They Thought They Could Bury Us: Why Truth Reclaimed Exists
✍️ By Marius Anton
For years, I believed in the system.
I believed truth would rise, and justice—though delayed—would come.
I don’t believe that anymore.
Not because I’ve grown cynical.
But because I’ve grown informed.
The System’s Playbook: Convict. Erase. Silence.
Like so many others, I lived through a wrongful conviction that didn’t just disrupt my life—it dismantled it.
⚖ They took my freedom.
👨👩👦 They threatened my family.
🕳 They tried to bury my reputation.
But they failed to take my voice.
And they failed to kill my will to fight back.
My own defence was twisted against me.
Appeals ignored.
Complaints erased.
Evidence vanished.
This is the system’s playbook:
Convict you.
Make you disappear.
From Shouting to Documenting
At first, I shouted into the void.
Then I realised shouting wasn’t working.
So I started documenting.
📑 Every closed door.
📑 Every erased complaint.
📑 Every act of misconduct.
What they tried to bury, I turned into evidence.
What they tried to silence, I turned into a megaphone
Truth Reclaimed: From Isolation to Strategy
In my documentation, I saw a pattern.
And it wasn’t just my story.
It was yours too.
Silence.
Erasure.
Resistance.
That’s when I knew: one voice can be ignored.
But a chorus cannot be silenced.
So I built Truth Reclaimed.
Not just a website.
A movement.
Here’s what it does:
Amplify survivor voices through raw testimony
Educate the public with trauma-aware resources
Expose systemic failures by connecting the dots between cases
Equip survivors with tools: complaint guides, petitions, campaign strategies
Truth Reclaimed is our answer to isolation.
It’s how we move from being victims of the system → to becoming strategists against it.
Why This Fight Belongs to All of Us
My story is your story.
The flaw that caught me is the same flaw that caught you.
And if we stay silent, it will catch thousands more.
Individually, we’re case files.
Collectively, we’re a database of failure.
Evidence of a national crisis.
We Were Never Meant to Fight Alone
Truth Reclaimed isn’t mine alone.
It’s ours.
So I ask you:
🗣 Add your voice.
📤 Share your evidence.
✊ Turn your solitary struggle into our collective strength.
Because they thought they could bury us.
But they didn’t know we were seeds. 🌱
💡 Want to share your story? Submit it here → Share Your Story
