Radiolab | Mr. Graham and the Reasonable Man | Radiolab Presents: More Perfect Podcast | Season 2 Episode 6 @Radiolabpod | Uploaded May 2022 | Updated October 2024, 7 hours ago.
How a diabetic, a cop and a bottle of orange juice changed the way we police, forever.

On a fall afternoon in 1984, Dethorne Graham ran into a convenience store for a bottle of orange juice. Minutes later he was unconscious, injured and in police handcuffs. In this episode, we explore a case — Graham v. Connor — that sent two Charlotte lawyers on a quest for true objectivity, and changed the face of policing in the U.S.

CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains some descriptions of graphic violence and also some strong language.

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Illustration by Mitch Boyer.
Video by Michael Snyder, Kim Nowacki and Andrea Latimer.