5/22/2023 0 Comments We own this city book![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The reign of terror ended with federal indictments, with eight members sentenced to prison. The reality was far different: these officers pocketed the money during seizures, sold stolen drugs, planted evidence, robbed law-abiding citizens, and made overtime claims for unworked hours. Epitomising the incurable malady afflicting the city this time around is the Gun Trace Task Force (GTTF), an elite Baltimore Police Department (BPD) unit tasked with getting guns and drugs off the street. David Simon, the Baltimore Sun reporter who was the creator of the HBO series, returns to the corners, the streets and the police precincts to sound another warning about a system in paralysis.īaltimore stays on as the lead character in Simon’s new miniseries, We Own This City. The bleak reality of the city shaped five seasons of The Wire, which remains one of the most incisive feats in longform storytelling on TV. Reading about its drug, homicide, policing and administrative problems can take you into a rabbit hole you can’t get out of. The truth about Baltimore’s systemic dysfunction has always been stranger, uglier and knottier than fiction. ![]()
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