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That was Jenkins, though.
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[CHUCKLES] He just didn't care
if he saw another sunrise.
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Okay, let's shift back over
to you. You--
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- you joined the force--
- '05. Started in the Northwest.
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And you told us that, um,
you were doing small robberies,
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places like Belvedere Towers
back then.
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Hmm. Mm-hmm,
that was around '08.
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Uh, just leaning
into some people, like I said.
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- Not any big stuff.
- If I may, you, uh...
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sustained a gunshot wound
in 2006. What was that about?
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[SIGHS] I caught a hot one
when some dude tried to rob me
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and he got shot.
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It's in the reports.
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You said that--
I'm sure you got all that.
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Actually, we have conflicting
info on that incident.
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- MOMODU GONDO: Conflicting?
- Mm-hmm.
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One source indicated that
that shooting was, um,
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actually drug related.
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A retaliation
for some trafficking
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you were involved with.
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Who told you that? Rayam?
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Shoot. It's...
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Jemell just trying to shine
the teacher's apple
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if he's laying stuff like that
off on me.
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I mean,
that ain't even credible.
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What-- what is that?
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I mean, he's my boy,
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but he always had
his own problems.
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- JOHN SIERACKI: What kind of problems?
- He likes women, for one.
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[SCOFFS, CLICKS TONGUE]
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Excuse me, Miss Jensen.
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♪ [UPBEAT SONG PLAYING]
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[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
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MOMODU: This shit goes way back
to when he was in uniform.
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♪ Shake that ass, girl
Make that coochie wet ♪
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♪ Shake that ass, girl
Make that coochie wet... ♪
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MOMODU: Yeah, he was lined up
with the underworld
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from the beginning.
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Jemell was married but,
you know,
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- he had this girlfriend, Crystal Ferguson.
- JEMELL RAYAM: What's up?
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♪ My dick gets so hard
You're what I'm looking for ♪
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♪ Shake that ass, girl...
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MOMODU: She knew all the players
west of MLK.
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When they'd be at their cribs,
when they wouldn't.
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She'd tell Jemell
when they could be got.
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[CHUCKLES] Fucking G-Money
said that shit?
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Oh, wow. That's fucking funny.
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He-- he's acting
like he's all pure now? Okay.
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This fucking guy.
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Did Crystal Ferguson provide you
with robbery targets?
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[CLICKS TONGUE]
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She mighta. I don't recall, exactly.
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JOHN: This was when you
and Detective Gondo
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were on the Violent Crime
Impact Division together?
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JEMELL: Nah,
we went there later on.
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And we weren't on VCID together.
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Look, we were doing our thing,
for sure. [CHUCKLES]
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But, uh, separate.
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In 2009, you fatally shot
a citizen, Shawn Cannady,
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in an alley off Pimlico Road.
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Self-defense.
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Uh-uh. Yo, no, not just the one.
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No, Jemell shot three people
that year.
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Three.
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JEMELL: Get out of the car!
Get out of the car, now!
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- [GUNSHOT]
- [CAR ALARM BLARES]
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- [GLASS BREAKING]
- [DOG BARKING]
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Now, Rayam told me he did
the thing. I mean... [CHUCKLES]
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...he never denied it.
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Made it like the driver
of a Lexus
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was using his vehicle
as a weapon,
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claimed the Lex
had clipped Giordano.
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And Jemell got off on that one.
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And Palmere was right there
on the scene, coaching my man.
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Palmere,
the deputy commissioner?
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Yeah, uh, Colonel back then,
but, yeah.
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- [HELICOPTER BLADES WHIRRING]
- [CHATTER OVER POLICE RADIO]
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- [DOGS BARKING]
- [SIRENS WAILING]
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JEMELL: Colonel.
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[OFFICERS SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]
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DEAN PALMERE: You felt
that your life was in danger.
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Got it?
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[OFFICERS SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]
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The Cannady shooting
was justified.
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And you were subsequently
suspended for two years.
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JEMELL: Yeah, while they
investigated the theft
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in the Gary Brown stop.
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You lied to IAD investigators
regarding that one.
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- Right.
- Suspended with pay.
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I guess you could say
I was in limbo, yeah.
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And when you came off suspension
in, uh, 2012?
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Yeah, I went
to the Gun Trace Task Force.
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What am I paying you 500 dollars
an hour for?
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[SCOFFS]
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♪ ["WE OWN THIS CITY"
THEME MUSIC PLAYING] ♪
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- Back up.
- Back up.
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BRANDON SCOTT:
Baltimore is a poster child
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for the basic failure
to stop lawlessness.
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PROTESTERS: No justice,
no peace!
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I've heard your calls
for no justice, no peace.
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PROTESTERS: No justice,
no peace!
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KEVIN DAVIS: Where
there's smoke, there's fire.
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These officers,
they're 1930s-style gangsters.
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♪ [THEME MUSIC CONCLUDES]
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LEO WISE: Detective Gondo,
you joined the GTTF, 2010.
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Two years before Rayam.
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MOMODU: He got bounced around
for a couple years.
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He was battling an
Internal Affairs investigation.
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Before Rayam joined the GTTF,
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what was going on
within the squad?
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Nothing inappropriate.
Nothing criminal. Not really.
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And then after he came back
from his suspension
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and rejoined?
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I mean, this shit just seemed
to go downhill.
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- ERIKA JENSEN: Hmm.
- JOHN: That's all for now.
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MOMODU: Mm-hmm.
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[MOMODU CLEARS THROAT]
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OFFICER:
All right, hands in front.
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[SIGHS]
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Gondo doesn't have
a problem talking about
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- a guy he says was his boy.
- [SCOFFS] Some friend.
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Man, it's hard to believe Rayam
has all those shootings,
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lies to the investigators,
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gets caught
on those lies, and...
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and when he comes
off suspension, they reward him
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by dropping him in one
of the most elite squads
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in the BPD.
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Cream rises to the top.
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[ERIKA CHUCKLES]
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[INDISTINCT CHATTER
OVER POLICE RADIO]
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OFFICER: [OVER RADIO] Copy,
turning 11 around.
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Fifteen blocks away.
Can I get a...
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JONATHAN JONES: No ID?
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Nothing on him.
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Rigor says he's been there
a while.
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I'll start knocking on doors.
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♪ [EERIE MUSIC PLAYING]
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You all right?
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SPEAKER: Just need a moment
of your time.
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All right? That's all I need.
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[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
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How you doin' today, sir?
Detective Sean Suiter.
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You are?
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I'm not inclined
to give my name.
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Do you live around here?
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I stay up on Bond, near Preston.
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I was wondering
if you saw or heard
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anything related to this,
probably last night.
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By any chance,
do you recognize the victim?
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Look, let me be straight
with you, Detective,
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to save you some time.
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I don't talk to police.
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I'm Homicide.
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BOYD:
It make no difference to me.
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Ain't nobody born Homicide.
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Were you one of those
jump-out boys?
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- I did that for a while, yes.
- [BOYD SCOFFS]
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Some of y'all rob people.
Hell, I got robbed my damn self.
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Look, nothing personal.
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But I've been living
in Baltimore all my life.
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I know. I know.
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SPEAKER 2: Just a moment.
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Something comes to you, uh,
please call.
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JONATHAN: Hey, Sean.
These houses are vacant here.
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So, what else we got, Charlie?
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CHARLIE GIBSON:
What do you want?
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I got Fourth Amendment violations,
warrant-less searches--
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You know what people are gonna
say out in the suburbs?
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Hell, you know what half
the country would say
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if they were to read this stuff?
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"They might not have
been guilty of something
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on the day they got pulled over
or jacked up,
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but they damn sure were guilty
of something."
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CHARLIE: So?
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So I'm saying, in the minds
of Wonder Bread Americans,
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these people
aren't really victims.
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They deserved it.
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- Ahmed's right about the optics.
- Look, we dug up instances
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where Baltimore police came down
on people
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who weren't drug dealers,
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who weren't doing
anything dirty.
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These folks had
no previous charges whatsoever
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outside of simple
marijuana possession
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or traffic violations.
I've got claims that cops
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flat-out robbed
straight citizens.
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Hold on. Let's see, um, ah,
here it is.
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Guy's name is James Otis.
You should talk to him.
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He ran afoul of a guy we know
and love.
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Our old friend. All right,
I'll go and talk to him.
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We have a little time to add
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the finishing touches
to the decree.
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- [RAIN PATTERING]
- [THUNDER RUMBLING]
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JOHN: There's Gondo.
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DEREK HINES: Be advised,
the subject has gone to ground.
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We'll wait to be sure he's in
for the night, then move.
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OFFICER: [OVER RADIO] Copy that.
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Okay.
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Hey, um, I can do this for you.
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You can do this for me?
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JOHN: I mean, you know,
in case...
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In case what?
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JOHN: I'm just saying.
You know, I mean, it's dark,
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you're crawling around
in there--
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It's dark
and I can't find my way
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around the interior
of a Chevrolet?
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I guess that didn't sound right.
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How did you want it to sound?
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[SCOFFS] Like a middle-aged
white guy from 1974.
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No, you pretty much nailed that.
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- [CHUCKLES] Yeah.
- We are a go.
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OFFICER: [OVER RADIO] Copy that.
We see her on the move.
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JOHN: Come on, come on, come on.
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[PANTS]
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Testing. Can you hear me?
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- JOHN: Okay.
- DEREK: She's out.
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OFFICER: [OVER RADIO]
Copy. We see her.
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Picked you up as soon
as you got in. Clear as a bell.
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Sound activated. So as soon
as you opened that door,
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it kicked in.
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Okay, we're set. All clear.
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Oh, man. Oh, no.
I think I messed my hair up.
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- Oh, Johnny, how's my hair look?
- Okay. Enough. Thank you.
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[SIGHS]
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No casings anywhere
around the body.
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Could be he got done
with a revolver.
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- SEAN SUITER: Or the casings got picked up.
- Mm.
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Well...
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autopsy will tell us tomorrow.
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We're not gonna get much help
from the residents.
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[EXHALES, CHUCKLES]
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Man you spoke to earlier
was rough on you, huh?
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Yeah, he's right
about some things.
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He had his truth.
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I had my path.
I took it to get here.
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I like what I'm doing now.
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I'm not gonna get all dramatic
about it,
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say it's my calling.
But being in Homicide,
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doing this kind of work,
it feels right.
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But working drugs,
that wasn't my finest hour.
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I mean, that shit was pointless, really.
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And I saw some things.
242
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That was a long time ago.
243
00:14:15,376 --> 00:14:18,074
You want another? I'm buying.
244
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[CHUCKLES] In that case, let me
get something off the top shelf.
245
00:14:20,816 --> 00:14:22,165
[CHUCKLES]
246
00:14:22,165 --> 00:14:23,950
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
247
00:14:40,401 --> 00:14:41,793
- James Otis?
- JAMES OTIS: That's right.
248
00:14:41,793 --> 00:14:44,361
Nicole Steele, DOJ. Thank you.
249
00:14:48,235 --> 00:14:50,411
It's quiet in here.
250
00:14:50,411 --> 00:14:52,413
- We got three kids, so that's unusual.
- [CHUCKLES SOFTLY]
251
00:14:52,413 --> 00:14:53,936
Two of 'em are in school today.
252
00:14:53,936 --> 00:14:55,111
And my wife took
the youngest one out,
253
00:14:55,111 --> 00:14:56,156
so we could talk.
254
00:14:57,548 --> 00:14:59,463
Are you currently employed?
