1 00:00:11,887 --> 00:00:13,363 That was Jenkins, though. 2 00:00:16,934 --> 00:00:19,494 He just didn't care if he saw another sunrise. 3 00:00:22,773 --> 00:00:26,914 Okay. Let's shift back over to you. You... You joined the force... 4 00:00:26,944 --> 00:00:29,129 '05. Started in the Northwest. 5 00:00:29,571 --> 00:00:33,378 And you told us that you were doing small robberies, 6 00:00:33,408 --> 00:00:35,385 places like Belvedere Towers back then. 7 00:00:36,870 --> 00:00:38,805 That was around '08. 8 00:00:39,206 --> 00:00:42,434 And, just laying into some people, like I said. Not any big stuff. 9 00:00:42,834 --> 00:00:44,603 If I may, you... 10 00:00:45,629 --> 00:00:48,607 sustained a gunshot wound in 2006. What was that about? 11 00:00:50,259 --> 00:00:55,072 I caught a hot one when some dude tried to rob me and he got shot. 12 00:00:59,518 --> 00:01:02,282 It's in the reports. You said that... I'm sure you got all that. 13 00:01:02,312 --> 00:01:05,332 Actually, we have conflicting info on that incident. 14 00:01:05,732 --> 00:01:07,042 Conflicting? 15 00:01:07,275 --> 00:01:11,963 One source indicated that that shooting was actually drug related. 16 00:01:12,739 --> 00:01:16,259 A retaliation for some trafficking you were involved with. 17 00:01:17,953 --> 00:01:20,847 Who told you that, Rayam? 18 00:01:22,499 --> 00:01:23,558 Shoot. It's... 19 00:01:24,793 --> 00:01:26,598 Jemell just trying to shine the teacher's apple 20 00:01:26,628 --> 00:01:28,433 if he's laying stuff like that off on me. 21 00:01:28,463 --> 00:01:30,774 I mean, that ain't even credible. What is... what is that? 22 00:01:32,300 --> 00:01:34,653 I mean, he's my boy, but he always had his own problems. 23 00:01:34,886 --> 00:01:37,322 - What kind of problems? - He likes women, for one. 24 00:01:38,348 --> 00:01:40,992 I'm just saying, this man sets his watch to pussy. 25 00:01:44,646 --> 00:01:45,831 Excuse me, Miss Jensen. 26 00:01:52,237 --> 00:01:55,674 This shit goes way back to when he was in uniform. 27 00:02:11,506 --> 00:02:14,234 He was lined up with the underworld from the beginning. 28 00:02:15,343 --> 00:02:16,982 Jemell was married but, you know, 29 00:02:17,012 --> 00:02:19,155 - he had this girlfriend, Crystal Ferguson. - What's up? 30 00:02:20,432 --> 00:02:22,534 You want... You want me to... All right. See ya. 31 00:02:28,857 --> 00:02:31,371 She knew all the players west of M.L.K. 32 00:02:31,401 --> 00:02:33,670 When they'd be at their cribs, when they wouldn't. 33 00:02:35,405 --> 00:02:37,299 She'd tell Jemell when they could be got. 34 00:02:41,578 --> 00:02:44,222 Fucking G-Money said that shit? 35 00:02:45,290 --> 00:02:49,514 Oh, wow. That's fucking funny. He... he's acting like he's all pure now. 36 00:02:49,544 --> 00:02:50,724 Okay. 37 00:02:50,754 --> 00:02:52,976 - This fucking guy. - Did Crystal Ferguson 38 00:02:53,006 --> 00:02:54,774 provide you with robbery targets? 39 00:03:00,138 --> 00:03:03,111 She mighta. I don't recall, exactly. 40 00:03:03,141 --> 00:03:04,738 This was when you and Detective Gondo 41 00:03:04,768 --> 00:03:06,786 were on the Violent Crime Impact Division together? 42 00:03:07,521 --> 00:03:11,291 No. We went there later on. And we weren't on VCID together. 43 00:03:12,067 --> 00:03:14,252 But we were doing our thing, for sure. 44 00:03:14,861 --> 00:03:16,046 But separate. 45 00:03:16,363 --> 00:03:19,586 In 2009, you fatally shot a citizen, Shawn Cannady, 46 00:03:19,616 --> 00:03:21,176 in an alley off Pimlico Road. 47 00:03:24,537 --> 00:03:25,597 Self-defense. 48 00:03:26,248 --> 00:03:29,517 Uh-uh. No, no, not just the one. 49 00:03:30,502 --> 00:03:33,271 No, Jemell shot three people that year. 50 00:03:34,422 --> 00:03:35,523 Three. 51 00:03:35,840 --> 00:03:37,984 Get out of the car. Get out of the car, now! 52 00:03:41,096 --> 00:03:43,573 Now, Rayam told me he did the thing. I mean... 53 00:03:45,058 --> 00:03:46,242 he never denied it. 54 00:03:47,394 --> 00:03:51,206 Made it like the driver of a Lexus was using his vehicle as a weapon, 55 00:03:51,773 --> 00:03:54,292 claimed the Lex had clipped Giordano. 56 00:03:54,734 --> 00:03:56,294 Jemell got off on that one. 57 00:03:58,405 --> 00:04:02,467 Palmere was right there on the scene, coaching my man. 58 00:04:03,576 --> 00:04:06,429 Palmere, the deputy commissioner? 59 00:04:06,663 --> 00:04:09,766 Yeah. Colonel back then, but yeah. 60 00:04:17,674 --> 00:04:19,980 EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES 61 00:04:20,010 --> 00:04:21,439 BALTIMORE CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT 62 00:04:21,469 --> 00:04:22,695 Colonel. 63 00:04:23,013 --> 00:04:24,364 POLICE 64 00:04:38,194 --> 00:04:40,839 You felt that your life was in danger. Got it? 65 00:04:51,916 --> 00:04:53,977 The Cannady shooting was justified. 66 00:04:56,421 --> 00:04:58,685 And you were subsequently suspended for two years. 67 00:04:58,715 --> 00:05:01,860 Yeah, while they investigated the thug from the Gary Brown stop. 68 00:05:03,094 --> 00:05:05,572 You lied to IAD investigators regarding that one. 69 00:05:06,848 --> 00:05:09,742 - Right. - Suspended with pay. 70 00:05:11,227 --> 00:05:13,454 I guess, you could say I was in limbo. Yeah. 71 00:05:15,356 --> 00:05:19,919 And when you came off suspension in 2012... 72 00:05:20,695 --> 00:05:24,048 Yeah. I went to the Gun Trace Task Force. 