.
B
But if you don't want to reach out to someone, you know, someone like your friends right here or your friends at home, There's a ton of resources when it comes to staying anonymous. It's not a fun. When I was going through, it was embarrassing. Like I didn't want to tell anybody that that was happening to me. So you can stay anonymous. There is a 1-800-number that's absolutely free. You can call 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The number is 8007-9972-3380-0799-7233. And if you're not in a place where you can talk, you know, maybe that person is in your vicinity. You can also text. Yes, 88788. You can text. It's a free text line. Someone will get back to you. 88788. Yep.
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And then there's also too. If you are able to look on especially Facebook, I feel like is good for this. There are groups that you can join on there and every member in there is anonymous and even the people that run it are anonymous. But. But they're. There are people in there you can talk to, but they're also posting other resources and usually there's some. There's one like for an area.
B
Yeah.
A
So there are shelters. They can put you in touch with certain things like that that are actually local to you. You know, not like if we're in Tennessee. Not something that's going to be in like Minnesota.
B
Yeah.
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Like how are we get to Minnesota? You know, so search on Facebook. But definitely reach out and talk to someone anonymously or not.
B
And we're here for you.
A
And don't be embarrassed ever.
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No, don't. It's not your fault.
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There is no judgment.
B
There's. There's one person who should be embarrassed and that is the perpetrator for being such a. Yep.
A
Such a.
B
Such a.
A
Yep.
B
Yeah.
A
You're gonna have such a set.
B
It is a sad story. And to think our. Our key Von was 16 and you're about to have a 16 year old on no Sunday.
A
I know.
B
Happy birthday, Bentley.
A
Happy birthday.
B
I can believe that.
A
I know.
B
Is it like a full circle thing because you were 16 and pregnant? I was.
A
Imagine when he. The whole thing. When he was a whole. He was. I never thought. I didn't even want kids. I didn't even want them. It was like, oh, you're gonna have a baby. Yeah. I was 16. So it. It is full circle. But it's kind of. It's kind of. I don't know, it's a different feeling it to be full circle. Like it's not. It's just cool to see him become who he is. And you know, seeing certain things I'm like, man, he's so different from what I was. But he's. Then there's some things I'm like, he's so Much like I was, you know? But yeah, it's. I remember when, like before he was born, when I was pregnant with him being like, oh, when he turned 16, I'll be 33. And. And oh my God, like that seems lifetimes away.
B
Yeah.
A
Literally, like I would net we would never make it there, you know, that's so far away. And then it was like I blinked like twice. I'm like, oh, shoot. Bentley 16 now and I'm 33. It's crazy. Crazy.
B
They grow up so fast. That's what they say, right? So fast.
A
The days are long, the years are short. And that's a fact. But he's a really good kid.
B
He is a good boy.
A
I mean, I'd like to take all the credit. I can't.
B
But you can take a lot of it.
A
I can take a lot of it, but I can probably take most of it. But he's a. He's a really great mixture of all of the. The whole village that's been behind him and me throughout his life. But also, like, there's just so much uniqueness about him too. That's really cool that I'm like, no, that's not really anybody else's trait or that's not really like anybody. I like this. That's just. That's just God given. Like, that's just. Yeah, that's him. That's who he is.
B
But he's a good boy.
A
He is good. He is good.
B
Well, happy birthday, Bentley.
A
Yeah.
B
All right, let's wrap this up. Oh, we got some big stuff coming next week.
A
Do big. And next week is also our two year anniversary.
B
Yeah, we got to do something. Well, we. We were planning our Halloween costumes before we got on recording. So that will be really fun. Watch for that. Watch for a fun video for. From Bentley's birthday party. Yeah, his sweet 16. There was some big surprises. So watch for that video on.
A
That's why we're so tired today. Because it was yesterday. We were exhausted.
B
We're exhausted. Stayed out way too late. But it was so fun. It was.
A
It was perfect.
B
It was great. All right.
A
Okay. So big stuff next month. Like big stuff. We might. I. I have an idea for something cool we should. We could do for our two year thing next week.
B
Okay.
A
And remember that if you are suffering from or you know someone is suffering from a loved one, a friend or even something in your house and you're not the. The one on the. The other end of the domestic violence, please talk to someone. Call, text the hotline and or all else fails please reach out to us on social media. You will remain anonymous and we get. We will try and help you in any way that we can. Yeah, but. Yeah, that's the expired podcast.
B
If you're going to be an be a funny one. I'm still in your line.
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Don't do meth and keep your pistol in your pants and be kind to each other. Take care of each other.