255
00:14:59,463 --> 00:15:02,771
Not currently. I was
a HVAC repairman, you know,
256
00:15:02,771 --> 00:15:05,687
heating and air?
I'll get to that.
257
00:15:05,687 --> 00:15:06,993
So, tell me about the incident.
258
00:15:09,169 --> 00:15:10,518
You mean
when I got pulled over.
259
00:15:12,912 --> 00:15:14,957
I had just grabbed some pizza
for me and my family,
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00:15:14,957 --> 00:15:16,916
at that Ledo's they got
behind Hopkins.
261
00:15:17,786 --> 00:15:18,743
[POLICE SIREN WAILS]
262
00:15:21,529 --> 00:15:23,487
JAMES: And I was headed home
263
00:15:23,487 --> 00:15:26,447
on a street off of North Avenue,
near Green Mount Cemetery.
264
00:15:28,536 --> 00:15:30,581
It was Hersl and two others.
265
00:15:30,581 --> 00:15:32,888
And this wasn't the first time
I got stopped by Officer Hersl.
266
00:15:32,888 --> 00:15:35,064
He had a thing about my car,
I guess.
267
00:15:35,064 --> 00:15:37,153
Anyway, they said my taillight
was out.
268
00:15:37,153 --> 00:15:38,676
Was it?
269
00:15:38,676 --> 00:15:41,679
Yeah, it was.
I got this classic car,
270
00:15:41,679 --> 00:15:45,553
an Impala SS. I bought on time.
I knew my light was out,
271
00:15:45,553 --> 00:15:47,598
but I was waiting on the bulb
to come in.
272
00:15:47,598 --> 00:15:50,601
Not easy to get parts
on older cars.
273
00:15:50,601 --> 00:15:53,909
Homer Avenue.
Still in Lower Park Heights?
274
00:15:53,909 --> 00:15:55,737
That's a nice neighborhood.
275
00:15:55,737 --> 00:15:57,478
If you're gonna give me
a citation for that taillight,
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00:15:57,478 --> 00:15:58,870
give me one. I'm trying
to get home to my family.
277
00:16:00,481 --> 00:16:02,613
Oh, you see that?
Assaulting a police officer.
278
00:16:02,613 --> 00:16:04,180
- Cuff his ass.
- Motherfucker.
279
00:16:05,094 --> 00:16:06,617
What'd you say?
280
00:16:06,617 --> 00:16:09,403
Oh, shit. You know what?
That reminds me,
281
00:16:09,403 --> 00:16:11,361
I almost forgot
to search your vehicle.
282
00:16:13,015 --> 00:16:14,669
Man, you got no cause for that.
283
00:16:14,669 --> 00:16:15,757
DANIEL HERSL: Yes, I do.
284
00:16:16,627 --> 00:16:20,022
[INHALES] Ooh!
285
00:16:20,022 --> 00:16:23,547
[SNIFFS] Could it be
that sweet, sickening smell?
286
00:16:23,547 --> 00:16:25,854
You know, the one they told us
about in middle school?
287
00:16:25,854 --> 00:16:27,812
Middle school about as far
as you got, too.
288
00:16:27,812 --> 00:16:30,554
- DANIEL: Yeah, keep talking.
- OFFICER: Sit down, asshole.
289
00:16:31,816 --> 00:16:33,470
Had you been smoking weed?
290
00:16:33,470 --> 00:16:35,211
JAMES: I mean,
everybody got that smell
291
00:16:35,211 --> 00:16:36,821
on them these days.
292
00:16:36,821 --> 00:16:39,128
You catch it just walking
down the street.
293
00:16:39,128 --> 00:16:42,044
Cops use that as an excuse
to toss your car all the time.
294
00:16:42,044 --> 00:16:43,741
NICOLE STEELE:
Okay, what happened next?
295
00:16:43,741 --> 00:16:44,916
Hersl robbed me.
296
00:16:47,571 --> 00:16:50,226
I had just cashed my paycheck
at the M-and-T on Fayette.
297
00:16:52,098 --> 00:16:53,708
Six hundred
and fifty-eight dollars.
298
00:16:55,927 --> 00:16:57,755
OFFICER: All right, come on.
On your feet.
299
00:16:58,669 --> 00:17:00,889
Let's go. Up, up, up.
300
00:17:00,889 --> 00:17:04,197
You take my money, huh?
You take my money, Hersl?
301
00:17:04,197 --> 00:17:05,807
You ain't right, man.
That's some bullshit.
302
00:17:05,807 --> 00:17:07,113
OFFICER: Come on. Shut up,
man, let's go.
303
00:17:11,769 --> 00:17:13,206
JAMES: I was jail side
for two days
304
00:17:13,206 --> 00:17:15,469
before anyone got to me.
305
00:17:15,469 --> 00:17:17,819
- OFFICER: Otis.
- [CELL DOOR BUZZES]
306
00:17:19,516 --> 00:17:21,040
[CELL DOOR SLAMS]
307
00:17:21,040 --> 00:17:22,824
Never even spoke
to a public defender.
308
00:17:22,824 --> 00:17:25,131
A state prosecutor
they had there interviewed me,
309
00:17:25,131 --> 00:17:26,784
and when I told him
what happened,
310
00:17:26,784 --> 00:17:28,743
he had me sign a form
that waived my right
311
00:17:28,743 --> 00:17:30,484
to sue the city
for false arrest,
312
00:17:30,484 --> 00:17:31,833
in exchange
for them throwing out
313
00:17:31,833 --> 00:17:33,878
the charges on the spot.
314
00:17:33,878 --> 00:17:36,881
They knew what they had on me
was bullshit and wouldn't stick.
315
00:17:36,881 --> 00:17:39,275
So it never went to court.
That's a good thing, right?
316
00:17:39,275 --> 00:17:40,537
JAMES: Let me finish.
317
00:17:40,537 --> 00:17:42,974
Come on, man. Give me a break.
318
00:17:42,974 --> 00:17:44,889
- JAMES: On account of the days I was locked up...
- I got a family.
319
00:17:44,889 --> 00:17:47,501
...my calls went unserviced,
and we lost a couple customers.
320
00:17:47,501 --> 00:17:48,676
- BOSS: Sorry, James.
- JAMES: My employer told me he had to let me go.
321
00:17:48,676 --> 00:17:50,417
NICOLE: You had no recourse?
322
00:17:50,417 --> 00:17:52,549
I already signed away my right
to a lawsuit,
323
00:17:52,549 --> 00:17:54,247
I told you that.
324
00:17:54,247 --> 00:17:56,118
But I did file a complaint,
on principle.
325
00:17:58,120 --> 00:17:59,861
NICOLE: Did you get
your money back, at least?
326
00:17:59,861 --> 00:18:03,821
[CHUCKLES] Shit.
Of the 658 dollars he took?
327
00:18:03,821 --> 00:18:06,128
Hersl submitted 50
to Evidence Control.
328
00:18:07,651 --> 00:18:10,132
- NICOLE: He pocketed the rest.
- You surprised?
329
00:18:10,132 --> 00:18:13,614
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
330
00:18:13,614 --> 00:18:15,224
JAMES: He probably
drank my money away.
331
00:18:21,491 --> 00:18:23,406
DANIEL: About to take
all your money.
332
00:18:23,406 --> 00:18:26,017
JAMES: Or had himself
a good old time with it.
333
00:18:26,017 --> 00:18:27,454
PLAYER 1: Let's see
what you got there.
334
00:18:27,454 --> 00:18:29,108
PLAYER 2: God damn! [CHUCKLES]
335
00:18:29,108 --> 00:18:30,935
JAMES: Some shit like that.
336
00:18:30,935 --> 00:18:32,415
PLAYER 3: Come on. I'll spot ya,
I'll spot ya. Come on.
337
00:18:32,415 --> 00:18:33,851
JAMES: It was nothing to him.
338
00:18:34,939 --> 00:18:36,724
DANIEL: Later.
339
00:18:36,724 --> 00:18:39,205
That money meant something
to me. I earned it.
340
00:18:39,205 --> 00:18:42,469
My wife and me,
we got no cushion, for real.
341
00:18:42,469 --> 00:18:46,212
When I cash my paycheck,
every penny goes to my mortgage,
342
00:18:46,212 --> 00:18:48,953
groceries, stuff for my kids.
343
00:18:48,953 --> 00:18:52,566
This set me back.
Bank's about to repo my car.
344
00:18:52,566 --> 00:18:54,220
If I do get a job now,
345
00:18:54,220 --> 00:18:56,657
how am I supposed to get
to work?
346
00:18:56,657 --> 00:18:59,094
Everyone who lives here knows
what time it is.
347
00:18:59,094 --> 00:19:01,488
Police treating all of us
like criminals,
348
00:19:01,488 --> 00:19:03,229
people like me, my family.
349
00:19:05,927 --> 00:19:07,015
[SIGHS]
350
00:19:10,888 --> 00:19:12,890
- [SIGHS]
- [JENSEN SIGHS]
351
00:19:12,890 --> 00:19:15,415
LEO: Detective Rayam,
your partner, Gondo,
352
00:19:15,415 --> 00:19:17,330
says that when you joined GTTF,
353
00:19:17,330 --> 00:19:20,768
things, in his words,
"Began to go downhill."
354
00:19:20,768 --> 00:19:23,727
[CHUCKLES] Yo, Gondo was in
the mix from the start.
355
00:19:23,727 --> 00:19:25,207
All right?
It wasn't me who cultivated
356
00:19:25,207 --> 00:19:26,730
a relationship with Brill.
357
00:19:26,730 --> 00:19:30,647
- You mean Antonio Shropshire.
- Right.
358
00:19:30,647 --> 00:19:32,345
That goes back to when they
were kids,
359
00:19:32,345 --> 00:19:35,304
long before Gondo knew me.
360
00:19:35,304 --> 00:19:38,438
And honestly, neither one of us
supervised the squad.
361
00:19:38,438 --> 00:19:40,091
We just followed the leader.
362
00:19:40,091 --> 00:19:42,006
You're talking
about Wayne Jenkins?
363
00:19:42,006 --> 00:19:45,445
And Allers before him too, shit.
364
00:19:45,445 --> 00:19:49,318
Oh, fuck. You know... [CHUCKLES]
...there-- there was this, um...
365
00:19:51,015 --> 00:19:56,499
one robbery back in, uh, 2014.
366
00:19:56,499 --> 00:19:59,067
Allers got the tip from a CI
he'd been working with.
367
00:19:59,067 --> 00:20:02,549
Out in West Edmondale?
368
00:20:02,549 --> 00:20:04,899
THOMAS ALLERS: That's it. 5454.
369
00:20:04,899 --> 00:20:06,988
One with the white bars
on the door.
370
00:20:06,988 --> 00:20:09,469
JEMELL: Sergeant Allers brought
his son with us on that one.
371
00:20:09,469 --> 00:20:12,646
I reckon it was a "Bring Your
Kid to Work Day."[CHUCKLES]
372
00:20:12,646 --> 00:20:15,431
- Husband and wife team.
- Yes, sir.
373
00:20:15,431 --> 00:20:17,912
George Williams
and Yolanda Paige-Williams.
374
00:20:20,523 --> 00:20:23,265
G, this shit could be big, man.
375
00:20:23,265 --> 00:20:26,486
Yeah, seen his photo.
Bigger than a motherfucker.
376
00:20:26,486 --> 00:20:28,270
[ALL LAUGH]
377
00:20:28,270 --> 00:20:30,185
Are we gonna call
the county boys in on this?
378
00:20:30,185 --> 00:20:32,579
After we see what we got.
Come on, y'all ready to do this?