73 00:05:28,536 --> 00:05:30,889 What am I paying you 500 dollars an hour for? 74 00:05:41,132 --> 00:05:43,401 TRAYVON MARTIN - FREDDIE GRAY - MIKE BROWN 75 00:05:48,389 --> 00:05:50,445 I AM HERE BECAUSE ITS HOME 76 00:05:50,475 --> 00:05:52,447 POLICE 77 00:05:52,477 --> 00:05:53,573 BALTIMORE POLICE 78 00:05:53,603 --> 00:05:54,787 2.7 KILO'S, $100,000.00 79 00:06:02,862 --> 00:06:03,921 - Back up. - Back up. 80 00:06:05,532 --> 00:06:07,003 DOUBLE D BAIL BONDS EVERYONE LOVES DOUBLE D'S 81 00:06:07,033 --> 00:06:11,638 Baltimore is a poster child for the basic failure to stop lawlessness. 82 00:06:12,413 --> 00:06:14,432 No justice, no peace! 83 00:06:14,666 --> 00:06:16,930 I've heard your calls for no justice, no peace. 84 00:06:16,960 --> 00:06:18,728 No justice, no peace! 85 00:06:27,637 --> 00:06:28,696 MAGIC 86 00:06:32,934 --> 00:06:35,536 POLICE DEPARTMENT - BALTIMORE, MARYLAND INDIVIDUAL OVERTIME REPORT 87 00:06:36,187 --> 00:06:37,497 MONDAY 88 00:06:47,323 --> 00:06:49,050 Where there's smoke, there's fire. 89 00:06:49,784 --> 00:06:53,221 These officers, they're 1930s-style gangsters. 90 00:06:53,621 --> 00:06:57,266 WE OWN THIS CITY 91 00:07:02,422 --> 00:07:06,150 Detective Gondo, you joined the GTTF 2010. 92 00:07:06,509 --> 00:07:07,819 Two years before Rayam. 93 00:07:08,344 --> 00:07:10,275 He got bounced around for a couple of years. 94 00:07:10,305 --> 00:07:12,865 He was battling an Internal Affairs investigation. 95 00:07:13,182 --> 00:07:17,662 Before Rayam joined the GTTF, what was going on within the squad? 96 00:07:18,771 --> 00:07:23,084 Nothing inappropriate. Nothing criminal. Not really. 97 00:07:23,818 --> 00:07:26,838 And then after he came back from his suspension and rejoined? 98 00:07:28,323 --> 00:07:30,091 I mean, this shit just seemed to go downhill. 99 00:07:35,580 --> 00:07:36,931 That's all for now. 100 00:07:48,217 --> 00:07:49,569 All right, man, come on. 101 00:07:55,725 --> 00:07:59,829 Gondo doesn't have a problem talking about a guy he says was his boy. 102 00:08:00,146 --> 00:08:01,372 Some friend. 103 00:08:02,356 --> 00:08:05,872 Man, it's hard to believe Rayam has all those shootings, 104 00:08:05,902 --> 00:08:09,505 lies to the investigators, gets caught on those lies, and... 105 00:08:10,406 --> 00:08:13,087 and when he comes off suspension, they reward him 106 00:08:13,117 --> 00:08:15,757 by dropping him in one of the most elite squads 107 00:08:15,787 --> 00:08:17,013 in the BPD. 108 00:08:18,539 --> 00:08:20,099 Cream rises to the top. 109 00:08:23,336 --> 00:08:27,059 MAY 2016 110 00:08:27,089 --> 00:08:30,271 TWELVE MONTHS EARLIER 111 00:08:30,301 --> 00:08:34,155 Copy, turning 11 around. Fifteen blocks away. Can I get a... 112 00:08:34,472 --> 00:08:35,531 No ID? 113 00:08:36,265 --> 00:08:37,450 Nothing on him. 114 00:08:38,559 --> 00:08:40,411 Rigor says he's been there a while. 115 00:08:42,104 --> 00:08:43,831 I'll start knocking on doors. 116 00:08:51,072 --> 00:08:52,131 You all right? 117 00:08:55,993 --> 00:08:58,638 Just a moment of your time. All right? That's all I need. 118 00:09:04,502 --> 00:09:07,146 How you doin' today, sir? Detective Sean Suiter. 119 00:09:08,089 --> 00:09:10,483 - You are? - I'm not inclined to give my name. 120 00:09:11,467 --> 00:09:12,730 Do you live around here? 121 00:09:12,760 --> 00:09:14,732 I stay up on Bond, near Preston. 122 00:09:14,762 --> 00:09:17,615 I was wondering if you saw or heard anything related to this, 123 00:09:17,890 --> 00:09:19,158 probably last night. 124 00:09:21,060 --> 00:09:22,782 By any chance, do you recognize the victim? 125 00:09:22,812 --> 00:09:25,748 Look, let me be straight with you, Detective, to save you some time. 126 00:09:26,566 --> 00:09:27,750 I don't talk to police. 127 00:09:28,025 --> 00:09:30,670 - I'm Homicide. - Make no difference to me. 128 00:09:31,279 --> 00:09:32,922 Ain't nobody born Homicide. 129 00:09:33,656 --> 00:09:35,508 Were you one of those jump-out boys? 130 00:09:36,826 --> 00:09:38,673 I did that for a while, yes. 131 00:09:38,703 --> 00:09:42,306 Some of y'all rob people. Hell, I got robbed my damn self. 132 00:09:43,874 --> 00:09:45,054 Look, nothing personal. 133 00:09:45,084 --> 00:09:47,395 But I've been living in Baltimore all my life. 134 00:09:48,087 --> 00:09:50,439 I know. I know. 135 00:09:51,132 --> 00:09:52,191 Just a moment. 136 00:09:54,260 --> 00:09:58,239 Something comes to you... please call. 137 00:10:05,354 --> 00:10:08,249 Hey, Sean. These houses are vacant here. 138 00:10:08,607 --> 00:10:09,912 So what else we got, Charlie? 139 00:10:09,942 --> 00:10:11,038 What do you want? 140 00:10:11,068 --> 00:10:13,249 I got Fourth Amendment violations, warrantless searches... 141 00:10:13,279 --> 00:10:15,543 You know what people are gonna say out in the suburbs? 142 00:10:15,573 --> 00:10:18,592 Hell, you know what half the country would say if they were to read this stuff? 143 00:10:19,327 --> 00:10:22,383 "They might not have been guilty of something on the day they got pulled over 144 00:10:22,413 --> 00:10:25,015 or jacked up, but they damn sure were guilty of something." 145 00:10:25,458 --> 00:10:26,517 So? 146 00:10:26,959 --> 00:10:30,182 So I'm saying, in the minds of Wonder Bread Americans, 147 00:10:30,212 --> 00:10:32,648 these people aren't really victims. They deserved it. 148 00:10:33,549 --> 00:10:35,276 Ahmed's right about the optics. 149 00:10:35,593 --> 00:10:38,649 Look, we dug up instances where Baltimore police came down on people 150 00:10:38,679 --> 00:10:40,823 who weren't drug dealers, who weren't doing anything dirty. 