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FLORIDO: The officer shot that day in 2017 was Baltimore Police Detective Sean Suiter. FLORIDO: Your film really does document the Baltimore Police Department's long history of corruption. (The 2021 HBO documentary The Slow Hustle, by the Wire alum Sonja Sohn, touched on aspects of the case.) And in a war, you need warriors. The Baltimore Animal Rescue and Care Shelter (BARCS) is the largest companion animal shelter in Maryland. The Wire's Sonja Sohn on her Baltimore documentary: 'We are seeing multilayered corruption' The series was shot in Baltimore and brings together several alumni of the The Wire, both on. Funding social structures that support the people is just a given. They are joined by longtime collaborators Nina K. Noble as executive producer, and Ed Burns as writer/executive producer. It's been three years since Baltimore erupted in a series of protests over police violence, exposing deep divisions between the city's police department and the community.The protests captured national attention - prompting a federal investigation - and several high-profile efforts at reform.Now a new scandal is threatening to undermine those efforts, raising questions about the depth of police corruption in Baltimore, and the institutional forces that allow corrupt officers to remain on the street.Fault Lines returns to Baltimore as new details emerge about an elite plain-clothes police unit that, for years, doubled as a criminal gang - robbing residents, planting evidence, and sending countless innocent people to jail.The unit operated with impunity in part because of the way police complaints are investigated.In Baltimore - like many other cities - if a police officer is accused of wrongdoing, the complaint is investigated behind closed doors by the police department's own Internal Affairs Division.Fault Lines investigates how this latest police scandal once again places Baltimore at the centre of a national debate over how and whether police departments can be held accountable to the communities they police.- Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/#AlJazeeraEnglish #BaltimorePolice #Fautlines Baltimore's largest police corruption scandal is in the national spotlight with a new HBO drama. Their solution: They sold the drugs and firearm back onto the street. This beautiful family who is patient and has faith in them, they really dont care. Engaging the journalists was, I think, one of the better decisions that I made. Documentary Crime After Baltimore Police Detective Sean Suiter is killed in the line of duty, the tragedy soon becomes enmeshed in a widening corruption scandal that threatens to unravel the public's already strained relationship with law enforcement. All those season-ending montages seemed to say: No matter how you feel about the end of this or that particular story, the beat goes on. We Own This City: Created by George Pelecanos, David Simon. He was law enforcement. Sean!) in an alley in West Baltimore, an area notorious for poverty, segregation and violent crime. Sohn was at home in North Carolina when George Floyd, a Black man, was murdered by a white police officer in Minneapolis last year. The mission of the Black Mental Health Alliance (BMHA) is to develop, promote, and sponsor trusted culturally-relevant educational forums, training, and referral services that support the health and well-being of Black people and vulnerable communities. English, Hong Kong See the full cast here. THE SLOW HUSTLE debuts TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7 (8:00-9:30 p.m. ET/PT). English, Singapore In practice, theyre all about that brutality and then some. Another 156 people had been injured in shootings, up from 115 in the corresponding period. How, why and by whom has never been solved. English, United States In a war, civilians get hurt and nobody does anything. I was like a serious punk in the 80s, she laughs. We are seeing multilayered corruption with new eyes as a culture. I think of Baltimore as my soul home, Sohn, 57, says by phone from North Carolinas Outer Banks. HBO doc The Slow Hustle examines the mysterious death of Baltimore cop Sean Suiter, who was set to testify against police corruption and then was found with a bullet in the head. English, Poland Suiter, it turned out, wasnt just some nondescript detective; he was scheduled to testify before a federal grand jury about his fellow officers corruption the following day. FLORIDO: D. Watkins - that's one of the journalists who covers this case as it's playing out and who you feature in the film. I dont think were losing momentum. The unsolved case also sparked far-reaching implications for a city already grappling with the complexities of policing in contemporary, urban America. Kostoplis was transferred out of the GTTF soon after. Reports showed that Suiter had been presentand involved in some waywith a 2010 incident in which GTTF members, using unmarked cars, attempted to rob two Black men who subsequently fled the scene, resulting in a car chase and auto accident that killed an innocent motorist. Sohn cofounded ReWired for Change, a local outreach programme for at-risk youth, and made her directorial debut in 2017 with Baltimore Rising, which depicted the Black-majority city in the aftermath of the death of 25-year-old Freddie Gray in police custody. It hasnt escaped David Simon and George Pelecanos, the creator and a producer of The Wire, who have returned to their geographic and rhetorical turf with We Own This City, beginning on HBO Monday. 