379
00:20:32,579 --> 00:20:34,885
- MOMODU: Let's go.
- You ready?
380
00:20:34,885 --> 00:20:36,539
- Wake your ass us up, motherfucker.
- THOMAS: Let's get going.
381
00:20:38,976 --> 00:20:41,283
[DOGS BARKING]
382
00:20:46,506 --> 00:20:48,116
THOMAS: All right, son,
you fall back right here.
383
00:20:51,424 --> 00:20:52,947
- THOMAS: Police!
- SPEAKER: What do you want?
384
00:20:53,469 --> 00:20:55,819
Police!
385
00:20:55,819 --> 00:20:57,691
- Stand back. Get down!
- MOMODU: Stand back, motherfucker.
386
00:20:57,691 --> 00:20:59,736
JEMELL: That house was hot.
387
00:20:59,736 --> 00:21:02,348
We cleaned the fuck up.
Boy, shit.
388
00:21:02,348 --> 00:21:04,219
[CHUCKLES]
389
00:21:04,219 --> 00:21:07,266
Hey, don't play with me.
390
00:21:11,792 --> 00:21:16,840
Seventy, 80, 90, 100.
Look at this shit, baby.
391
00:21:16,840 --> 00:21:19,147
That's a hundred grand
right there.
392
00:21:19,147 --> 00:21:21,454
JEMELL: There
was 416,000 dollars
in that bedroom.
393
00:21:21,454 --> 00:21:24,761
- Forty, 50, 60, 70...
- JEMELL: When the county police showed up,
394
00:21:24,761 --> 00:21:27,547
- they found 350.
- You believe this shit?
395
00:21:27,547 --> 00:21:29,288
Shit, stop playing with me.
396
00:21:29,288 --> 00:21:31,594
Detective Ward,
when Wayne Jenkins took over
397
00:21:31,594 --> 00:21:34,554
the supervision of the GTTF
from Sergeant Allers...
398
00:21:35,642 --> 00:21:38,253
what was the biggest change?
399
00:21:38,253 --> 00:21:41,822
Well, I came after Allers,
but from what I heard,
400
00:21:41,822 --> 00:21:43,606
it wasn't like he didn't know
how to steal.
401
00:21:43,606 --> 00:21:45,739
It's just, Jenks, man, he...
402
00:21:45,739 --> 00:21:47,393
[CHUCKLES]
...he was something else.
403
00:21:47,393 --> 00:21:48,394
LEO: Tell us.
404
00:21:50,483 --> 00:21:53,921
Well, you gotta remember,
it was like a new squad.
405
00:21:53,921 --> 00:21:57,228
Me, Taylor, Hendrix, and Jenkins
had just come on.
406
00:21:57,228 --> 00:22:01,363
And later on, Jenkins added
this new kid, Kost-o-please.
407
00:22:02,495 --> 00:22:05,672
- James Kostoplis.
- K-Stop.
408
00:22:05,672 --> 00:22:08,762
Yeah, his people were from one
of them countries over there.
409
00:22:08,762 --> 00:22:10,764
Um...
410
00:22:10,764 --> 00:22:12,548
But Jenkins knew him from
when he was a patrol sergeant
411
00:22:12,548 --> 00:22:14,985
in the Northeast. K-Stop
was in his squad over there.
412
00:22:14,985 --> 00:22:17,336
- ["MIND PLAYING TRICKS ON ME" BY GETO BOYS PLAYING]
- [VOCALIZING]
413
00:22:17,336 --> 00:22:19,816
♪ I make big money
I drive big cars ♪
414
00:22:19,816 --> 00:22:21,514
♪ Everybody know me...
415
00:22:21,514 --> 00:22:23,124
MAURICE WARD:
This kid adored Jenkins.
416
00:22:23,124 --> 00:22:25,126
I mean, he really looked up
to him.
417
00:22:25,126 --> 00:22:27,607
♪ I feel I'm being tailed by
The same sucker's head lights ♪
418
00:22:27,607 --> 00:22:30,044
[LAUGHS]
419
00:22:30,044 --> 00:22:34,091
And also when he came,
Jenkins told us new guys
420
00:22:34,091 --> 00:22:36,442
that Gondo and Rayam
were under federal investigation
421
00:22:36,442 --> 00:22:38,139
for selling drugs.
422
00:22:38,139 --> 00:22:40,881
Were Gondo and Rayam--
Did they seem concerned?
423
00:22:42,578 --> 00:22:45,233
MAURICE: Not really.
I mean, when Jenks came in,
424
00:22:45,233 --> 00:22:47,409
everybody was excited
about the money.
425
00:22:47,409 --> 00:22:49,237
To be honest with you,
426
00:22:49,237 --> 00:22:50,847
nobody really thought too hard
on anything else.
427
00:22:50,847 --> 00:22:52,936
- The money?
- MAURICE: The overtime pay.
428
00:22:54,503 --> 00:22:56,723
With Jenkins, it was like
we had permission
429
00:22:56,723 --> 00:23:00,291
to rob that fund.
The faucet was on, full force.
430
00:23:01,771 --> 00:23:04,731
I don't know Jenkins.
Not like you.
431
00:23:04,731 --> 00:23:06,385
All right, let me tell you
how this boy be.
432
00:23:07,647 --> 00:23:09,779
He'll come in late every day.
433
00:23:09,779 --> 00:23:12,303
So we don't come in
till 10:00 or 11:00.
434
00:23:12,303 --> 00:23:13,870
And depending on how he feel,
435
00:23:13,870 --> 00:23:16,177
we might roll out
on regular time.
436
00:23:16,177 --> 00:23:18,440
- [CHUCKLES]
- That's how he gets down, man.
437
00:23:18,440 --> 00:23:21,748
We got that green light.
Some supervisor told Jenks
438
00:23:21,748 --> 00:23:24,098
the overtime budget
is wide open.
439
00:23:24,098 --> 00:23:26,187
- MOMODU: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
- "Work as much as you want."
440
00:23:27,884 --> 00:23:29,320
Bet.
441
00:23:29,320 --> 00:23:31,018
Ain't no thing, man.
442
00:23:31,018 --> 00:23:32,149
You gonna like him,
you gonna like Jenks.
443
00:23:32,149 --> 00:23:33,194
Matter of fact...
444
00:23:35,239 --> 00:23:38,721
last night, Jenkins tells us
to put in slips
445
00:23:38,721 --> 00:23:42,899
for six OT hours.
We ain't even work a full shift.
446
00:23:42,899 --> 00:23:45,162
We bang-- We like this.
Banging that OT, G.
447
00:23:45,162 --> 00:23:47,382
- MOMODU: Hey. Yeah, hit me with that.
- You know what I'm saying?
448
00:23:47,382 --> 00:23:48,949
- He cool.
- MOMODU: I'm with that.
449
00:23:50,298 --> 00:23:52,822
- Yeah.
- Crazy, but he cool.
450
00:23:52,822 --> 00:23:54,911
NICOLE: The summary reads
like butter.
451
00:23:58,611 --> 00:24:00,134
Got it all done.
452
00:24:00,134 --> 00:24:01,614
Mayor Rawlings-Blake
asked for it.
453
00:24:01,614 --> 00:24:03,050
And she'll get her copy
just in time
454
00:24:03,050 --> 00:24:05,008
for her to make her exit.
455
00:24:05,008 --> 00:24:08,229
"The Baltimore Police Department
engages in a practice
456
00:24:08,229 --> 00:24:10,449
or pattern of making
unconstitutional stops,
457
00:24:10,449 --> 00:24:12,538
searches, and arrests."
458
00:24:12,538 --> 00:24:14,757
Here we go. "Disparities
in the rates of stops,
459
00:24:14,757 --> 00:24:16,498
searches, and arrests
of African Americans,"
460
00:24:16,498 --> 00:24:18,195
and, "Driven
by systemic deficiencies
461
00:24:18,195 --> 00:24:19,849
of BPD policies, training,
462
00:24:19,849 --> 00:24:21,547
supervision,
and accountability structures."
463
00:24:21,547 --> 00:24:23,287
This is incendiary shit.
464
00:24:23,287 --> 00:24:25,246
I would hope so.
But it's not a directive.
465
00:24:25,246 --> 00:24:27,291
We still have to get
the consent decree signed.
466
00:24:27,291 --> 00:24:28,728
- AHMED: Right.
- So we drop that on Pugh
467
00:24:28,728 --> 00:24:29,990
as soon as she puts on
the crown.
468
00:24:29,990 --> 00:24:31,600
We're moving pretty fast now.
469
00:24:31,600 --> 00:24:33,472
We gotta get the consent decree
out there
470
00:24:33,472 --> 00:24:35,386
before the new administration
comes in, in January.
471
00:24:35,386 --> 00:24:37,127
Hilary's AG, whoever that is,
should be
472
00:24:37,127 --> 00:24:38,912
a little bit sympathetic
to police reform.
473
00:24:39,913 --> 00:24:41,567
Assuming...
474
00:24:41,567 --> 00:24:43,003
How is your friend,
the police commissioner,
475
00:24:43,003 --> 00:24:44,178
gonna like this?
476
00:24:45,048 --> 00:24:46,136
Hmm.
477
00:24:55,624 --> 00:24:57,191
Have you read this?
478
00:24:57,191 --> 00:24:58,888
I read enough.
We're doing our jobs.
479
00:24:58,888 --> 00:25:01,151
What do people want,
for us to stop policing?
480
00:25:01,151 --> 00:25:03,197
They want us to do it
in a better way,
481
00:25:03,197 --> 00:25:05,068
without the collateral damage.
482
00:25:05,068 --> 00:25:06,722
But how? How do you keep control
of this much violence
483
00:25:06,722 --> 00:25:08,724
without being aggressive?
484
00:25:08,724 --> 00:25:11,597
Doesn't help that shit like this
gets everyone all ginned up.
485
00:25:13,773 --> 00:25:15,688
These popped up
all over the city.
486
00:25:15,688 --> 00:25:18,734
- Idiots misspelled "loiterers."
- Does make a point.
487
00:25:19,909 --> 00:25:20,954
[SIGHS]
488
00:25:22,651 --> 00:25:23,609
Is that all?
489
00:25:30,529 --> 00:25:32,487
JEMELL: Hey, G, what up?
What up?
490
00:25:32,487 --> 00:25:34,533
MOMODU: Look, Jemell, I know
Jenkins do some crazy shit.
491
00:25:34,533 --> 00:25:36,143
JEMELL: You don't gotta tell me.
492
00:25:36,143 --> 00:25:38,014
Old Jenks
is code-motherfucking-red.
493
00:25:38,014 --> 00:25:39,755
MOMODU: All right, but look...
[CHUCKLES]
494
00:25:39,755 --> 00:25:42,018
...this last paycheck I just got
from the city?
495
00:25:43,237 --> 00:25:45,282
Eight thousand dollars.
496
00:25:45,282 --> 00:25:48,808
When I looked at it, I was like,
"Oh, my God, who did this?"
497
00:25:48,808 --> 00:25:51,767
- [CHUCKLES]
- MOMODU: "This is a lie."
498
00:25:51,767 --> 00:25:55,728
Telling you, there's a method
to Jenkins's madness. He...
499
00:25:55,728 --> 00:25:57,556
JEMELL: Yeah.
Yeah, that motherfucker
500
00:25:57,556 --> 00:26:00,384
off the chain, G.
But, look, like I said,
501
00:26:00,384 --> 00:26:01,864
let's go at this shit hard.
502
00:26:01,864 --> 00:26:03,387
Let's enjoy this shit
while we can
503
00:26:03,387 --> 00:26:05,302
'cause all good things
come to an end.
