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Caroline MacGregor: You’re listening to 89.1 WEMU. I’m Caroline MacGregor, and I’m here today with Ann Arbor City Council Member, Cynthia Harrison. We are talking about the short documentary film, “A Ripple in Ann Arbor”. It tells the story of a search for a serial rapist in Ann Arbor in the 1990s, and it revolves around the unfocused and invasive tactics used by police at the time to find the perpetrator. The film delves into an innocent man who took the city to court to expose these tactics and reclaim his dignity. We’re going to explore this. First of all, welcome, Cynthia!
Cynthia Harrison: Thank you so much, Caroline! Thank you for having me!
Caroline MacGregor: These events that happened in the 1990s, there was a huge amount of racial profiling going on. And it caused a lot of distress in the community. You’re very instrumental in addressing racial profilings today. We’ve had a lot of incidents regarding traffic stops, etc. But with regard to this documentary film, tell me what prompted you to want to turn it into a movie?…