151 00:10:41,098 --> 00:10:43,242 These folks had no previous charges whatsoever 152 00:10:43,476 --> 00:10:46,245 outside of simple marijuana possession or traffic violations. 153 00:10:46,562 --> 00:10:49,165 I've got claims that cops flat-out robbed straight citizens. 154 00:10:49,857 --> 00:10:51,834 Hold on. Let's see... 155 00:10:53,569 --> 00:10:54,795 Here it is. 156 00:10:55,696 --> 00:10:58,210 Guy's name is James Otis. You should talk to him. 157 00:10:58,240 --> 00:10:59,842 He ran afoul of a guy we know and love. 158 00:11:00,743 --> 00:11:04,680 Our old friend. All right. I'll go and talk to him. 159 00:11:05,206 --> 00:11:08,142 We have a little time to add the finishing touches to the decree. 160 00:11:17,927 --> 00:11:19,195 There's Gondo. 161 00:11:21,847 --> 00:11:24,533 Be advised, the subject has gone to ground. 162 00:11:26,852 --> 00:11:29,246 We'll wait to be sure he's in for the night, then move. 163 00:11:30,356 --> 00:11:31,415 Copy that. 164 00:11:41,492 --> 00:11:42,671 Okay. 165 00:11:42,701 --> 00:11:45,471 Hey, I can do this for you. 166 00:11:46,288 --> 00:11:47,681 You can do this for me? 167 00:11:48,165 --> 00:11:49,850 I mean, you know, in case... 168 00:11:50,584 --> 00:11:51,806 In case what? 169 00:11:51,836 --> 00:11:53,474 I'm just saying. You know, I mean, it's dark, 170 00:11:53,504 --> 00:11:55,851 - you're crawling around in there. - It's dark and I can't find my way 171 00:11:55,881 --> 00:11:57,900 around the interior of a Chevrolet? 172 00:12:00,928 --> 00:12:02,488 I guess that didn't sound right. 173 00:12:03,430 --> 00:12:04,944 How did you want it to sound? 174 00:12:04,974 --> 00:12:07,530 Like a middle-aged White guy from 1974. 175 00:12:07,560 --> 00:12:09,286 No, you pretty much nailed that. 176 00:12:10,563 --> 00:12:11,659 We are a go. 177 00:12:11,689 --> 00:12:13,749 Copy that. We see her on the move. 178 00:12:15,234 --> 00:12:16,835 Come on, come on, come on. 179 00:12:33,168 --> 00:12:34,561 Testing. Can you hear me? 180 00:12:40,509 --> 00:12:41,730 Okay. 181 00:12:41,760 --> 00:12:42,856 She's out. 182 00:12:42,886 --> 00:12:44,405 Copy. We hear it. 183 00:12:44,805 --> 00:12:47,236 Picked you up as soon as you got in. Clear as a bell. 184 00:12:47,266 --> 00:12:50,030 Sound activated. So as soon as you open that door, 185 00:12:50,060 --> 00:12:51,161 it kicked in. 186 00:12:52,062 --> 00:12:54,248 Okay, we're set. All clear. 187 00:12:54,773 --> 00:12:58,794 Oh, man. Oh, no. I think I messed my hair up. 188 00:12:59,445 --> 00:13:02,464 - Oh, Johnny, how's my hair look? - Okay. Enough. Thank you. 189 00:13:07,661 --> 00:13:11,932 No casings anywhere around the body. Could be he got done with a revolver. 190 00:13:12,625 --> 00:13:14,309 Or the casings got picked up. 191 00:13:16,211 --> 00:13:17,312 Well... 192 00:13:19,381 --> 00:13:20,941 Autopsy will tell us tomorrow. 193 00:13:21,342 --> 00:13:23,360 We're not gonna get much help from the residents. 194 00:13:25,095 --> 00:13:27,781 Man you spoke to earlier was rough on you, huh? 195 00:13:28,349 --> 00:13:31,201 Well, he's right about some things. He had his truth. 196 00:13:32,061 --> 00:13:34,163 I had my path. I took it to get here. 197 00:13:36,357 --> 00:13:37,499 I like what I'm doing now. 198 00:13:37,941 --> 00:13:40,497 I'm not gonna get all dramatic about it, say it's my calling. 199 00:13:40,527 --> 00:13:45,174 But being in Homicide, doing this kind of work, it feels right. 200 00:13:47,659 --> 00:13:50,846 But working drugs, that wasn't my finest hour. 201 00:13:51,955 --> 00:13:55,601 I mean, that shit was pointless, really. 202 00:13:56,960 --> 00:13:58,645 And I saw some things. 203 00:14:09,807 --> 00:14:11,366 That was a long time ago. 204 00:14:16,230 --> 00:14:18,499 You want another? I'm buying. 205 00:14:19,525 --> 00:14:22,002 In that case, let me get something off the top shelf. 206 00:14:41,296 --> 00:14:42,684 - James Otis? - That's right. 207 00:14:42,714 --> 00:14:45,442 Nicole Steele, DOJ. Thank you. 208 00:14:49,054 --> 00:14:50,322 It's quiet in here. 209 00:14:50,556 --> 00:14:52,574 We got three kids, so that's unusual. 210 00:14:53,350 --> 00:14:55,989 Two of 'em are in school today. And my wife took the youngest one out 211 00:14:56,019 --> 00:14:57,120 so we could talk. 212 00:14:58,313 --> 00:14:59,706 Are you currently employed? 213 00:15:00,274 --> 00:15:03,580 Not currently. I was a HVAC repairman, you know, 214 00:15:03,610 --> 00:15:05,879 heating and air? I'll get to that. 215 00:15:06,572 --> 00:15:07,839 Tell me about the incident. 216 00:15:10,033 --> 00:15:11,635 You mean, when I got pulled over. 217 00:15:13,704 --> 00:15:15,926 I had just grabbed some pizza for me and my family, 218 00:15:15,956 --> 00:15:17,933 at that Ledo's they got behind Hopkins. 219 00:15:22,504 --> 00:15:25,232 And I was headed home on a street off of North Avenue, 220 00:15:25,966 --> 00:15:27,693 near Green Mount Cemetery. 221 00:15:29,344 --> 00:15:30,941 It was Hersl and two others. 222 00:15:30,971 --> 00:15:33,323 And this wasn't the first time I got stopped by Officer Hersl. 223 00:15:33,682 --> 00:15:37,869 He had a thing about my car, I guess. Anyway, they said my taillight was out. 224 00:15:38,103 --> 00:15:39,241 Was it? 225 00:15:39,271 --> 00:15:42,249 Yeah, it was. I got this classic car, 226 00:15:42,524 --> 00:15:44,668 an Impala SS. I bought on time. 227 00:15:44,985 --> 00:15:48,130 I knew my light was out, but I was waiting on the bulb to come in. 228 00:15:48,488 --> 00:15:50,382 Not easy to get parts on older cars. 229 00:15:51,491 --> 00:15:54,136 Homer Avenue. Still in Lower Park Heights? 