That’s Not Me
7/10/202638 min
Porcha Woodruff was eight months pregnant when she was arrested by police one morning at her home in Detroit. When she spoke with a detective at the police station hours later, she asked them, “Why am I here?”
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First 90 secondsPhoebe Judge· Host0:00
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Porcha Woodruff· Guest1:12
I was brushing my daughter's hair up, and I heard a loud bang at the door. Um, I was upstairs when I heard it, so I went downstairs. Myself and my youngest daughter went downstairs, and when I went to the door and kind of peeked out, it was a