504
00:26:05,302 --> 00:26:07,000
MOMODU: For real.
505
00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:10,003
But, Jenks, man,
he off the fucking chain, yo.
506
00:26:10,003 --> 00:26:12,701
[CHUCKLING] He off
the motherfucking chain, B.
507
00:26:12,701 --> 00:26:14,268
He off the fucking chain, B.
508
00:26:14,268 --> 00:26:16,400
I swear,
that nigga off the chain, G.
509
00:26:16,400 --> 00:26:19,055
[BOTH CHUCKLING]
510
00:26:19,055 --> 00:26:21,057
All this bogus overtime
they're banking,
511
00:26:21,057 --> 00:26:23,146
we'll get every one of 'em
on wire fraud.
512
00:26:23,146 --> 00:26:25,366
Bring in the IRS,
we got tax evasion too.
513
00:26:25,366 --> 00:26:26,976
The old-fashioned way.
514
00:26:26,976 --> 00:26:28,499
Starting to love me
some Wayne Jenkins.
515
00:26:28,499 --> 00:26:29,762
He off the chain, yo.
516
00:26:30,501 --> 00:26:31,502
[CHUCKLES]
517
00:26:33,374 --> 00:26:36,029
I read most of your book,
Mr. Grabler.
518
00:26:36,029 --> 00:26:39,032
And sure enough, you write
about many of the same issues
519
00:26:39,032 --> 00:26:41,425
that we at the DOJ are trying
to address.
520
00:26:41,425 --> 00:26:43,950
Mm, thank you. You know,
there's an old joke
521
00:26:43,950 --> 00:26:47,301
that inside of every old cop
is a book.
522
00:26:47,301 --> 00:26:49,390
And that's exactly
where it should stay.
523
00:26:49,390 --> 00:26:52,219
NICOLE: [CHUCKLES] Well,
you certainly wrote
from experience.
524
00:26:52,219 --> 00:26:55,439
Oh, I did. I did.
I came on in '72.
525
00:26:55,439 --> 00:26:59,966
Uh, walking foot up
in the Northwest, and then, uh,
526
00:26:59,966 --> 00:27:02,403
plainclothes ops,
after that, narcotics.
527
00:27:02,403 --> 00:27:04,710
And I did my longest stint
in Homicide.
528
00:27:04,710 --> 00:27:06,886
After my retirement,
I ended up back here,
529
00:27:06,886 --> 00:27:09,410
- at the Academy, teaching.
- Sounds like a rewarding career.
530
00:27:09,410 --> 00:27:10,585
It was, it was.
531
00:27:12,065 --> 00:27:13,893
I loved being a cop, you know.
532
00:27:13,893 --> 00:27:16,678
I loved it when the job
meant something, when you could
533
00:27:16,678 --> 00:27:19,289
make an arrest
for a street robbery
or a rapist,
534
00:27:19,289 --> 00:27:22,031
or put down a murderer.
There was nothing finer.
535
00:27:22,031 --> 00:27:24,643
Nothing finer.
But people had to talk to you,
536
00:27:24,643 --> 00:27:26,775
and once upon a time, they did.
537
00:27:26,775 --> 00:27:28,559
Well, of course,
not all of them.
538
00:27:28,559 --> 00:27:30,561
There was a street code
for snitching.
539
00:27:30,561 --> 00:27:32,694
But there were always
enough people
540
00:27:32,694 --> 00:27:34,609
on the post that would talk
to you.
541
00:27:34,609 --> 00:27:36,132
That trust is broken.
542
00:27:36,132 --> 00:27:38,047
[CHUCKLES] You can't
get information
543
00:27:38,047 --> 00:27:39,570
out of somebody
while you're beating on 'em,
544
00:27:39,570 --> 00:27:41,572
or you got your hand
in their pocket.
545
00:27:41,572 --> 00:27:43,574
- And then lying about it in court.
- DOUG GRABLER: Yeah.
546
00:27:43,574 --> 00:27:46,665
[SIGHS] You know,
everything changed
547
00:27:46,665 --> 00:27:48,188
when they came up
with that expression,
548
00:27:48,188 --> 00:27:50,625
"The War on Drugs."
549
00:27:50,625 --> 00:27:53,410
What an idiotic fucking thing
to say.
550
00:27:53,410 --> 00:27:56,457
What the hell is a war on drugs?
What does that mean?
551
00:27:56,457 --> 00:27:59,721
Waging a war against citizens
552
00:27:59,721 --> 00:28:02,768
by definition is separating us
into two opposing camps.
553
00:28:02,768 --> 00:28:05,118
The colonizer and the colonized.
554
00:28:05,118 --> 00:28:07,903
DOUG: Ah, Albert Memmi,
very good, yes.
555
00:28:07,903 --> 00:28:10,514
And with a war
comes police militarization.
556
00:28:10,514 --> 00:28:14,823
SWAT teams, tactical squads,
stop-and-frisk, strip searches,
557
00:28:14,823 --> 00:28:17,696
a complete gutting
of the Fourth Amendment.
558
00:28:17,696 --> 00:28:19,523
I mean, it's like we're--
we're fighting terrorists
559
00:28:19,523 --> 00:28:21,134
- on foreign soil.
- Hmm.
560
00:28:21,134 --> 00:28:22,657
DOUG: And you can't just blame
the cops.
561
00:28:22,657 --> 00:28:24,224
We serve the politicians,
562
00:28:24,224 --> 00:28:28,010
who thrive on being tough
on crime.
563
00:28:28,010 --> 00:28:29,490
Zero tolerance.
564
00:28:29,490 --> 00:28:31,840
Zero tolerance,
quality of life arrests.
565
00:28:31,840 --> 00:28:34,147
Having a beer on your own stoop.
566
00:28:34,147 --> 00:28:38,107
Uh, loitering, spitting
on the sidewalk, existing.
567
00:28:38,978 --> 00:28:39,979
Existing.
568
00:28:41,763 --> 00:28:46,115
In 2005, I think it was,
when O'Malley was still mayor,
569
00:28:46,115 --> 00:28:49,423
they made 100,000 arrests,
570
00:28:49,423 --> 00:28:51,120
most of them Black,
most of them poor.
571
00:28:51,120 --> 00:28:52,818
That's almost one arrest
572
00:28:52,818 --> 00:28:55,995
for every six Baltimoreans
in one year.
573
00:28:55,995 --> 00:28:59,520
They jacked up people six,
seven times, maybe 12 times.
574
00:28:59,520 --> 00:29:01,914
And many of those arrests
were illegal,
575
00:29:01,914 --> 00:29:05,047
never made it to court.
But they got their stats.
576
00:29:07,528 --> 00:29:08,747
What do you teach here?
577
00:29:09,878 --> 00:29:11,532
I teach the law
578
00:29:11,532 --> 00:29:13,795
to cadets who are about
to hit the streets.
579
00:29:13,795 --> 00:29:16,493
Fourth, Fifth,
and Sixth Amendments.
580
00:29:16,493 --> 00:29:19,975
A cop can't uphold the law
unless he understands the law.
581
00:29:19,975 --> 00:29:23,022
I teach these young kids
to be good, honest cops.
582
00:29:24,197 --> 00:29:25,459
The rest is up to them.
583
00:29:26,852 --> 00:29:28,157
You've given a lot of thought
to this.
584
00:29:28,854 --> 00:29:29,898
DOUG: Yeah.
585
00:29:31,204 --> 00:29:32,858
I come off as angry sometimes.
586
00:29:35,425 --> 00:29:36,426
Aren't you angry?
587
00:29:37,514 --> 00:29:39,255
[STUDENTS CHATTERING]
588
00:29:39,255 --> 00:29:41,562
[SIGHS]
589
00:29:42,868 --> 00:29:44,347
So, at some point,
Jenkins told you
590
00:29:44,347 --> 00:29:45,740
that you were
under investigation?
591
00:29:46,654 --> 00:29:48,917
JEMELL: We knew.
592
00:29:48,917 --> 00:29:52,573
By that time, we had a sense
y'all was on us.
593
00:29:52,573 --> 00:29:56,664
Wasn't no charade about the fact
Jenkins was in the shit, too.
594
00:29:56,664 --> 00:29:59,580
There was this one night
where we pulled over a suspect,
595
00:29:59,580 --> 00:30:01,843
and followed him to his house.
596
00:30:01,843 --> 00:30:05,151
Took him off for like a pound
of marijuana to sell.
597
00:30:05,151 --> 00:30:06,630
Jenkins told me to off it.
598
00:30:07,631 --> 00:30:09,633
JOHN: Did you?
599
00:30:09,633 --> 00:30:12,158
JEMELL: No, I had Gondo sell it
through his friend, Glen Wells.
600
00:30:12,158 --> 00:30:14,290
Yeah, but you must have had
your own connect
601
00:30:14,290 --> 00:30:16,466
to sell the drugs
that you'd been confiscating.
602
00:30:16,466 --> 00:30:18,294
That was my boy
up in Philadelphia.
603
00:30:18,294 --> 00:30:19,948
LEO: Let's come back to that.
604
00:30:19,948 --> 00:30:24,213
On July 15 of 2016,
you and other GTTF,
605
00:30:24,213 --> 00:30:27,738
uh, detained a Ronald
and Nancy Hamilton.
606
00:30:27,738 --> 00:30:32,439
[CHUCKLES] Oh, shit.
Y'all remember that?
607
00:30:32,439 --> 00:30:34,397
Tha-- Wow,
that's fuckin' impressive.
608
00:30:34,397 --> 00:30:36,835
We have you and Gondo on tape,
discussing it.
609
00:30:38,401 --> 00:30:42,318
Right. Well, yeah,
we got the tip on Hamilton
610
00:30:42,318 --> 00:30:44,451
from a sergeant
in the Southwestern.
611
00:30:44,451 --> 00:30:47,236
We got a warrant from a judge.
I put a tracker on the car.
612
00:30:47,236 --> 00:30:49,630
Had a big old house out
in Carroll County with a pool.
613
00:30:49,630 --> 00:30:52,024
[SCOFFS] Motherfucker
was a monster. Shit.
614
00:30:52,024 --> 00:30:53,503
You had authority
for the tracker?
615
00:30:53,503 --> 00:30:55,984
JEMELL: Hell no.
Did that on my own.
616
00:30:55,984 --> 00:30:58,595
Anyway, after we decided to do,
you know, the thing,
617
00:30:58,595 --> 00:31:01,076
we followed the Hamiltons
to Reisterstown Road.
618
00:31:01,076 --> 00:31:02,686
- JEMELL: Where's your money at?
- Jacked 'em up.
619
00:31:02,686 --> 00:31:04,558
See what you got here.
620
00:31:04,558 --> 00:31:07,474
Is that a cellphone, hmm?
Now, where that money at?
621
00:31:07,474 --> 00:31:09,650
JEMELL: I found a roll of cash
on Hamilton right there.
622
00:31:09,650 --> 00:31:11,043
Put your hands down.
Go over there.
623
00:31:11,043 --> 00:31:13,001
Yo, go over there.
624
00:31:13,001 --> 00:31:14,785
Shit had to be drug money,
so I knew we had the right dude.
625
00:31:14,785 --> 00:31:16,091
Don't talk to her.
626
00:31:16,091 --> 00:31:17,310
LEO: Was Sergeant Jenkins there?
627
00:31:17,310 --> 00:31:19,878
No, he was at the barn.