230 00:15:54,828 --> 00:15:56,133 That's a nice neighborhood. 231 00:15:56,163 --> 00:15:58,010 If you're gonna give me a citation for that taillight, 232 00:15:58,040 --> 00:15:59,891 give me one. I'm trying to get home to my family. 233 00:16:01,209 --> 00:16:04,104 Oh, you see that? Assaulting a police officer. Cuff his ass. 234 00:16:04,338 --> 00:16:05,851 Motherfucker. 235 00:16:05,881 --> 00:16:06,982 What'd you say? 236 00:16:07,591 --> 00:16:12,237 Oh, shit. You know what? That reminds me, I almost forgot to search your vehicle. 237 00:16:13,930 --> 00:16:15,569 Man, you got no cause for that. 238 00:16:15,599 --> 00:16:16,658 Yes, I do. 239 00:16:21,521 --> 00:16:24,536 Could it be that sweet, sickening smell? 240 00:16:24,566 --> 00:16:26,663 You know, the one they told us about in middle school? 241 00:16:26,693 --> 00:16:28,749 Middle school about as far as you got, too. 242 00:16:28,779 --> 00:16:31,173 - Yeah, keep talking. - Sit down, asshole. 243 00:16:32,616 --> 00:16:33,842 Had you been smoking weed? 244 00:16:34,368 --> 00:16:37,053 I mean, everybody got that smell on them these days. 245 00:16:37,454 --> 00:16:39,222 You catch it just walking down the street. 246 00:16:39,998 --> 00:16:42,684 Cops use that as an excuse to toss your car all the time. 247 00:16:43,085 --> 00:16:44,269 Okay. What happened next? 248 00:16:44,628 --> 00:16:45,854 Hersl robbed me. 249 00:16:48,215 --> 00:16:51,026 I had just cashed my paycheck at the M-and-T on Fayette. 250 00:16:52,928 --> 00:16:54,446 Six hundred and fifty-eight dollars. 251 00:16:56,807 --> 00:17:00,744 All right, come on. On your feet. Let's go, up, up, up. 252 00:17:01,728 --> 00:17:04,910 You take my money? You take my money, Hersl? 253 00:17:04,940 --> 00:17:06,328 You ain't right, man. 254 00:17:06,358 --> 00:17:07,918 - That's some bullshit. - Get up there, let's go. 255 00:17:12,739 --> 00:17:15,550 I was jail side for two days before anyone got to me. 256 00:17:16,326 --> 00:17:17,427 Otis. 257 00:17:21,164 --> 00:17:23,016 Never even spoke to a public defender. 258 00:17:23,417 --> 00:17:25,931 A state prosecutor they had there interviewed me, 259 00:17:25,961 --> 00:17:28,975 and when I told him what happened, he had me sign a form 260 00:17:29,005 --> 00:17:31,274 that waived my right to sue the city for false arrest, 261 00:17:31,591 --> 00:17:34,152 in exchange for them throwing out the charges on the spot. 262 00:17:34,761 --> 00:17:36,947 They knew what they had on me was bullshit and wouldn't stick. 263 00:17:37,764 --> 00:17:40,112 So it never went to court. That's a good thing, right? 264 00:17:40,142 --> 00:17:41,363 Let me finish. 265 00:17:41,393 --> 00:17:42,739 Come on, man. Give me a break. 266 00:17:42,769 --> 00:17:44,950 - On account of the days I was locked up... - I got a family. 267 00:17:44,980 --> 00:17:47,369 ...my calls went unserviced, and we lost a couple customers. 268 00:17:47,399 --> 00:17:49,412 - Sorry, James. - My employer told me he had to let me go. 269 00:17:49,442 --> 00:17:50,789 You had no recourse? 270 00:17:50,819 --> 00:17:53,004 I already signed away my right to a lawsuit, 271 00:17:53,321 --> 00:17:54,464 I told you that. 272 00:17:54,906 --> 00:17:57,008 But I did file a complaint, on principle. 273 00:17:59,119 --> 00:18:00,595 Did you get your money back, at least? 274 00:18:01,705 --> 00:18:04,140 Shit. Of the 658 dollars he took? 275 00:18:04,666 --> 00:18:07,102 Hersl submitted 50 to Evidence Control. 276 00:18:08,420 --> 00:18:10,772 - He pocketed the rest. - You surprised? 277 00:18:14,509 --> 00:18:16,111 He probably drank my money away. 278 00:18:21,141 --> 00:18:22,325 Hell yeah. 279 00:18:22,642 --> 00:18:25,620 - About to take all your money. - Or had himself a good old time with it. 280 00:18:26,938 --> 00:18:28,081 Let's see what you got. 281 00:18:28,315 --> 00:18:29,374 Goddamn! 282 00:18:29,858 --> 00:18:31,204 Some shit like that. 283 00:18:31,234 --> 00:18:33,582 Come on. I'll spot ya, I'll spot ya. Come on. 284 00:18:33,612 --> 00:18:34,671 It was nothing to him. 285 00:18:35,739 --> 00:18:36,840 - Later. - You go ahead. 286 00:18:37,282 --> 00:18:39,676 That money meant something to me. I earned it. 287 00:18:40,076 --> 00:18:42,721 My wife and me, we got no cushion, for real. 288 00:18:43,330 --> 00:18:46,766 When I cash my paycheck, every penny goes to my mortgage, 289 00:18:47,125 --> 00:18:49,144 groceries, stuff for my kids. 290 00:18:49,836 --> 00:18:52,856 This set me back. Bank's about to repo my car. 291 00:18:53,506 --> 00:18:56,568 If I do get a job now, how am I supposed to get to work? 292 00:18:57,510 --> 00:19:00,025 Everyone who lives here knows what time it is. 293 00:19:00,055 --> 00:19:04,117 Police treating all of us like criminals, people like me, my family. 294 00:19:13,693 --> 00:19:18,168 Detective Rayam, your partner, Gondo, says that when you joined GTTF, 295 00:19:18,198 --> 00:19:21,468 things, in his words, "Began to go downhill." 296 00:19:22,619 --> 00:19:24,841 Yo, Gondo was in the mix from the start. 297 00:19:24,871 --> 00:19:27,640 All right? It wasn't me who cultivated a relationship with Brill. 298 00:19:27,999 --> 00:19:29,809 You mean, Antonio Shropshire. 