What is Reddit's opinion of We Own This City: A True Story of Crime, Cops, and Corruption?

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>How did Sgt. Wayne Jenkins and the others get away with robbing, planting evidence, and lying on affidavits for half a decade? >BW: It can’t be just a simple lack of supervision. During that time, the City was effectively waging war on its citizens. Politicians and police brass needed stats to show they were doing something about crime. Jenkins brought the stats and so, as in war, they looked the other way when he crossed the line.

Damn shame.

>Are you optimistic that the six-member Commission to Restore Trust in Policing, made up of lawyers, judges, and former cops, will put their finger on why and how the GTTF criminal enterprise flourished—and what can be done to make sure it never happens again? >BS: I was encouraged by the creation of the commission and it seemed to me like Senator Bill Ferguson had the right attitude. There were clear reasons why this happened and why it needs to never happen again. But the commission repeats some of the mistakes that enabled GTTF. The commission has not been transparent. It is headed by a judge, and includes three former cops, so it's still cops investigating cops, and we know that doesn't work. I hope that at the least we might get some public testimony out of this, which could be cathartic for the community.

This sucks. We don't need catharsis, we need our public servants that us taxpayers pay for, to do their jobs properly, and if they are corrupt, they need to all be shown that nobody is above the law. This book and Justin Fenton's upcoming book will hopefully be as instrumental in acknowledging major issues in this city as Not in My Neighborhood was.

It’s not out yet but I’m really excited for Justin Fenton’s “We Own This City: A True Story of Crime, Cops, and Corruption” about the corrupt Baltimore cops.

You can also read the book the show is based on, written by Justin Fenton, the former Sun journalist who covered the case

Exactly. As a Baltimorean who (a) went to undergrad in DC and (b) lived in DC from 2005 to 2017, it definitely seems like chocolate city is getting worse since I moved back to Bmore? We have just as much gun violence here in cHarm City, and I can assure you that 99% of those guns are bought illegally. We actually had a BPD backed Gun Trace Task Force that was actively getting illegal guns off the street, only to sell them right back on the street. A great book and HBO series.

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Criminal corruption is no joke.

We Own This City: A True Story of Crime, Cops and Corruption in an American City

By Justin Fenton

https://www.amazon.com/We-Own-This-City-Corruption/dp/0593133668