890K views 5 years ago BALTIMORE Two Baltimore police officers are on trial this week in federal court for some of this worst misconduct imaginable. Theyre a very private family. And thats also once I found the journalists that were already working on the case, and they were interested in allowing me to follow them. English, France Nobody knew. And that's where D. Watkins comes in to play - someone who's lived on sort of both sides of the track and having, you know, been, you know, a critical, you know, just a social critic and delving into those topics and bringing that perspective. The GTTF further damaged the already troubled relationship between police and residents of Baltimore. The editor, Donna Marino, she had something to do with that. Spanish, Mexico Debuting on Dec. 7 on HBO, The Wire actress Sonja Sohns sophomore directorial effort is, like 2017s Baltimore Rising, a story about racial unrest and institutional misconduct in Baltimore, all of it once again revolving around dirty cops and a dead Black man. Supervisors had no incentive to report misconduct by their underlings because, given the culture of the police department, that would put them in a bad odour in the rest of the department.. Its that systemic rot which proves to be The Slow Hustles fundamental subject. How is this going to be investigated? English, Japan How do we measure that, how do we quantify that, especially given the deep-seated bad feelings about this department?. Discovery, Inc. or its subsidiaries and affiliates. HBO documentary about Baltimore Police and Detective Sean Suiter's death set to debut in December By Alex Mann Baltimore Sun Nov 12, 2021 at 11:03 am A documentary film profiling. Podcast episodes are available each week right after the latest episode. Former members of the Baltimore Police Department, from internal affairs to the former commissioner, attempt to shed light on that fateful afternoon and the atmosphere within the department. Fenton, who reported on the trial, recalls: Through the people cooperating and telling the truth, we gained a new level of understanding of how these things work that I dont think weve had previously. 1 Season | 6 Episodes | TV-MA WATCH NOW Executive produced by George Pelecanos ( The Deuce) and David Simon ( The Wire) -- and based on the book by Baltimore Sun reporter Justin Fenton -- We Own This City is a six-hour, limited series chronicling the rise and fall of the Baltimore Police Department's Gun Trace Task Force. April 24, 2022 Let us stipulate that it is unfair to compare any series to "The Wire," even if it is about policing, even if it is set in Baltimore, even if it happens to be made by two of the. All trademarks are the property of their respective owners. I believe that this film substantiates further in a different way how broken the structure of law enforcement is. But it is a pointed reminder that after all this time to quote a series that remains quotable for a reason the game is the game. And I think that's quite a journey that we're all on here, you know, in this country. As Nicole Steele, a civil-rights-division attorney, Wunmi Mosaku does all she can to create a character who feels her mission deeply and who chafes at her departments resistance to real change. Looking for more? Maryland State Senator Jill P. Carter helps contextualize some of the social and political misdeeds that have led to an environment that so easily breeds institutional misconduct. THE SLOW HUSTLE, a feature documentary directed by Sonja Sohn (HBOs Baltimore Rising, The Wire), chronicles the still unsolved death of Baltimore police detective Sean Suiter, fatally shot in the head in 2017 while in the line of duty, and explores the ongoing speculation about what really happened that day. Led by interviews with Salons D. Watkins (a Baltimore native), The Baltimore Suns Justin Fenton and WMAR-TVs Brian Kuebler, Sohns film immerses itself in a city plagued by pervasive distrust of the police, thanks to a long history of corruption, harassment and murderthe most recent and notorious example of which was the 2015 killing of Freddie Gray. Officers tell me that its a new day over there and everybodys wearing body cameras all