299 00:19:30,043 --> 00:19:31,102 Right. 300 00:19:31,586 --> 00:19:34,898 That goes back to when they were kids, long before Gondo knew me. 301 00:19:36,174 --> 00:19:38,943 And honestly, neither one of us supervised the squad. 302 00:19:39,469 --> 00:19:40,737 We just followed the leader. 303 00:19:41,179 --> 00:19:42,655 You're talking about Wayne Jenkins? 304 00:19:43,014 --> 00:19:45,450 And Allers before him, too. Shit. 305 00:19:46,267 --> 00:19:47,577 Oh, fuck. You know... 306 00:19:48,478 --> 00:19:50,121 There was this... 307 00:19:51,856 --> 00:19:54,334 one robbery back in... 308 00:19:55,318 --> 00:19:56,669 2014. 309 00:19:57,278 --> 00:19:59,923 Allers got the tip from a CI he'd been working with. 310 00:20:00,448 --> 00:20:03,009 Out in West Edmondale? 311 00:20:03,410 --> 00:20:07,180 That's it. Fifty-four-54. One with the white bars on the door. 312 00:20:07,664 --> 00:20:09,891 Sergeant Allers brought his son with us on that one. 313 00:20:10,333 --> 00:20:12,936 I reckon it was a "Bring your Kid to Work Day." 314 00:20:14,003 --> 00:20:15,897 - Husband and wife team. - Yes, sir. 315 00:20:16,256 --> 00:20:18,691 George Williams and Yolanda Paige-Williams. 316 00:20:21,386 --> 00:20:24,025 G, this shit could be big, man. 317 00:20:24,055 --> 00:20:27,408 Yeah, seen his photo. Bigger than a motherfucker. 318 00:20:28,351 --> 00:20:30,036 Are we gonna call the county boys in on this? 319 00:20:30,478 --> 00:20:33,498 After we see what we got. Come on, y'all ready to do this? 320 00:20:33,940 --> 00:20:35,286 - Let's go. You ready? - Let's go, man. 321 00:20:35,316 --> 00:20:37,627 - Wake your ass us up, motherfucker. - Let's go. 322 00:20:47,454 --> 00:20:49,097 All right, son, you fall back right here. 323 00:20:52,250 --> 00:20:53,768 - Police! - What do you want? 324 00:20:54,252 --> 00:20:55,311 Police! 325 00:20:56,588 --> 00:20:58,189 - Stand back. Get down! - Stand back, motherfucker. 326 00:20:58,548 --> 00:20:59,816 That house was hot. 327 00:21:00,633 --> 00:21:03,069 We cleaned the fuck up. Wife shit. 328 00:21:05,096 --> 00:21:08,074 Hey. Don't play with me. 329 00:21:12,645 --> 00:21:17,166 Seventy, 80, 90, 100. Look at this shit, baby. 330 00:21:17,901 --> 00:21:19,581 That's a hundred grand right there. 331 00:21:19,611 --> 00:21:22,250 There was 416,000 dollars in that bedroom. 332 00:21:22,280 --> 00:21:25,253 - Forty, fifty, sixty, seventy... - When the county police showed up, 333 00:21:25,283 --> 00:21:26,968 they found three-fifty. 334 00:21:27,202 --> 00:21:28,303 You believe this shit? 335 00:21:28,661 --> 00:21:31,843 - Shit. Stop playing with me. - Detective Ward, when Wayne Jenkins 336 00:21:31,873 --> 00:21:35,435 took over the supervision of the GTTF from Sergeant Allers, 337 00:21:36,669 --> 00:21:37,979 what was the biggest change? 338 00:21:39,130 --> 00:21:42,150 Well, I came after Allers, but from what I heard, 339 00:21:42,675 --> 00:21:44,439 it wasn't like he didn't know how to steal. 340 00:21:44,469 --> 00:21:48,234 It was just Jenks, man, he... he was something else. 341 00:21:48,264 --> 00:21:49,324 Tell us. 342 00:21:51,392 --> 00:21:54,287 Well, you gotta remember, it was like a new squad. 343 00:21:54,812 --> 00:21:58,036 Me, Taylor, Hendrix, and Jenkins had just come on. 344 00:21:58,066 --> 00:22:02,170 And later on, Jenkins added this new kid, Kost-o-please. 345 00:22:03,029 --> 00:22:04,667 James Kostoplis. 346 00:22:04,697 --> 00:22:05,757 K-Stop. 347 00:22:06,532 --> 00:22:09,719 Yeah, his people are from one of them countries over there. 348 00:22:10,870 --> 00:22:13,551 But Jenkins knew him from when he was a patrol sergeant 349 00:22:13,581 --> 00:22:15,850 in the Northeast. K-Stop was in his squad over there. 350 00:22:17,961 --> 00:22:21,935 I make big money, I drive big cars Everybody know me 351 00:22:21,965 --> 00:22:25,443 This kid adored Jenkins. I mean, he really looked up to him. 352 00:22:25,927 --> 00:22:28,362 I feel I'm being tailed By the same sucker's head lights 353 00:22:30,932 --> 00:22:34,906 And also when he came, Jenkins told us new guys 354 00:22:34,936 --> 00:22:37,283 that Gondo and Rayam were under federal investigation 355 00:22:37,313 --> 00:22:38,456 for selling drugs. 356 00:22:38,940 --> 00:22:41,751 Were Gondo and Rayam... Did they seem concerned? 357 00:22:43,152 --> 00:22:44,962 Not really. I mean, 358 00:22:45,196 --> 00:22:47,924 when Jenks came in, everybody was excited about the money. 359 00:22:48,408 --> 00:22:49,504 To be honest with you, 360 00:22:49,534 --> 00:22:51,172 nobody really thought too hard on anything else. 361 00:22:51,202 --> 00:22:52,261 The money? 362 00:22:52,662 --> 00:22:53,721 The overtime pay. 363 00:22:55,289 --> 00:22:57,553 With Jenkins, it was like we had permission 364 00:22:57,583 --> 00:22:58,684 to rob that fund. 365 00:22:58,960 --> 00:23:01,103 The faucet was on, full force. 366 00:23:02,588 --> 00:23:05,233 I don't know Jenkins. Not like you. 367 00:23:05,675 --> 00:23:07,360 All right. Let me tell you how this boy be. 368 00:23:08,553 --> 00:23:12,281 He'll come in late every day. So we don't come in till 10:00, 11:00. 369 00:23:13,349 --> 00:23:16,577 And depending on how he feel, we might roll out on regular time. 370 00:23:17,729 --> 00:23:20,456 That's how he gets down, man. We got that green light. 