628
00:31:19,878 --> 00:31:22,141
You see, the plan
was to bring them there,
629
00:31:22,141 --> 00:31:26,362
and then to introduce Jenks
as a US Attorney. [CHUCKLES]
630
00:31:26,362 --> 00:31:30,105
Oh, shit, fucking Jenkins
as a US Attorney.
631
00:31:30,105 --> 00:31:35,763
Oh, no offense
intended there. [CHUCKLES]
632
00:31:35,763 --> 00:31:37,721
WAYNE JENKINS: Sir, I can see
from your file here
633
00:31:37,721 --> 00:31:41,029
that you are a smart individual,
and as a federal prosecutor,
634
00:31:41,029 --> 00:31:44,467
I have been dealing with these
kinda cases for quite a while,
635
00:31:44,467 --> 00:31:46,513
I'm just gonna tell you
in full candor,
636
00:31:46,513 --> 00:31:48,732
Mr. Hamilton, you are looking
at a serious amount of years
637
00:31:48,732 --> 00:31:51,300
unless you start giving us
the right answers.
638
00:31:51,300 --> 00:31:53,476
Now, look, we have you on
three separate controlled buys.
639
00:31:53,476 --> 00:31:55,522
- Now, we--
- Man, get the fuck out of here.
640
00:31:55,522 --> 00:31:57,611
Okay, first off,
I'm not "man," okay?
641
00:31:57,611 --> 00:32:01,006
So, let's just do that again.
I'm a US Attorney, okay?
642
00:32:01,006 --> 00:32:03,399
Whatever.
And I don't sell no drugs.
643
00:32:03,399 --> 00:32:05,619
Man, what are you doing?
644
00:32:05,619 --> 00:32:07,534
You have multiple
federal drug convictions.
645
00:32:07,534 --> 00:32:09,623
You did six years
because of those convictions.
646
00:32:09,623 --> 00:32:11,538
This says that right there.
What do you think you gonna do?
647
00:32:11,538 --> 00:32:12,887
You think you're gonna
outsmart me?
648
00:32:12,887 --> 00:32:14,976
Now, let's try this shit again.
649
00:32:14,976 --> 00:32:18,937
You currently own this home in,
uh, in Westminster, correct?
650
00:32:18,937 --> 00:32:21,330
Do you currently have quantities
of drugs at that home?
651
00:32:27,380 --> 00:32:29,643
- Man, he don't like talking much, huh?
- No.
652
00:32:29,643 --> 00:32:31,688
WAYNE: I'm sorry,
you-- you're hearing
what I'm saying, right?
653
00:32:31,688 --> 00:32:33,386
I'm hearing you
perfectly fucking clear.
654
00:32:33,386 --> 00:32:35,301
Am I not talking loud enough?
What is it?
655
00:32:35,301 --> 00:32:37,520
You want me to be slower?
What is it? Is it pronunciation?
656
00:32:37,520 --> 00:32:38,913
- What do you fuckin' think the deal is?
- Heard you just fine.
657
00:32:38,913 --> 00:32:40,393
Yeah, I heard you good.
658
00:32:40,393 --> 00:32:43,439
Do you currently have quantities
of drugs
659
00:32:43,439 --> 00:32:45,050
at your home in Westminster?
660
00:32:49,837 --> 00:32:51,839
[BLOWS RASPBERRY] Well, shit.
661
00:32:51,839 --> 00:32:53,972
Guess we're just gonna have
to go out there and find out.
662
00:32:56,844 --> 00:32:58,759
JEMELL: Hamilton's house
was nice.
663
00:33:02,328 --> 00:33:05,418
Oh. Boom! Yahtzee.
664
00:33:05,418 --> 00:33:09,291
- Hey, yo! I see money.
- Whoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo.
665
00:33:09,291 --> 00:33:10,945
- Come on.
- 'Bout that shit.
666
00:33:10,945 --> 00:33:13,034
JEMELL: Hersl and Gondo
found money.
667
00:33:13,034 --> 00:33:15,558
- But no drugs.
- Look at that. All right, man.
668
00:33:15,558 --> 00:33:17,256
- MOMODU: Yep!
- Hell, yeah!
669
00:33:17,256 --> 00:33:18,997
JEMELL: He left Hersl
in the room,
670
00:33:18,997 --> 00:33:20,868
which was a mistake.
671
00:33:20,868 --> 00:33:22,565
We were downstairs,
672
00:33:22,565 --> 00:33:24,567
waiting on the State Police
to arrive.
673
00:33:24,567 --> 00:33:27,396
Fifty K?
Where the rest of it at?
674
00:33:29,659 --> 00:33:31,574
Y'all are gonna take my money?
675
00:33:31,574 --> 00:33:34,142
I earned that gambling,
selling cars I get at auctions.
676
00:33:34,142 --> 00:33:36,014
We're seizing this
under forfeiture laws.
677
00:33:36,014 --> 00:33:37,885
You'll have a chance to account
for it later.
678
00:33:37,885 --> 00:33:40,931
- That's some bullshit.
- WAYNE: Appreciate it, fellas.
679
00:33:40,931 --> 00:33:42,498
Y'all get home safe,
all right?
680
00:33:43,543 --> 00:33:44,674
LEO: You left after that?
681
00:33:46,633 --> 00:33:49,027
Jenkins wasn't done. [CHUCKLES]
682
00:33:49,027 --> 00:33:51,029
WAYNE: Man,
this a nice-ass crib, man.
683
00:33:51,986 --> 00:33:53,814
I tell you.
684
00:33:53,814 --> 00:33:57,035
That what you call it?
This your crib, hmm?
685
00:33:57,948 --> 00:33:59,950
God damn.
686
00:33:59,950 --> 00:34:02,605
This was a long-ass drive, man,
so we gonna need something.
687
00:34:02,605 --> 00:34:05,043
[CHUCKLES]
688
00:34:05,043 --> 00:34:06,566
Come on, man.
Where the drugs at, man?
689
00:34:07,828 --> 00:34:10,004
What, you got one
of those safes?
690
00:34:10,004 --> 00:34:12,485
- Ain't no fucking drugs.
- Okay, but you do know people, right?
691
00:34:12,485 --> 00:34:14,617
You know drug dealers.
Where's your plug, man?
692
00:34:14,617 --> 00:34:16,924
I know you know somebody.
Give us a name, baby.
693
00:34:18,056 --> 00:34:19,796
Look, here's the bottom line.
694
00:34:19,796 --> 00:34:21,363
You take care of us,
we gonna take care of you,
695
00:34:21,363 --> 00:34:22,973
'cause here's the crazy part...
696
00:34:24,845 --> 00:34:28,805
One morning, you could wake up
with ten kilos in the backyard.
697
00:34:31,678 --> 00:34:33,723
LEO: You split up
the Hamilton money?
698
00:34:33,723 --> 00:34:35,899
Yeah, later that night at a bar.
699
00:34:37,597 --> 00:34:39,729
When Gondo went back
to the bedroom for the cash,
700
00:34:39,729 --> 00:34:43,646
there was the 50, and then
there was the loose 20,000.
701
00:34:43,646 --> 00:34:47,172
I mean, I had counted more.
You know, Hersl must have taken
702
00:34:47,172 --> 00:34:50,131
a few thousand
when he was up there alone.
703
00:34:50,131 --> 00:34:51,915
Of course,
I lifted the 3,500 off
704
00:34:51,915 --> 00:34:54,135
of Hamilton
when we pulled him over...
705
00:34:54,135 --> 00:34:55,702
What I'm sayin' is,
706
00:34:55,702 --> 00:34:57,573
we weren't just stealing,
all right?
707
00:34:57,573 --> 00:34:58,922
We were stealing
from each other.
708
00:35:00,750 --> 00:35:04,928
Jenkins more than most, though.
At that point in time,
709
00:35:04,928 --> 00:35:07,757
we was all in it for ourselves,
to be honest.
710
00:35:07,757 --> 00:35:12,501
But all this while you knew
we were looking at you.
711
00:35:12,501 --> 00:35:15,113
You knew there was
a federal investigation.
712
00:35:19,595 --> 00:35:22,729
JEMELL: Oh, my God,
Keisha, last night.
713
00:35:22,729 --> 00:35:26,472
Whoo! This girl got
a big old ass.
714
00:35:26,472 --> 00:35:30,432
I call her Bonanza, 'cause she
got them wide open spaces.
715
00:35:30,432 --> 00:35:33,087
[CHUCKLES] What the fuck
is Bonanza?
716
00:35:33,087 --> 00:35:35,568
JEMELL: Like some show
out west, B, I don't know.
717
00:35:35,568 --> 00:35:37,222
My father used to watch
that shit.
718
00:35:37,222 --> 00:35:43,097
Yeah, bet. Look,
women gonna get you in trouble.
719
00:35:43,097 --> 00:35:47,928
The females is just... You know,
who needs an extra complication?
720
00:35:47,928 --> 00:35:50,322
You know the big boys
are looking at us.
721
00:35:50,322 --> 00:35:53,499
"Looking at us"? [CHUCKLES]
They looking at you.
722
00:35:53,499 --> 00:35:55,327
Jenks said that we was
under investigation,
723
00:35:55,327 --> 00:35:56,937
and you in particular.
724
00:35:56,937 --> 00:35:58,373
The way you be flashing money,
725
00:35:58,373 --> 00:36:00,332
you could be
the biggest drug dealer
726
00:36:00,332 --> 00:36:02,290
- in the whole God damn department.
- Fuck you, man.
727
00:36:02,290 --> 00:36:03,944
- JEMELL: Look.
- That's some bullshit.
728
00:36:03,944 --> 00:36:06,338
Look, look, if it is the feds
who are on this,
729
00:36:06,338 --> 00:36:09,123
- the case could go on for years.
- What case?
730
00:36:09,123 --> 00:36:12,605
This ain't no Pablo Escobar.
It's the police.
731
00:36:12,605 --> 00:36:14,824
I'm just saying, you doing a lot
of flashing of shit,
732
00:36:14,824 --> 00:36:16,913
- you know, like, silk...
- MOMODU: You finished, or you done?
733
00:36:16,913 --> 00:36:19,002
...silk robes, and...
You like the king of Zamunda
734
00:36:19,002 --> 00:36:20,656
in Anne Arundel County.
735
00:36:20,656 --> 00:36:22,658
If you're gonna get it,
you gonna spend it.
736
00:36:22,658 --> 00:36:24,660
We-- we in Baltimore.
It's not Houston, all right?
737
00:36:24,660 --> 00:36:28,882
Hey, look here.
When this shit ends, it ends.
738
00:36:31,537 --> 00:36:32,886
Meantime, we keep bangin'.
739
00:36:36,237 --> 00:36:38,370
- JEMELL: Yeah, guess we keep bangin', then.
- [SIGHS]
740
00:36:41,547 --> 00:36:43,549
So, Detective,
what you're saying,
741
00:36:43,549 --> 00:36:46,639
everyone in the squad knew
they were being investigated.
742
00:36:46,639 --> 00:36:48,902
The way Jenks put it,
Ryan Guinn had hipped him
743
00:36:48,902 --> 00:36:51,296
to the fact that y'all
were looking into Gondo
and Rayam.
744
00:36:53,298 --> 00:36:55,343
Like, Guinn thought Jenkins
was clean,
745
00:36:55,343 --> 00:36:58,564
and he was just warning him
about Gondo and Rayam.
746
00:36:58,564 --> 00:37:01,131
Still, into the fall of 2016,
747
00:37:01,131 --> 00:37:04,787
the GTTF continued to operate
as a rogue unit?
748
00:37:04,787 --> 00:37:06,833
Mm-hmm, until Jenkins went
on leave.