the time, which wasnt the case until pretty late in the investigation of the gun trace taskforce. English, Israel French For years its plainclothes officers went on a a crime spree that included robbing people they stopped on the streets, planting drugs and guns on innocent people, invading peoples homes and stealing from them as well as fraudulently charging the city for working overtime. I said, Where were you? Sharp Dressed Man is the only program of its kind in the greater Baltimore area. I didnt know how much I had been impacted by it physically until 2020 came and I saw the correlation, she says. With no reliable eyewitnesses to the crime, a harried if largely clueless search ensued, most of it predicated on a generic description of a Black man in a dark jacket with a white stripe. We Own This City is based on a book by the Baltimore Sun reporter Justin Fenton. I think investigators fell ass-backwards into this case. The city had also recorded 714 robberies, an increase of almost 25%. At this point we are less than 10 min into the documentary. Do we extend that to law enforcement as well? The convicted officers were sentenced to prison terms ranging from seven to 25 years. What really got me with the Baltimore Rising cast is I saw them speak at a museum and I was like, Oh my god! I cried. Tells the story of the rise and fall of the Baltimore Police Department's Gun Trace Task Force and the corruption surrounding it. Wood Jr. woke up to find his phone full of thousands of new Twitter notifications. The corruption has cost Baltimore taxpayers more than $13 million in settlements with victims and hundreds of cases the corrupt officers worked on had to be thrown out. Suiter faces distrust of the police at a crime scene. Let us stipulate that it is unfair to compare any series to The Wire, even if it is about policing, even if it is set in Baltimore, even if it happens to be made by two of the figures behind that HBO all-time great, which marks its two-decade anniversary this year. I think the other thing that really got me was understanding that with this crime not being solved, with this death not being solved, if the police are involved in that, then theyre willing to throw this family under the bus. Baltimore's history of police corruption The scandal broke at a time of struggle and high tensions between Baltimore community members and the police department. info_outline, Includes: Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo - Brazzaville, Congo - Kinshasa, Cte dIvoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Guadeloupe, Guinea, Guyana, Madagascar, Mali, Martinique, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Runion, Senegal, Togo, Germany, Austria, Switzerland Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at www.npr.org for further information. Created by David Simon, this seminal series explores the world of crime in Baltimore through the lenses of both civilians and law enforcement. An independent review board ruled that the 43-year-old detective had in fact shot himself a finding that his family and others vehemently reject. The latter, in the seriess view, allowed crime to spike and in turn motivated the police brass to ignore Jenkinss crimes until a federal investigation exposed them. With police reform stalled in Congress, and Republicans stoking fear of rising crime in major cities, does she believe the momentum of the Black Lives Matter protests can be sustained? Four of them agreed to cooperate with the justice department and testified against the remaining two officers, both of whom were convicted by a jury in February 2018. Momodu Gondo finds himself in an interrogation. Directed by Tiller Russell, The Seven Five examines police corruption in the 75th precinct of the NYPD. That is the rumour that sweeps like a wildfire through the city and the fact thats the first theory that erupts says something on a larger scale about what could happen if the police dont get their act together and regain the trust of the people., Sohn adds: To me, what Nicole [Suiters widow] and the family are going through is the microcosmic example of what is happening to all of us, that when public institutions and structures dont get their act together, the people suffer and, in this instance, the family suffers.. Seven Baltimore Police officers indicted on federal racketeering charges I think you identified it perfectly. Detectives Daniel Hersl and Marcus Taylor. She comments: Everybody walks away from the film seeing that the suicide implication is pretty serious and, if youre going to imply that, then youd better have really stiff, unshakeable evidence. Watkins is the most outspoken of The Slow Hustles many talking heads, but even he confesses that anythings possible when it comes to Suiter, given that its difficult to ascertain the nature and degree of his involvement with the GTTF. This