371 00:23:20,690 --> 00:23:24,710 Some supervisor told Jenks the overtime budget is wide open. 372 00:23:25,194 --> 00:23:27,046 - Yeah, yeah, yeah. - "Work as much as you want." 373 00:23:28,740 --> 00:23:29,799 Bet. 374 00:23:30,616 --> 00:23:33,886 Ain't no thing, man. You gonna like him, you gonna like Jenks. Matter of fact... 375 00:23:35,997 --> 00:23:38,975 last night, Jenkins tells us to put in slips 376 00:23:39,584 --> 00:23:42,937 for six OT hours. We ain't even work a full shift. 377 00:23:43,754 --> 00:23:46,060 Then we banging... We like this. Banging that OT, G. 378 00:23:46,090 --> 00:23:47,984 - Hey. Yeah, hit me with that. - You know what I'm saying? 379 00:23:48,259 --> 00:23:49,944 - He cool. - I'm with that. 380 00:23:51,137 --> 00:23:52,697 - Yeah. - He crazy, but he cool. 381 00:23:53,598 --> 00:23:55,950 The summary reads like butter. 382 00:23:59,437 --> 00:24:00,580 Got it all done. 383 00:24:00,897 --> 00:24:03,411 Mayor Rawlings-Blake asked for it. And she'll get her copy 384 00:24:03,441 --> 00:24:05,167 just in time for her to make her exit. 385 00:24:05,943 --> 00:24:09,125 "The Baltimore Police Department engages in a practice 386 00:24:09,155 --> 00:24:11,586 or pattern of making unconstitutional stops, searches, 387 00:24:11,616 --> 00:24:12,675 and arrests." 388 00:24:13,409 --> 00:24:15,631 Here we go. "Disparities in the rates of stops, 389 00:24:15,661 --> 00:24:17,383 searches, and arrests of African Americans," 390 00:24:17,413 --> 00:24:20,428 and, "Driven by systemic deficiencies of BPD policies, training, 391 00:24:20,458 --> 00:24:22,472 supervision, and accountability structures." 392 00:24:22,502 --> 00:24:24,182 This is incendiary shit. 393 00:24:24,212 --> 00:24:26,350 I would hope so. But it's not a directive. 394 00:24:26,380 --> 00:24:28,311 We still have to get the consent decree signed. 395 00:24:28,341 --> 00:24:29,604 - Right. - So we drop that on Pugh 396 00:24:29,634 --> 00:24:32,440 - as soon as she puts on the crown. - We moving pretty fast now. 397 00:24:32,470 --> 00:24:33,983 We gotta get the consent decree out there 398 00:24:34,013 --> 00:24:35,823 before the new administration comes in, in January. 399 00:24:36,098 --> 00:24:37,486 Hilary's AG, whoever that is, 400 00:24:37,516 --> 00:24:39,744 should be a little bit sympathetic to police reform. 401 00:24:40,728 --> 00:24:41,787 Assuming... 402 00:24:42,188 --> 00:24:43,826 How is your friend, the police commissioner, 403 00:24:43,856 --> 00:24:45,041 gonna like this? 404 00:24:56,535 --> 00:24:57,673 Have you read this? 405 00:24:57,703 --> 00:24:59,550 - I read enough. - We're doing our jobs. 406 00:24:59,580 --> 00:25:01,640 What do people want, for us to stop policing? 407 00:25:02,124 --> 00:25:05,431 They want us to do it in a better way, without the collateral damage. 408 00:25:05,461 --> 00:25:07,558 But how? How do you keep control with this much violence 409 00:25:07,588 --> 00:25:08,647 without being aggressive? 410 00:25:09,840 --> 00:25:12,318 It doesn't help that shit like this gets everyone all ginned up. 411 00:25:14,512 --> 00:25:17,907 These popped up all over the city. Idiots misspelled "loiterers". 412 00:25:18,516 --> 00:25:19,700 It does make a point. 413 00:25:23,437 --> 00:25:24,538 Is that all? 414 00:25:31,320 --> 00:25:33,000 Hey, G, what up? What up? 415 00:25:33,030 --> 00:25:35,586 Look, Jemell, I know Jenkins do some crazy shit. 416 00:25:35,616 --> 00:25:38,839 You don't gotta tell me. You know, Jenks is code-motherfucking-red. 417 00:25:38,869 --> 00:25:43,015 All right, but look, this last paycheck I just got from the city? 418 00:25:44,083 --> 00:25:46,180 Eight thousand dollars. 419 00:25:46,210 --> 00:25:49,563 When I looked at it, I was like, "Oh, my God, who did this?" 420 00:25:50,339 --> 00:25:51,398 "This is a lie." 421 00:25:52,633 --> 00:25:56,403 Telling you, there's a method to Jenkins' madness. He... 422 00:25:56,637 --> 00:25:59,240 Yeah. Yeah, that motherfucker off the chain, G. 423 00:25:59,682 --> 00:26:00,991 Look, like I said, 424 00:26:01,350 --> 00:26:04,073 let's go at this shit hard. Let's enjoy this shit while we can 425 00:26:04,103 --> 00:26:06,033 'cause all good things come to an end. 426 00:26:06,063 --> 00:26:07,164 For real. 427 00:26:07,815 --> 00:26:10,793 But Jenks, man, he off the fucking chain, yo. 428 00:26:11,485 --> 00:26:13,541 He off the motherfucking chain, B. 429 00:26:13,571 --> 00:26:15,084 He off the fucking chain, B. 430 00:26:15,114 --> 00:26:17,216 I swear, that nigga off the chain, G. 431 00:26:19,869 --> 00:26:23,926 All this bogus overtime they're banking, we'll get every one of 'em on wire fraud. 432 00:26:23,956 --> 00:26:26,178 Bring in the IRS and we got tax evasion too. 433 00:26:26,208 --> 00:26:27,471 The old-fashioned way. 434 00:26:27,501 --> 00:26:29,306 I'm starting to love me some Wayne Jenkins. 435 00:26:29,336 --> 00:26:30,646 He off the chain, yo. 436 00:26:33,841 --> 00:26:36,814 I read most of your book, Mr. Grabler. 437 00:26:36,844 --> 00:26:39,817 And sure enough, you write about many of the same issues 438 00:26:39,847 --> 00:26:42,319 that we at the DOJ are trying to address. 439 00:26:42,349 --> 00:26:43,571 Thank you. 440 00:26:43,601 --> 00:26:47,538 You know, there's an old joke that inside of every old cop is a book. 441 00:26:48,147 --> 00:26:50,249 And that's exactly where it should stay. 442 00:26:50,858 --> 00:26:53,164 Well, you certainly wrote from experience. 443 00:26:53,194 --> 00:26:55,671 Oh, I did. I did. I came on in '72. 