True Life: Crime

Definitely think the other reviewers should have watched more than one or two episodes before writing this show off. It 100% gets better with each one they make. Love Dometi and love how Nev intrudes the show. Hope they make more.

While I admire the drive & passion Mr. Pongo displays, his extremely one sided, inaccurate racist attitude overshadows his voice. The episode on the tragic murder of Darrien Hunt accomplished nothing, everything he "investigated" was already public knowledge. If he was an actual investigative journalist, he would know that filing an FOIA request for the videos both dashcam, from the bank, etc .. would've been step one. And it's a little disturbing how he is so open with his dislike for white people, and how he throws out totally false information. Statistically, white males experience a higher rate of violent encounters with law enforcement then African American men. Check your card before you throw it down and look foolish. I personally am tired of the poor me song and dance. This is an abuse of power and government corruption issue. Not everything is just about race!!!!!

The first episode was essentially a write off. A close and shut case of a horrible accident but the family is seriously delusioned thinking foul play was involved in any way. They tried to make this case a platform for their race issues which totally is offensive considering the hard work put in by the police. We will see what happens with the next episode but the first was embarrassing and didn't depict a "true crime" story at all. What is the purpose of the program ?

How many crime series shows showcase young people of color, possibly disenfranchised, most likely overlooked by mainstream media? ID network isn't there in most cases. The First 48 makes the grade, but this platform addresses a younger audience. I respect this effort and appreciate quality product. These stories are real and real life.

As another reviewer has mentioned, the first episode answers itself in the first 10 seconds of explaining what "crime" happened, which was tragic but definately not worth an episode. granted episode 2 is better than the first, it is highly dramatized and they go over the same information time and time again for what seems just to make the episode long enough- i'm sorry to everyone who worked on the show, the host journalist is actually really good, but that is basically the only positive thing i can say about this show. definately not worth a watch. and what the heck is the guy from MTV's Catfish doing in this show? he only serves the purpose of talking for 20-30 seconds before each episode with lots of weird headmovement and eyecontact with the camera.