series may not change the game. Baltimore Police officers found guilty in Gun Trace Task Force corruption case. English In March 2017, eight members of the GTTF were indicted and arrested on federal charges of robbery, extortion, overtime fraud and selling drugs seized during police operations. Spanish. It tells how a shift in policing strategy in 2007 led to the creation of the GTTF amid concern that police had spent too long pursuing drugs rather than guns. Except, as The Slow Hustle soon reveals, things werent as cut and dried as they initially appeared. German Why isnt his death solved by now? The two men were sent to prison for crimes they did not commit. And hes the worst officer doing the worst things.. For me this case, and the familys position in this case, represent the microcosm of the macrocosm, she says. Visitors come to BARCS every day for reasons as diverse as reuniting with lost pets, adopting new furry family members, joining our foster and volunteer programs, and receiving free and low-cost resources to help them keep their pets at home. HBOs We Own This City Production team is proud to be working with many local Baltimore non-profits to create positive change in the communities where we filmed. This low profile helped insulate the GTTF from public scrutiny and allowed it go rogue. Fenton, who worked as a consultant on the six-episode TV drama, says: It really is just absolutely staggering. Suspicions were aroused that a hit had been ordered to silence him. Whats the mission?, Exactly. Like, even if youre a police officer, they really dont.. He became a police cadet in 2003, married and bought a house. A few days earlier, the 35-year-old Marine corps veteran had begun tweeting about his 11 years in the Baltimore Police Department and all the things he had seen that he now felt needed to be shared. Rayam opens up about the GTTF. But its indictments lack the character shading that animated Simons adaptations of the housing-policy story Show Me a Hero and his own book The Corner.. Sohn is also sceptical. THE SLOW HUSTLE, a feature documentary directed by Sonja Sohn (HBO's "Baltimore Rising", "The Wire"), chronicles the still unsolved death of Baltimore police detective Sean Suiter, fatally shot in the head in 2017 while in the line of duty, and explores the ongoing speculation about what really happened that day. They drove a short distance to a side street where Jenkins told Kostoplis to leave his phone and equipment in the van and get out. Dominic West went on to play Prince Charles in The Crown; Wendell Pierce took on Willy Loman in a London stage production of Death of a Salesman; Idris Elba starred in Luther, Thor and Cats; Michael K Williams burned brightly in Boardwalk Empire and others before his jarring death in September. Police stuffing their pockets and rationalizing it as their just dues was the subject of The Shield (itself inspired by a Los Angeles police scandal), which celebrates its own 20-year anniversary this spring. It is not a good look.. Over six episodes, host D. Watkins will share his experiences in and out of the writers room and speak to the people who brought this story to the screen. So you have to think thats making a difference. THE SLOW HUSTLE includes insightful commentary from journalists who remain determined to speak truth to power, including Justin Fenton, author of We Own This City: A True Story of Crime, Cops and Corruption and D. Watkins, author of We Speak for Ourselves: How Woke Culture Prohibits Progress who believes the shooting death of Suiter could have been an inside job. Fenton commented: Every officials talking about reform, reform, reform and you think that all eyes are on the police department and everybodys behaving their best and yet this is going on. Sonja Sohn, who played Baltimore cop Kima Greggs onThe Wire and who founded a Baltimore-based nonprofit, directs the film. In January, Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh fired her police commissioner and replaced him with former Deputy Commissioner Darryl De Sousa, who promised sweeping reforms to the department. I Got A Monster (2023) Documentary Official Trailer In March of 2017, America's deadliest city was rocked by one of the nation's biggest Police corruption scandals. Former members of the GTTF. With candid interviews from members of the Baltimore P.D., Suiters widow and children, journalists committed to uncovering the truth, lawyers and political leaders, THE SLOW HUSTLE examinesthe continuing mystery surrounding Suiters deathand the multiple theories that emerge in the investigation of the case, including that Suiters death was a calculated murder hit or a suicide. The Baltimore dialogue still has Old Bay piquancy, and some strong performances kick scenes to life. The phones are smarter; the law enforcement machinery is not. You know, you cant have a badge on your chest and