444 00:26:57,198 --> 00:27:00,342 Walking foot up in the Northwest, and then... 445 00:27:00,743 --> 00:27:05,472 plainclothes ops, after that, narcotics. And I did my longest stint in Homicide. 446 00:27:05,706 --> 00:27:08,596 After my retirement, I ended up back here, at the Academy, teaching. 447 00:27:08,626 --> 00:27:10,306 Sounds like a rewarding career. 448 00:27:10,336 --> 00:27:14,560 It was, it was. I loved being a cop, you know. 449 00:27:14,590 --> 00:27:16,900 I loved it when the job meant something, when you could... 450 00:27:17,551 --> 00:27:20,191 make an arrest for a street robbery, or a rapist, 451 00:27:20,221 --> 00:27:22,448 or put down a murderer. There was nothing finer. 452 00:27:22,723 --> 00:27:25,488 Nothing finer. But people had to talk to you, 453 00:27:25,518 --> 00:27:27,202 and once upon a time, they did. 454 00:27:27,728 --> 00:27:31,285 Well, of course, not all of them. There is a street code for snitching. 455 00:27:31,315 --> 00:27:32,953 But there were always 456 00:27:32,983 --> 00:27:35,456 enough people on the post that would talk to you. 457 00:27:35,486 --> 00:27:37,041 That trust is broken. 458 00:27:37,071 --> 00:27:39,376 Yeah, well, you can't... you can't get information out of somebody 459 00:27:39,406 --> 00:27:41,754 while you're beating on 'em, or you got your hand in their pocket. 460 00:27:41,784 --> 00:27:44,261 - And then lying about it in court. - Yeah. 461 00:27:44,954 --> 00:27:49,053 You know... everything changed when they came up with that expression, 462 00:27:49,083 --> 00:27:50,851 "The War on Drugs." 463 00:27:51,543 --> 00:27:53,812 What an idiotic fucking thing to say. 464 00:27:54,588 --> 00:27:56,982 What the hell is a war on drugs? What does that mean? 465 00:27:57,341 --> 00:27:59,860 Waging a war against citizens... 466 00:28:00,678 --> 00:28:03,609 by definition is separating us into two opposing camps. 467 00:28:03,639 --> 00:28:05,741 The colonizer and the colonized. 468 00:28:06,433 --> 00:28:08,327 Albert Memmi, very good. Yes. 469 00:28:08,769 --> 00:28:10,996 And with the war comes police militarization. 470 00:28:11,313 --> 00:28:14,291 SWAT teams, tactical squads, stop-and-frisk, 471 00:28:14,525 --> 00:28:17,795 strip searches, a complete gutting of the Fourth Amendment. 472 00:28:18,529 --> 00:28:21,799 And it's like we're, we're fighting terrorists on foreign soil. 473 00:28:22,032 --> 00:28:24,922 And you can't just blame the cops. We serve the politicians, 474 00:28:24,952 --> 00:28:28,842 who thrive on being tough on crime. 475 00:28:28,872 --> 00:28:30,094 Zero tolerance. 476 00:28:30,124 --> 00:28:34,603 Zero tolerance, quality of life arrests. Having a beer on your own stoop. 477 00:28:35,045 --> 00:28:38,857 Loitering, spitting on the sidewalk, existing. 478 00:28:39,800 --> 00:28:40,859 Existing. 479 00:28:42,511 --> 00:28:46,448 In 2005, I think it was, when O'Malley was still mayor, 480 00:28:46,849 --> 00:28:51,949 they made 100,000 arrests, most of them Black, most of them poor. 481 00:28:51,979 --> 00:28:56,787 That's almost one arrest for every six Baltimoreans in one year. 482 00:28:56,817 --> 00:29:00,332 They jacked up people six, seven times, maybe 12 times. 483 00:29:00,362 --> 00:29:03,924 And many of those arrests were illegal, never made it to court. 484 00:29:04,199 --> 00:29:05,843 But they got their stats. 485 00:29:08,579 --> 00:29:09,805 What do you teach here? 486 00:29:10,748 --> 00:29:12,057 I teach the law 487 00:29:12,624 --> 00:29:14,638 to cadets who are about to hit the streets. 488 00:29:14,668 --> 00:29:16,770 Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendments. 489 00:29:17,296 --> 00:29:19,857 A cop can't uphold the law unless he understands the law. 490 00:29:20,799 --> 00:29:23,777 I teach these young kids to be good, honest cops. 491 00:29:25,095 --> 00:29:26,405 The rest is up to them. 492 00:29:27,222 --> 00:29:29,158 You've given a lot of thought to this. 493 00:29:29,600 --> 00:29:30,701 Yeah. 494 00:29:32,061 --> 00:29:33,996 I come off as angry sometimes. 495 00:29:36,231 --> 00:29:37,499 Aren't you angry? 496 00:29:43,947 --> 00:29:46,550 So at some point, Jenkins told you that you were under investigation? 497 00:29:47,493 --> 00:29:50,554 We knew. By that time... 498 00:29:51,163 --> 00:29:52,848 we had a sense y'all was on us. 499 00:29:53,624 --> 00:29:56,310 There wasn't no charade about the fact Jenkins was in the shit, too. 500 00:29:57,628 --> 00:30:00,105 There was this one night where we pulled over a suspect, 501 00:30:00,506 --> 00:30:02,065 then followed him to his house. 502 00:30:02,841 --> 00:30:05,277 Took him off for like a pound of marijuana to sell. 503 00:30:06,011 --> 00:30:07,404 Jenkins told me to off it. 504 00:30:08,555 --> 00:30:09,735 Did you? 505 00:30:09,765 --> 00:30:12,618 No. I had Gondo sell it through his friend, Glen Wells. 506 00:30:13,018 --> 00:30:15,073 Yeah, but you must have had your own connect 507 00:30:15,103 --> 00:30:17,284 to sell the drugs that you've been confiscating. 508 00:30:17,314 --> 00:30:19,119 That was my boy up in Philadelphia. 509 00:30:19,149 --> 00:30:20,370 Let's come back to that. 510 00:30:20,400 --> 00:30:24,713 On July 15 of 2016, you and other GTTF, 511 00:30:25,155 --> 00:30:28,258 detained a Ronald and Nancy Hamilton. 512 00:30:30,202 --> 00:30:32,679 Oh, shit. Y'all remember that? 513 00:30:33,413 --> 00:30:35,302 The f... That's fuckin' impressive. 