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Take care of each other. Yeah, please take care of each other.
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We love you guys.
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This is the expired podcast.
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Bye. I think you laughed and got blurry. There you go.
Expired Podcast – Episode Summary: "Domestic Violence Awareness Month: The Sandra White Story"
Podcast Information:
Maci and Natalie begin the episode by issuing a crucial content warning, acknowledging the sensitive and potentially distressing nature of the discussion ahead.
Maci (A) emphasizes the seriousness of the topic:
“This what we're going to cover is gnarly... It’s brutal. So please, like feel free to stop this if you need to...”
[00:18]
Natalie (B) adds:
“Yeah, it's filled with domestic violence and just brutal crime.”
[01:41]
The hosts stress the importance of listener discretion, particularly for those with children or sensitive ears.
The episode focuses on a tragic incident involving Sandra White, a 39-year-old nurse from Henry County, Georgia. Sandra was closely bonded with her siblings, maintaining daily communication with her sister Enitria and her brother Terrell.
Natalie (B) introduces Sandra:
“Sandra White, she's 39 years old. She was a nurse... very close to her siblings.”
[03:34]
Sandra lived with her boyfriend, Anthony Bailey (Tony), and her 16-year-old son, Arkevion, who was an active high school football player.
In April 2019, Sandra was eight months pregnant and due to have her baby any day. On a seemingly ordinary morning, Sandra did not respond to her usual morning texts with her sister Enitria.
Maci (A) narrates:
“Her sister’s name was Enitria... She did not answer her text, which was weird...”
[08:22]
Concerned, Enitria returned to Sandra’s home, only to discover a disturbing scene. A dark, bloodstained trail ran down the driveway from the garage, prompting immediate fear of domestic violence.
Upon receiving the 911 call, multiple officers responded to the scene, including Shannon Foster, Taylor Webb, Keegan Merritt, and Joseph Maddox.
Maci (A) describes the police arrival:
“They force entry because they're not getting any response from anyone inside of the home.”
[13:51]
Officer Taylor Webb was the first to breach the front door, where he was tragically shot. This led to a 16-hour standoff involving local police, SWAT teams, and state troopers.
Natalie (B) reflects on Officer Webb's bravery:
“...he was shot in the chest and in the hip. The only thing on his mind was getting to her... to see how he could get her out.”
[18:08]
Despite being critically injured, Officer Webb remained focused on assisting Sandra, demonstrating unwavering dedication.
The standoff concluded with devastating outcomes:
Maci (A) somberly states:
“Unfortunately, Sandra and her baby passed away...”
[24:22]
Maci and Natalie share their personal experiences with domestic violence, highlighting the pervasive and often hidden nature of abuse.
Natalie (B) opens up:
“I dated a guy in high school and he hit me. It’s very important to get this information out...”
[25:11]
Maci (A) adds her story:
“I had a boyfriend in high school that was physical with me as well... I was 14.”
[25:12]
Their candid discussions underscore the importance of recognizing and addressing domestic violence in all its forms.
The hosts provide vital information for those experiencing domestic violence, emphasizing the importance of reaching out for help.
Natalie (B) offers resources:
“The number is 800-799-7233... You can text 88788.”
[26:32]
Maci (A) suggests online support:
“There are groups on Facebook... shelters... local resources.”
[28:08]
They encourage victims to seek assistance anonymously if needed, reinforcing that help is available without judgment.
Maci and Natalie conclude the episode by reiterating the significance of Domestic Violence Awareness Month and urging listeners to support those affected by abuse.
Natalie (B) reassures listeners:
“We're here for you... It’s not your fault.”
[28:35]
Maci (A) closes with a heartfelt message:
“Don't be embarrassed ever... Take care of each other.”
[32:15]
They also celebrate Arkevion's (Bentley) 16th birthday, reflecting on the passage of time and the enduring impact of the tragedy.
Maci (A): “This what we're going to cover is gnarly... It’s brutal. So please, like feel free to stop this if you need to...”
[00:18]
Natalie (B): “Yeah, it's filled with domestic violence and just brutal crime.”
[01:41]
Maci (A): “I have a boyfriend in high school that was physical with me as well... I was 14.”
[25:12]
Natalie (B): “The number is 800-799-7233... You can text 88788.”
[26:32]
Maci (A): “Don't be embarrassed ever... Take care of each other.”
[32:15]
Final Thought: Maci and Natalie’s heartfelt narration not only sheds light on a harrowing crime but also serves as a beacon of hope and support for those battling domestic violence. Their commitment to keeping victims' stories alive underscores the critical need for continuous awareness and action.