749
00:37:06,833 --> 00:37:10,576
And then Jenkins went on leave
in October.
750
00:37:11,620 --> 00:37:15,189
Yeah, maternity. Paternity?
751
00:37:15,189 --> 00:37:19,280
- Uh, his-- his wife had a baby.
- Is Jenkins a family man?
752
00:37:20,673 --> 00:37:22,849
He said. You know,
I mean we all went
753
00:37:22,849 --> 00:37:24,851
to titty bars,
and watched girls dance,
754
00:37:24,851 --> 00:37:26,418
and stuff, so...
755
00:37:26,418 --> 00:37:27,897
He had stayed married
a long time.
756
00:37:27,897 --> 00:37:29,725
He-- he met his girl
in high school.
757
00:37:29,725 --> 00:37:31,901
And they had a crib
out in Middle River
758
00:37:31,901 --> 00:37:33,599
where Wayne grew up.
759
00:37:33,599 --> 00:37:35,470
So, yeah,
he took a couple months off
760
00:37:35,470 --> 00:37:38,168
- when they had their new kid.
- [WAYNE SINGING]
761
00:37:38,168 --> 00:37:41,084
- Singing to him? He loves it.
- Yeah.
762
00:37:41,084 --> 00:37:42,651
He had a better day, huh?
763
00:37:42,651 --> 00:37:44,305
Yeah, we went for a walk
and everything.
764
00:37:45,872 --> 00:37:47,526
- You gonna come next time?
- Yeah.
765
00:37:47,526 --> 00:37:48,962
MAURICE: Jenkins
was a proud father.
766
00:37:50,355 --> 00:37:52,052
But he had his other life, too.
767
00:37:53,967 --> 00:37:55,534
- Baby's down.
- Hey, baby.
768
00:37:55,534 --> 00:37:57,144
[CHUCKLES] I guess
I'll make dinner.
769
00:37:57,144 --> 00:37:59,102
You okay if we just
boil some pasta tonight?
770
00:37:59,102 --> 00:38:02,280
- WAYNE: Baby, you so pretty.
- [CHUCKLES] Yeah, gorgeous.
771
00:38:02,280 --> 00:38:04,673
Make whatever you want as
long as I get to kiss you later.
772
00:38:04,673 --> 00:38:07,328
Mm-hmm. You two,
downstairs in twenty.
773
00:38:07,328 --> 00:38:09,591
- Love you, baby.
- KRISTY JENKINS: Love you.
774
00:38:09,591 --> 00:38:12,638
♪ [SOFT MUSIC PLAYING]
775
00:38:12,638 --> 00:38:13,987
You'll kiss me, won't you?
776
00:38:17,207 --> 00:38:18,905
MAURICE: Jenkins spent time
down in Harbor East
777
00:38:18,905 --> 00:38:21,037
- on his own...
- [CELL PHONE RINGS]
778
00:38:21,037 --> 00:38:22,300
...at those fancy hotels there.
779
00:38:25,085 --> 00:38:26,913
He had money, so why not?
780
00:38:29,916 --> 00:38:32,005
WOMAN: Look at you, baby.
781
00:38:32,005 --> 00:38:33,136
MAURICE: He liked those big
rooms they had upstairs, too.
782
00:38:35,617 --> 00:38:37,445
He had this one chick
on the regular.
783
00:38:37,445 --> 00:38:39,404
[WOMAN MOANS]
784
00:38:39,404 --> 00:38:41,231
MAURICE: Jenkins never really
copped to it directly.
785
00:38:41,231 --> 00:38:43,103
You know what they say,
786
00:38:43,103 --> 00:38:45,061
"If it's eatin',
it ain't cheating."[CHUCKLING]
787
00:38:45,061 --> 00:38:48,064
- He wasn't a family man exactly.
- Oh, fuck!
788
00:38:48,064 --> 00:38:49,631
- More like...
- [GRUNTS]
789
00:38:49,631 --> 00:38:50,719
- Fuck. Come on.
- ...just a man.
790
00:38:50,719 --> 00:38:52,330
Mother-- [MOANS]
791
00:38:58,814 --> 00:39:02,775
What happened
with Officer Kostoplis?
792
00:39:02,775 --> 00:39:07,823
K-Stop. Um, Jenkins
was grooming that boy,
793
00:39:07,823 --> 00:39:12,262
but it didn't go the way
he planned. [LAUGHS]
794
00:39:12,262 --> 00:39:14,395
DANIEL: Quiet tonight.
795
00:39:14,395 --> 00:39:16,702
This cold keeps
the natives indoors.
796
00:39:16,702 --> 00:39:19,531
WAYNE: Yeah, tough to make money
on a night like this.
797
00:39:22,838 --> 00:39:24,057
WAYNE: All right. This is good.
798
00:39:25,624 --> 00:39:27,582
Cut the engine. [GRUNTS]
799
00:39:31,194 --> 00:39:33,066
Hey, K-Stop.
800
00:39:33,066 --> 00:39:34,850
Just go on and leave your phone
in the van, all right?
801
00:39:42,728 --> 00:39:44,860
Don't worry, Danny's not gonna
make out with you, man.
802
00:39:51,606 --> 00:39:52,564
This is good.
803
00:39:55,654 --> 00:39:56,872
JAMES KOSTOPLIS: What's up?
804
00:39:59,571 --> 00:40:01,921
You've been doing
a hell of a job, K-Stop.
805
00:40:01,921 --> 00:40:03,139
- Thank you.
- Yeah, man.
806
00:40:04,227 --> 00:40:06,752
I just... I guess, we wanna...
807
00:40:06,752 --> 00:40:09,798
Yeah, we wanna run a little--
little hypothetical by you.
808
00:40:11,147 --> 00:40:13,149
You know, like, a "What if?"
Right?
809
00:40:15,151 --> 00:40:17,197
- Okay.
- WAYNE: Yeah.
810
00:40:17,197 --> 00:40:18,633
Say we're on an investigation,
811
00:40:18,633 --> 00:40:20,243
following
a big-time drug dealer.
812
00:40:20,243 --> 00:40:22,028
A real fucking monster, right?
813
00:40:22,028 --> 00:40:24,900
We... Yeah, we get wind
on where he's keeping his cash.
814
00:40:24,900 --> 00:40:28,861
And then we actually come upon
that cash.
815
00:40:28,861 --> 00:40:30,819
It's right there in front of us,
and we just...
816
00:40:32,865 --> 00:40:34,040
you know, we take it.
817
00:40:38,174 --> 00:40:39,567
What would you think about that?
818
00:40:46,705 --> 00:40:48,794
I think that's
a terrible fucking idea.
819
00:40:50,099 --> 00:40:51,797
Can't have a badge
on your chest,
820
00:40:51,797 --> 00:40:53,668
do things like that.
We don't do that shit.
821
00:40:53,668 --> 00:40:56,802
♪ [DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]
822
00:40:56,802 --> 00:40:57,890
We don't.
823
00:41:02,938 --> 00:41:06,420
[BOTH LAUGH]
824
00:41:07,073 --> 00:41:09,336
Hey, man.
825
00:41:09,336 --> 00:41:10,816
- Exactly the answer we're looking for.
- There you go. Come on.
826
00:41:10,816 --> 00:41:12,121
WAYNE: Good shit, K-Stop.
I like it.
827
00:41:12,121 --> 00:41:14,080
- [DANIEL CHUCKLING]
- Great.
828
00:41:21,957 --> 00:41:24,046
Let's get something to eat.
I wanna go to Matthew's.
829
00:41:24,046 --> 00:41:25,961
WAYNE: You always
wanna go there, man.
830
00:41:25,961 --> 00:41:27,659
DANIEL: Yeah,
'cause it's fucking good.
831
00:41:27,659 --> 00:41:29,443
It wasn't too long after that,
832
00:41:29,443 --> 00:41:32,664
Wayne Jenkins transferred K-Stop
to a new squad.
833
00:41:34,796 --> 00:41:37,059
Jenkins forgot there
was still straight police
834
00:41:37,059 --> 00:41:38,060
on the job.
835
00:41:42,717 --> 00:41:43,675
K-Stop.
836
00:41:48,201 --> 00:41:49,724
AHMED: These are the attendees?
837
00:41:49,724 --> 00:41:51,552
According to the email
we received.
838
00:41:51,552 --> 00:41:54,729
Andre Davis. I know this name,
from the Fourth Circuit.
839
00:41:54,729 --> 00:41:56,514
He's been
a federal appeals court judge
840
00:41:56,514 --> 00:41:58,385
going back to the Clinton years.
841
00:41:58,385 --> 00:42:01,257
Yeah, I hear that Pugh's
gonna make him city solicitor.
842
00:42:01,257 --> 00:42:03,956
Now, my impression is
that he'll be on our side.
843
00:42:03,956 --> 00:42:07,176
- Mm-hmm.
- And the police commissioner, he's gonna be an ally too,
844
00:42:07,176 --> 00:42:08,874
for the most part.
845
00:42:08,874 --> 00:42:10,876
But the two that we have
to look out for
846
00:42:10,876 --> 00:42:14,880
are Tisha Edwards and Jim Smith.
They both have Mayor Pugh's ear.
847
00:42:14,880 --> 00:42:17,622
- We better get over there.
- All right.
848
00:42:18,927 --> 00:42:20,929
I'm ready.
849
00:42:20,929 --> 00:42:22,844
I'm sure you'll understand
with all the hustle and bustle
850
00:42:22,844 --> 00:42:24,542
in my first month in office,
851
00:42:24,542 --> 00:42:26,369
I have to study up
on this cassette decree.
852
00:42:27,327 --> 00:42:29,155
I've read it, of course,
853
00:42:29,155 --> 00:42:30,896
but I wanna confer with
my people about the details.
854
00:42:30,896 --> 00:42:32,375
NICOLE: We do understand,
and we appreciate
855
00:42:32,375 --> 00:42:34,421
your attention to this.
856
00:42:34,421 --> 00:42:36,597
But in light of the outcome
of the presidential election,
857
00:42:36,597 --> 00:42:38,077
and Trump's
impending installation
858
00:42:38,077 --> 00:42:39,818
of Jeff Sessions
as attorney general--
859
00:42:39,818 --> 00:42:41,515
Simply put, Sessions
is not going to support
860
00:42:41,515 --> 00:42:43,299
any consent decree anywhere.
861
00:42:43,299 --> 00:42:45,606
We need to get this done
before Trump is inaugurated
862
00:42:45,606 --> 00:42:47,652
- on January 20th.
- I agree.
863
00:42:47,652 --> 00:42:49,479
Due to
the unforeseen circumstances
864
00:42:49,479 --> 00:42:52,091
of the national election,
time is of the essence.
865
00:42:52,091 --> 00:42:54,528
This is not something to rush.
866
00:42:54,528 --> 00:42:59,141
Of course not, but with my team,
Jason and Ganesha,
867
00:42:59,141 --> 00:43:01,187
I can iron out the finer points
868
00:43:01,187 --> 00:43:04,320
of the decree with Nicole,
Vanita Gupta, and the DOJ.
869
00:43:05,234 --> 00:43:06,714
We do have concerns.
870
00:43:06,714 --> 00:43:08,455
But let me be clear,
Madam Mayor,
871
00:43:08,455 --> 00:43:12,807
I support this initiative.
It's not a cure-all,
872
00:43:12,807 --> 00:43:14,679
but it is a tool for reform.
873
00:43:14,679 --> 00:43:17,420
- Mayor Pugh, may I jump in?
- Please.
