What Lynette Sharp has said about Prairieland Detention Center shooting
3 quotes · 1 episode · Jul 13, 2026
Lynette Sharp, Cooperating witness in the Prairieland case who pleaded guilty to material support to terrorists, has been quoted on Prairieland Detention Center shooting 3 times in 1 episode of This American Life, most recently on July 13, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Lynette Sharp said Ben Song likely contacted her because he knew she felt unanchored and would help him.
“I think because he knew that I would be there for him, that I felt kind of unanchored in my own life”
This American Life: 891: The Test Case (Jul 13, 2026) · Listen from 49:34
Lynette Sharp acknowledged that hiding Song was dangerous and wrong.
“of course, at that point, we knew we were doing something very, very dangerous and very wrong”
This American Life: 891: The Test Case (Jul 13, 2026) · Listen from 50:05
Lynette Sharp maintained the event was a noise demonstration by friends, not a terrorist act.
“We weren't a terrorist group. It was really just a protest. It was a noise demonstration”
This American Life: 891: The Test Case (Jul 13, 2026) · Listen from 53:29
Episodes
891: The Test CaseThis American Life · Jul 13, 2026 · 1 h 11 min
Zoe Chace reports on the federal trial over the July 4 Prairieland Detention Center shooting, where the government tried to prove an Antifa terror cell existed.
Others on Prairieland Detention Center shooting
- Brian Bouffard · 2 quotes
- Ed Kent · 1 quote
Lynette Sharp on other topics
- Antifa · 1 quote
- Plea bargaining · 1 quote
- Emma Goldman Book Club · 1 quote