Rafael A. Mangual - The Data Behind "Criminal [In]Justice" | Part 2

Heroes Behind the Badge · May 21, 2026 · 39m

In Part 2 of his Heroes Behind the Badge conversation, Rafael Mangual opens with the story that drove him to write his book. In July 2019, Brittany Hill, 24 years old, holding her one-year-old daughter outside her home on Chicago's west side, was shot dead when a car pulled up and opened fire. She turned, shielded her daughter, took the bullets, stumbled three steps, and collapsed with the child still clinging to her neck. The man arrested had nine prior felony convictions, including murder. He was free on parole.

That case is the emotional and intellectual center of "Criminal Injustice," and…