Prairieland Detention Center shooting
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Prairieland Detention Center shooting has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including This American Life. 3 people have made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Lynette SharpCooperating witness in the Prairieland case who pleaded guilty to material support to terrorists
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
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 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
Brian BouffardDefense attorney and former Navy JAG, co-counsel to Patrick McLean
Brian Bouffard said the jury got the verdict wrong by not properly applying reasonable doubt.
“I think they got it wrong. I think that they, uh... did not parse through reasonable doubt the way that the law would have them do it”
This American Life: 891: The Test Case (Jul 13, 2026) · Listen from 1:03:17
Brian Bouffard said midway through the trial that the government and its witnesses had made many mistakes.
“my feeling is the government has made a lot of mistakes. Their witnesses have made a lot of mistakes”
This American Life: 891: The Test Case (Jul 13, 2026) · Listen from 29:08
Ed KentUsed car salesman whose daughter was a cooperating witness
Ed Kent said he would not call the outcome a travesty of justice because the defendants had been foolish.
“it was a travesty of justice is not maybe true either, because they all were foolish”
This American Life: 891: The Test Case (Jul 13, 2026) · Listen from 1:02:32
Podcasts
- This American Life · 1 episode
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.