874
00:43:17,420 --> 00:43:20,075
I've looked at what
this has cost in other cities.
875
00:43:20,075 --> 00:43:22,382
You're gonna have to hire
monitoring teams.
876
00:43:22,382 --> 00:43:24,819
You're gonna have to purchase
new equipment, new technologies,
877
00:43:24,819 --> 00:43:27,605
body cameras for all officers
on the street.
878
00:43:27,605 --> 00:43:29,519
Are you aware of the expenditure
on those items?
879
00:43:29,519 --> 00:43:31,304
The money has to come
from somewhere,
880
00:43:31,304 --> 00:43:33,654
or rather, it will be taken
from somewhere else.
881
00:43:33,654 --> 00:43:35,917
I'm all for police reform.
882
00:43:35,917 --> 00:43:38,006
But not at the expense
of social programs.
883
00:43:38,006 --> 00:43:39,965
I'm especially concerned
that this decree
884
00:43:39,965 --> 00:43:42,663
could siphon off funds earmarked
for young Black boys
885
00:43:42,663 --> 00:43:44,491
who've been
historically marginalized here.
886
00:43:44,491 --> 00:43:46,885
That's right.
We can't forget about my babies.
887
00:43:46,885 --> 00:43:50,149
No one's suggesting this
is an either-or proposition.
888
00:43:50,149 --> 00:43:52,717
The consent decree is designed
to protect citizens,
889
00:43:52,717 --> 00:43:54,675
including those young men
you're talking about.
890
00:43:54,675 --> 00:43:58,070
But we can't ignore
the expense of it. And, frankly,
891
00:43:58,070 --> 00:43:59,854
a report is not gonna be a cure
892
00:43:59,854 --> 00:44:01,595
for bad leadership
within the department,
893
00:44:01,595 --> 00:44:03,597
present company excepted,
Chief Davis.
894
00:44:03,597 --> 00:44:05,164
I mean,
how many police commissioners
895
00:44:05,164 --> 00:44:06,556
have we had
in the last ten years?
896
00:44:06,556 --> 00:44:08,428
Three, four?
897
00:44:08,428 --> 00:44:11,039
You can't keep throwing money
at a management problem.
898
00:44:11,039 --> 00:44:13,215
These are dollars
that will be better spent
899
00:44:13,215 --> 00:44:16,262
enticing business interest
and development in Baltimore.
900
00:44:18,220 --> 00:44:19,787
We have to do something.
901
00:44:19,787 --> 00:44:21,223
Well, I would not
in good conscience
902
00:44:21,223 --> 00:44:22,877
recommend to our mayor
903
00:44:22,877 --> 00:44:24,487
that we increase
the police budget
904
00:44:24,487 --> 00:44:26,272
to accommodate this decree.
905
00:44:26,272 --> 00:44:28,230
In my opinion, Chief Davis,
you're gonna have
906
00:44:28,230 --> 00:44:30,450
to find the money
within your existing budget.
907
00:44:30,450 --> 00:44:32,452
And that means making
significant cuts
908
00:44:32,452 --> 00:44:35,890
to the department in advance
of the decree being implemented.
909
00:44:42,462 --> 00:44:44,464
LEO: I wanna know
if we're ready.
910
00:44:44,464 --> 00:44:46,901
Well, we can always get more
evidence to shore up our case.
911
00:44:46,901 --> 00:44:49,599
I'd really like to see how far
up the chain this goes.
912
00:44:49,599 --> 00:44:51,993
We're fighting time here.
I'm worried about leaks.
913
00:44:51,993 --> 00:44:54,126
None of the brass know about us.
914
00:44:54,126 --> 00:44:56,476
We've even managed to keep
the commissioner
out of the loop.
915
00:44:56,476 --> 00:44:58,304
Look, the fact is,
we have enough.
916
00:44:58,304 --> 00:45:00,088
We have taped conversations
917
00:45:00,088 --> 00:45:02,047
where the subjects discuss
robberies they committed
918
00:45:02,047 --> 00:45:04,963
resulting in the illegal seizure
of cash and drugs.
919
00:45:04,963 --> 00:45:06,573
We've recorded jail calls
920
00:45:06,573 --> 00:45:08,183
where the inmates
talk about being robbed
921
00:45:08,183 --> 00:45:10,925
of drugs and money
by those same subjects.
922
00:45:10,925 --> 00:45:12,971
That's enough
for a racketeering conspiracy.
923
00:45:12,971 --> 00:45:14,842
Will the victims testify
in court?
924
00:45:14,842 --> 00:45:17,715
Not all of them, no.
Some of them don't trust us,
925
00:45:17,715 --> 00:45:21,980
and, to some, snitching on a cop
is still snitching.
926
00:45:21,980 --> 00:45:23,503
But we've got a couple of people
927
00:45:23,503 --> 00:45:25,244
that I'm pretty certain
will stand up.
928
00:45:26,767 --> 00:45:29,814
- What about wire fraud?
- Rock solid.
929
00:45:29,814 --> 00:45:31,685
We have multiple conversations
on the wire
930
00:45:31,685 --> 00:45:34,253
with massive overtime theft
being discussed.
931
00:45:34,253 --> 00:45:36,559
I've used my departmental access
to pull their time cards.
932
00:45:36,559 --> 00:45:38,866
It wasn't just others
clocking in for 'em.
933
00:45:38,866 --> 00:45:40,563
Uh, Taylor was pulling OT
934
00:45:40,563 --> 00:45:43,088
when he was
in the Dominican Republic.
935
00:45:43,088 --> 00:45:46,091
Jenkins was collecting overtime
when he was on-- on vacation
936
00:45:46,091 --> 00:45:47,440
with his family in Myrtle Beach.
937
00:45:50,617 --> 00:45:53,533
It's time to go.
We're on the indictments.
938
00:45:53,533 --> 00:45:55,317
Uh, you handle the logistics
of the arrests
939
00:45:55,317 --> 00:45:57,450
and keep us apprised,
and we'll tell
940
00:45:57,450 --> 00:45:59,539
the police commissioner
at the last moment.
941
00:46:00,932 --> 00:46:02,672
As for the dog and pony,
942
00:46:02,672 --> 00:46:04,196
the US Attorney will wanna be
at the podium.
943
00:46:04,196 --> 00:46:06,198
JOHN: Rosenstein?
944
00:46:06,198 --> 00:46:07,634
Yeah, he's getting bumped up
in the Trump administration,
945
00:46:07,634 --> 00:46:09,636
and this will be
a nice send-off for him.
946
00:46:10,680 --> 00:46:12,160
- Okay.
- All right.
947
00:46:13,466 --> 00:46:20,342
♪ [FLUTE PLAYING]
948
00:46:44,410 --> 00:46:46,412
[SIGHS] Wow.
949
00:46:47,979 --> 00:46:52,853
- W-- what is that from?
- Debussy's "Prélude."
950
00:46:52,853 --> 00:46:56,596
I feel like I heard that
in an episode of Star Trek.
951
00:46:56,596 --> 00:46:58,554
[CHUCKLES]
952
00:46:58,554 --> 00:47:00,687
You know how to play some,
you know, some other stuff?
953
00:47:00,687 --> 00:47:02,558
ERIKA: Classical, mostly.
954
00:47:02,558 --> 00:47:04,343
Like Jethro Tull?
"Aqualung," I mean,
955
00:47:04,343 --> 00:47:05,953
that's some classical shit
right there, right?
956
00:47:05,953 --> 00:47:08,173
Someday, John,
you're gonna surprise me.
957
00:47:08,173 --> 00:47:09,217
JOHN: Maybe.
958
00:47:10,697 --> 00:47:12,307
You sleep in that shirt?
959
00:47:12,307 --> 00:47:15,267
Uh, I don't think
I slept at all. You?
960
00:47:15,267 --> 00:47:17,835
ERIKA: Not much.
The details kept me up.
961
00:47:18,836 --> 00:47:21,708
So many things can go wrong.
962
00:47:21,708 --> 00:47:25,277
JOHN: Your people are monitoring
the GPS on their phones, right?
963
00:47:25,277 --> 00:47:26,800
ERIKA: Yeah, as of this morning,
964
00:47:26,800 --> 00:47:28,584
they're all
in the Baltimore area.
965
00:47:28,584 --> 00:47:31,283
And they all got their orders
to report to IAD?
966
00:47:31,283 --> 00:47:33,285
They all confirmed
their appointments.
967
00:47:33,285 --> 00:47:35,330
[CELL PHONE BUZZES]
968
00:47:36,897 --> 00:47:38,638
ERIKA: Jensen.
969
00:47:38,638 --> 00:47:40,858
OFFICER: Hey, he's on the move.
Stand by.
970
00:47:40,858 --> 00:47:42,076
Copy that.
971
00:47:45,775 --> 00:47:48,343
- Jenkins just left his house.
- JOHN: Let's go.
972
00:47:51,651 --> 00:47:53,218
WAYNE: Look at you, Steve.
973
00:47:53,218 --> 00:47:55,394
Getting that good
police work in, huh?
974
00:47:55,394 --> 00:47:57,526
- You know, committing suicide by cigarette.
- [CHUCKLES]
975
00:47:57,526 --> 00:48:00,138
- Got a date with IAD?
- WAYNE: Yeah, some nuisance shit.
976
00:48:00,138 --> 00:48:01,226
You know, vehicular.
977
00:48:09,799 --> 00:48:11,758
- What's good?
- MAURICE: What's up, man?
978
00:48:11,758 --> 00:48:12,846
MARCUS: Passed out.
979
00:48:32,910 --> 00:48:35,564
Seven officers
from the plainclothes unit
980
00:48:35,564 --> 00:48:38,567
known as
the Gun Trace Task Force
981
00:48:38,567 --> 00:48:43,442
have been arrested and charged
with racketeering conspiracy
982
00:48:43,442 --> 00:48:45,487
and racketeering-related
charges,
983
00:48:45,487 --> 00:48:50,144
including robbery, extortion,
and overtime fraud.
984
00:48:50,144 --> 00:48:52,581
These officers
have been involved
985
00:48:52,581 --> 00:48:55,584
in a pernicious
conspiracy scheme
986
00:48:55,584 --> 00:48:58,413
that included abuse of power.
987
00:48:58,413 --> 00:49:01,112
[REPORTERS CLAMORING]
988
00:49:02,722 --> 00:49:04,506
Commissioner Davis,
in light of these arrests,
989
00:49:04,506 --> 00:49:06,421
what are your thoughts
on the deeper implications
990
00:49:06,421 --> 00:49:07,422
for the department?
991
00:49:10,251 --> 00:49:14,038
These officers,
I have no sympathy for them.
992
00:49:14,038 --> 00:49:17,780
They are like 1930s gangsters
as far as I'm concerned.
993
00:49:19,521 --> 00:49:22,611
As for the department,
I'll act swiftly and decisively
994
00:49:22,611 --> 00:49:24,744
to address the problem areas.
995
00:49:24,744 --> 00:49:27,355
I'll immediately disband
select plainclothes units
996
00:49:27,355 --> 00:49:31,185
and order those officers
back into uniformed patrol.
997
00:49:32,839 --> 00:49:35,973
This is the absolute,
final dismantling of VCID.
998
00:49:35,973 --> 00:49:38,714
[REPORTERS CLAMORING]
999
00:49:38,714 --> 00:49:41,282
REPORTER: [ON TV]
Officers Gondo, Hendrix, Hersl,
1000
00:49:41,282 --> 00:49:43,981
Jenkins, Rayam, Taylor, and Ward
1001
00:49:43,981 --> 00:49:46,635
are now in FBI custody
after being arrested
1002
00:49:46,635 --> 00:49:49,116
this morning
at the Internal Affairs
Department
1003
00:49:49,116 --> 00:49:50,988
on Kirk Avenue.