do things like that.. Will members of the community reach out to us? Former Baltimore Police Gun Trace Task Force detective sentenced to 10 years in prison. We Own This City does not do much to explain Jenkins or complicate his villainy, but it is insightful about how a bad cop learns to be bad more effectively (and how he makes his colleagues worse). The results of this quest were predictably meager, and it wasnt long before pressure began to mount on Commissioner Kevin Davisfrom both the public and the mayorto find the assailant who killed this heroic cop in the line of duty. The city knows that Suiter was going to testify against a group of corrupt cops and there is this history of corruption in the police department in Baltimore, then that lack of trust is amplified throughout this city., So the first theory that folks are thinking is, Of course you guys killed him. What it does offer, however, is a forlorn perspective on a major metropolis whose police force has so betrayed the publics trust that the truth is now impossible to determineand, consequently, cynicism reigns supreme regarding the powers-that-be. English, English Speaking Africa (SOUNDBITE OF DOCUMENTARY, "THE SLOW HUSTLE"). The more I looked into it, the stranger it seemed. But this type of casual everyday lying, stealing, misrepresenting information, in some cases framing people its hard to prove and for that reason it often went unaddressed., The misconduct continued despite the outcry over Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old African American man who died of neck injuries suffered in police custody in April 2015. Nick. His book A Bigger Field Awaits Us: The Scottish Soccer Team That Fought the Great War was published in 2018. What you might miss is the vivid human tapestry that brings this kind of institutional analysis to life on the screen and keeps it alive in your memory. Baltimore and its scandal-plagued Gun Trace Task Force comes into focus in the documentary I Got A Monster, the feature directorial debut of Kevin Abrams. The crime drama series is based on Justin Fenton's 2021 nonfiction book of the same name and stars . We dont always like what we see but we need to see whats in that mirror if were going to actually present truthfully in the world.. Adapted from former Baltimore Sun reporter Justin Fenton's 2021 book , the show chronicles the rise and fall of one of the most shocking instances of police corruption in Baltimore's history. Stream on HBO Max on Dec. 1. Fenton explains in a phone interview from Baltimore: It started as a way to try to do more sophisticated gun trafficking cases. Maurice Ward recounts how Jenkins remained unscathed despite several illegal incidents. But the spirit of those protests also seems reflected in this new story. Michael Bromwich, a former US justice department inspector general, and his team conducted a two-year investigation that included more than 160 interviews and examined hundreds of thousands of pages of documents. THE SLOW HUSTLE follows Detective Suitors widow and local investigative reporters as they work to get answers in the Suiter case and hold the Baltimore Police Department and City Hall accountable. None, it seems, let Baltimore get under their skin as much as Sonja Sohn, who played police detective Kima Greggs the first major portrayal of a Black lesbian on American television on the trail of drug lords in the five-season drama. To return to our unfair comparison, The Wire believed that systemic forces mattered more than individual failure or triumph. English, United Kingdom What, he asks Steele, is driving the polices actions? The program serves men in re-entry, addiction recovery, and veterans returning to the workforce. English, Italy [11/16/21 - 11:00 AM] HBO Documentary "The Slow Hustle," A Searing Look at Corruption Within the Baltimore Police Department After a Detective's Fatal Shooting, Debuts December 7 SOHN: Well, you know, that's a really good question because, yes, there was a lot floating through the air. Jenkins brings Suiter along on a raid. A still from "The Slow Hustle" courtesy HBO. / That revelation leads to speculation that maybe Suiter's killing was an inside job meant to keep him quiet, or that maybe he took his own life. English, Thailand Its like someone describing how they first stole money. That produces a culture taken to its extreme, which it was in Baltimore by many, that the ends justify the means, Bromwich continues. SONJA SOHN: I think the one thing that I had to zero in on or hone in on was the fact that there - that this was a Black man who appeared to be murdered, whose murder was unsolved and quite possibly could have been at the hands of law enforcement. English, Sweden English, India Sgt Wayne Jenkins was the ringleader and is the central protagonist of the book and TV series. 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