1004
00:49:50,988 --> 00:49:52,467
Officials say that some
of these officers
1005
00:49:52,467 --> 00:49:54,600
are named in prior complaints...
1006
00:49:54,600 --> 00:49:56,558
- Holy shit.
- ...having been previously accused
1007
00:49:56,558 --> 00:49:58,473
of using excessive force
or of other wrongdoing.
1008
00:49:58,473 --> 00:50:00,171
- In fact--
- DETECTIVE: Hey, Sean.
1009
00:50:00,171 --> 00:50:01,781
You used to work with Jenkins,
didn't you?
1010
00:50:01,781 --> 00:50:03,565
REPORTER: [ON TV]
...in settlements
1011
00:50:03,565 --> 00:50:05,089
related to the actions
of some of these officers.
1012
00:50:05,089 --> 00:50:07,221
DETECTIVE: What was
that guy like?
1013
00:50:07,221 --> 00:50:08,266
REPORTER: [ON TV] A long-time
public defender we spoke with
1014
00:50:08,266 --> 00:50:09,136
had this to say...
1015
00:50:12,487 --> 00:50:14,272
PUBLIC DEFENDER:
...accountability issues
1016
00:50:14,272 --> 00:50:16,143
for many years.
We have worked tirelessly
1017
00:50:16,143 --> 00:50:18,102
to highlight the issues
on the force,
1018
00:50:18,102 --> 00:50:21,061
but much of our efforts
were ignored by the department.
1019
00:50:21,061 --> 00:50:23,150
What message does that send
to the criticism--
1020
00:50:23,150 --> 00:50:24,891
You all right, man?
1021
00:50:24,891 --> 00:50:27,850
SEAN: Yeah, I-- I just gotta
hit the head.
1022
00:50:27,850 --> 00:50:29,678
- REPORTER ON TV: ...last year, Commissioner Davis praised...
- This is some fucked up shit.
1023
00:50:29,678 --> 00:50:31,985
...the Gun Trace unit
in a departmental newsletter.
1024
00:50:31,985 --> 00:50:33,987
Sergeant Wayne Jenkins
was to be seen
1025
00:50:33,987 --> 00:50:35,467
as an example
for getting guns--
1026
00:50:35,467 --> 00:50:37,164
- [TIRES SCREECHING]
- [CAR CRASHING]
1027
00:50:37,164 --> 00:50:38,731
REPORTER ON TV:
The Gun Trace Task Force made
1028
00:50:38,731 --> 00:50:42,082
more than 110 gun arrests
in 2016.
1029
00:50:42,082 --> 00:50:44,650
Here's Davis responding
at the briefing earlier today.
1030
00:50:44,650 --> 00:50:48,871
♪ [DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]
1031
00:50:50,525 --> 00:50:52,223
WAYNE: Why don't you do me
a favor, man?
1032
00:50:52,223 --> 00:50:54,094
Just go and toss
the car one more time,
1033
00:50:54,094 --> 00:50:55,530
you know,
in case we missed something.
1034
00:50:58,533 --> 00:51:00,318
MAN: Man, you fucking planted
that shit.
1035
00:51:00,318 --> 00:51:02,102
Get off me, man!
Y'all cruddy as hell!
1036
00:51:07,151 --> 00:51:09,544
WAYNE: Man, you got it now,
dawg.
1037
00:51:09,544 --> 00:51:11,372
That was some serious
police work, man.
1038
00:51:14,245 --> 00:51:16,551
REPORTER: [ON TV] ...to describe
this rogue plainclothes unit
1039
00:51:16,551 --> 00:51:19,119
of the Baltimore
Police Department.
1040
00:51:19,119 --> 00:51:20,599
- SPEAKER: Danny Hersl.
- REPORTER: [ON TV] These brazen officers allegedly...
1041
00:51:20,599 --> 00:51:22,340
Our poster boy
got caught up in this.
1042
00:51:22,340 --> 00:51:24,081
REPORTER: [ON TV]
...robbing them
1043
00:51:24,081 --> 00:51:25,821
of large quantities
of cash and guns.
1044
00:51:25,821 --> 00:51:27,519
The defendants are accused
of racketeering.
1045
00:51:50,281 --> 00:51:51,499
[CAR HORN HONKING]
1046
00:52:03,337 --> 00:52:05,078
AHMED: The way I was raised,
there wasn't any way
1047
00:52:05,078 --> 00:52:07,254
I wasn't gonna be a lawyer.
1048
00:52:07,254 --> 00:52:08,908
- NICOLE: Oh, I know how that works. [CHUCKLES]
- [CHUCKLES]
1049
00:52:08,908 --> 00:52:10,214
Your father was a--
He was a judge, right?
1050
00:52:10,214 --> 00:52:12,259
NICOLE: US District Court.
1051
00:52:12,259 --> 00:52:15,132
So, I guess it was preordained
that you would go into law.
1052
00:52:15,132 --> 00:52:16,785
I have a sibling named James,
1053
00:52:16,785 --> 00:52:18,874
and he had no interest
in going to college.
1054
00:52:18,874 --> 00:52:21,660
So, someone in our house
was going to law school.
1055
00:52:21,660 --> 00:52:23,183
- Ah.
- Fell on me. [CHUCKLES]
1056
00:52:23,183 --> 00:52:24,837
AHMED: Got it.
1057
00:52:24,837 --> 00:52:27,100
But I-- I made a wrong turn
for a while.
1058
00:52:27,622 --> 00:52:29,537
How so?
1059
00:52:29,537 --> 00:52:32,192
NICOLE: Well, early on,
I was a Trial Team AUSA in DC,
1060
00:52:32,192 --> 00:52:34,281
prosecuting mostly drug cases.
1061
00:52:35,152 --> 00:52:37,371
And it got to me.
1062
00:52:38,503 --> 00:52:40,287
Day in, day out, in courtrooms,
1063
00:52:40,287 --> 00:52:41,767
sending young Black men
to prison.
1064
00:52:43,551 --> 00:52:45,423
But, I guess, I needed
to go through that
1065
00:52:45,423 --> 00:52:47,381
to make the next step and pivot
to Civil Rights, so...
1066
00:52:48,252 --> 00:52:49,905
You grew up in DC?
1067
00:52:49,905 --> 00:52:51,690
NICOLE: Uh, outside the city. Bethesda.
1068
00:52:51,690 --> 00:52:54,693
- It's, uh, high-income, mostly White.
- Mm-hmm.
1069
00:52:54,693 --> 00:52:57,696
You know, not a very
diverse area to say the least.
1070
00:52:59,306 --> 00:53:01,395
My parents knew we'd lose
1071
00:53:01,395 --> 00:53:03,310
a little something
growing up there,
1072
00:53:03,310 --> 00:53:05,747
but they figured the benefits
outweighed the bad,
1073
00:53:05,747 --> 00:53:07,358
and they were right.
1074
00:53:08,402 --> 00:53:10,056
I have been very fortunate.
1075
00:53:11,362 --> 00:53:12,667
And my kid brother...
1076
00:53:14,016 --> 00:53:16,323
he got it a lot worse
than I ever did.
1077
00:53:17,194 --> 00:53:18,978
He's a tile man.
1078
00:53:18,978 --> 00:53:20,806
He does high-end bathrooms.
A real craftsman.
1079
00:53:20,806 --> 00:53:22,460
So, you know,
he has his hair braided.
1080
00:53:22,460 --> 00:53:25,114
He wears workman's clothes,
jeans, hoodies.
1081
00:53:25,114 --> 00:53:26,507
When he was in his teens,
1082
00:53:26,507 --> 00:53:28,422
he'd be standing
outside our house,
1083
00:53:28,422 --> 00:53:30,816
and this happened more
than once,
1084
00:53:30,816 --> 00:53:33,775
the Montgomery County Police
would stop and ask him,
1085
00:53:33,775 --> 00:53:35,951
"What are you doing here?"
1086
00:53:35,951 --> 00:53:38,519
He'd point back at the house
that we grew up in,
1087
00:53:38,519 --> 00:53:39,912
and he'd say, "I live here."
1088
00:53:42,393 --> 00:53:44,003
They couldn't see
a Bethesda kid.
1089
00:53:45,787 --> 00:53:48,094
When they looked at James,
all they could see was a nigger.
1090
00:53:51,967 --> 00:53:54,187
Yeah.
1091
00:53:54,187 --> 00:53:56,581
- Yeah, I get that.
- One time, he was coming home from work,
1092
00:53:56,581 --> 00:53:58,452
driving down our street,
1093
00:53:58,452 --> 00:54:01,281
and a couple cop cars
followed him into our driveway.
1094
00:54:02,369 --> 00:54:04,023
When James got out of the car,
1095
00:54:04,023 --> 00:54:05,938
I don't know,
maybe he got out too fast,
1096
00:54:05,938 --> 00:54:07,722
but they cuffed him.
1097
00:54:07,722 --> 00:54:09,724
Said that he made
a threatening move.
1098
00:54:09,724 --> 00:54:12,597
And on the report, to justify
the stop, they lied.
1099
00:54:12,597 --> 00:54:15,034
They said that he was speeding
down our street.
1100
00:54:15,034 --> 00:54:18,603
All he was saying was,
"Why are you doing me like this?
1101
00:54:18,603 --> 00:54:21,519
I just worked a 12-hour day,
and all I was doing
1102
00:54:21,519 --> 00:54:23,260
was driving to my house."
1103
00:54:25,000 --> 00:54:28,047
I came outside,
and so did my father.
1104
00:54:28,047 --> 00:54:30,745
And there was a Black cop,
and he wouldn't answer
1105
00:54:30,745 --> 00:54:32,921
any of our questions.
And the other cop,
1106
00:54:32,921 --> 00:54:34,445
the one who cuffed him,
the White dude...
1107
00:54:36,229 --> 00:54:37,448
he threatened my dad.
1108
00:54:38,623 --> 00:54:40,277
And it was all for nothing.
1109
00:54:40,277 --> 00:54:41,756
None of the cops
showed up in court.
1110
00:54:44,063 --> 00:54:45,282
The damage was done.
1111
00:54:47,980 --> 00:54:49,024
AHMED: Where's your brother now?
1112
00:54:50,635 --> 00:54:53,855
After that last incident,
he moved to Atlanta.
1113
00:54:56,467 --> 00:54:58,686
I don't hate the police,
but it's fair to say
1114
00:54:58,686 --> 00:55:01,298
that my brother has no love
for them at all,
1115
00:55:01,994 --> 00:55:02,995
and never will.
1116
00:55:06,912 --> 00:55:09,784
I don't know if what we're doing
is gonna change a thing, Ahmed,
1117
00:55:09,784 --> 00:55:10,829
but shit...
1118
00:55:17,618 --> 00:55:18,706
You ready for another?
1119
00:55:20,142 --> 00:55:22,667
I'm gonna go home.
We have work to do.
1120
00:55:27,454 --> 00:55:29,891
- [TIRES SCREECHING]
- [THUNDER RUMBLING]
1121
00:55:56,483 --> 00:55:59,921
- [RAIN PATTERING]
- [WIND BLOWING]
1122
00:56:15,589 --> 00:56:22,466
♪ ["WE OWN THIS CITY"
THEME MUSIC PLAYING] ♪
1123
00:57:30,751 --> 00:57:34,320
♪ [THEME MUSIC CONCLUDES]