514 00:30:35,332 --> 00:30:37,726 We have you and Gondo on tape, discussing it. 515 00:30:39,169 --> 00:30:40,390 Right. 516 00:30:40,420 --> 00:30:44,900 Well, yeah, we got the tip on Hamilton from a sergeant in the Southwestern. 517 00:30:45,259 --> 00:30:47,778 We got a warrant from a judge. I put a tracker on the car. 518 00:30:48,178 --> 00:30:50,484 He had a big old house out in Carroll County with a pool. 519 00:30:50,514 --> 00:30:52,945 Motherfucker was a monster. Shit. 520 00:30:52,975 --> 00:30:54,321 You had authority for the tracker? 521 00:30:54,351 --> 00:30:56,328 Hell, no. Did that on my own. 522 00:30:56,812 --> 00:30:59,206 Anyway, after we decided to do, you know, the thing, 523 00:30:59,481 --> 00:31:02,037 we followed the Hamiltons to Reisterstown Road. 524 00:31:02,067 --> 00:31:03,622 - Where's your money at, Hoss? - Jacked 'em up. 525 00:31:03,652 --> 00:31:04,831 Let's see what you got here. 526 00:31:04,861 --> 00:31:07,422 Is that a cellphone? Now, where that money at? 527 00:31:08,407 --> 00:31:10,587 I found a roll of cash on Hamilton right there. 528 00:31:10,617 --> 00:31:13,090 Put your hands down. Go over there. Yo, go over there. 529 00:31:13,120 --> 00:31:15,717 Shit had to be drug money, so I knew we had the right dude. 530 00:31:15,747 --> 00:31:16,969 Don't talk to her. 531 00:31:16,999 --> 00:31:18,220 Sergeant Jenkins there? 532 00:31:18,250 --> 00:31:20,185 No. He was at the barn. 533 00:31:20,877 --> 00:31:22,729 You see, the plan was to bring them there, 534 00:31:22,963 --> 00:31:25,232 and then to introduce Jenks as a US Attorney. 535 00:31:27,134 --> 00:31:30,737 Oh, shit, fucking Jenkins as a US Attorney. 536 00:31:31,013 --> 00:31:34,699 Oh, no offense intended there. 537 00:31:36,685 --> 00:31:40,158 Sir, I can see from your file here that you are a smart individual 538 00:31:40,188 --> 00:31:41,910 and as a federal prosecutor, 539 00:31:41,940 --> 00:31:44,876 I have been dealing with these kinda cases for quite a while, 540 00:31:45,360 --> 00:31:47,040 I'm just gonna tell you, full candor, 541 00:31:47,070 --> 00:31:49,626 Mr. Hamilton, you are looking at a serious amount of years 542 00:31:49,656 --> 00:31:51,508 unless you start giving us the right answers. 543 00:31:51,908 --> 00:31:54,506 Now, look, we have you on three separate controlled buys. 544 00:31:54,536 --> 00:31:56,425 - Now, we... - Man, get the fuck out of here. 545 00:31:56,455 --> 00:31:59,891 Okay, first off, I'm not "man," okay? So, let's just do that again. 546 00:32:00,167 --> 00:32:03,812 - I'm a US Attorney, okay? - Whatever. And I don't sell no drugs. 547 00:32:04,254 --> 00:32:05,480 Man, what are you doing? 548 00:32:06,590 --> 00:32:08,478 You have multiple federal drug convictions. 549 00:32:08,508 --> 00:32:10,522 You did six years because of those convictions. 550 00:32:10,552 --> 00:32:11,648 This says that right there. 551 00:32:11,678 --> 00:32:13,859 What do you think you gonna do? You think you gonna outsmart me? 552 00:32:13,889 --> 00:32:15,448 Now, let's try this shit again. 553 00:32:15,932 --> 00:32:18,785 You currently own this home in... in Westminster, correct? 554 00:32:19,853 --> 00:32:22,247 Do you currently have quantities of drugs at that home? 555 00:32:28,070 --> 00:32:30,625 - Man, he don't like talking much, huh? - No. 556 00:32:30,655 --> 00:32:32,627 I'm sorry, you're... you're hearing what I'm saying, right? 557 00:32:32,657 --> 00:32:35,505 - I'm hearing you perfectly fucking clear. - Am I not talking loud enough? What is it? 558 00:32:35,535 --> 00:32:36,840 You want me to be slower? 559 00:32:36,870 --> 00:32:39,301 - What is it? Is it... is it pronunciation? - No, I heard you just fine. 560 00:32:39,331 --> 00:32:41,511 - What do you fuckin' think the deal is? - Yeah. I heard you good. 561 00:32:41,541 --> 00:32:45,812 Do you currently have quantities of drugs at your home in Westminster? 562 00:32:51,384 --> 00:32:54,779 Well, shit. Guess we're just gonna have to go out there and find out. 563 00:32:57,641 --> 00:32:59,492 Hamilton's house was nice. 564 00:33:04,189 --> 00:33:05,790 Boom! Yahtzee. 565 00:33:06,233 --> 00:33:08,001 Hey, yo! 566 00:33:08,819 --> 00:33:09,878 I see money. 567 00:33:10,237 --> 00:33:11,708 - Come on. - Bump that shit. 568 00:33:11,738 --> 00:33:13,590 - Hersl and Gondo found money. - Into it. 569 00:33:13,949 --> 00:33:16,379 - But no drugs. - Look at that. All right, man. 570 00:33:16,409 --> 00:33:17,923 - Yep! - Hell, yeah! 571 00:33:17,953 --> 00:33:21,181 He left Hersl in the room, which was a mistake. 572 00:33:21,748 --> 00:33:24,976 We were downstairs, waiting on the State Police to arrive. 573 00:33:25,460 --> 00:33:28,229 Fifty K. Where the rest of it at? 574 00:33:30,590 --> 00:33:31,816 How you gonna take my money? 575 00:33:32,342 --> 00:33:34,940 I earned that gambling, selling cars I get at auctions. 576 00:33:34,970 --> 00:33:36,650 We're seizing this under forfeiture laws. 577 00:33:36,680 --> 00:33:38,485 You'll have a chance to account for it later. 578 00:33:38,515 --> 00:33:39,658 That's some bullshit. 579 00:33:40,308 --> 00:33:43,078 Appreciate it, fellas. You all get home safe, all right? 580 00:33:44,271 --> 00:33:45,330 You left after that? 581 00:33:47,524 --> 00:33:48,667 Jenkins wasn't done. 582 00:33:49,901 --> 00:33:51,753 Man, this a nice ass crib, man. 583 00:33:52,904 --> 00:33:57,884 I tell you. Is that what you call it? It's your crib? 584 00:33:58,827 --> 00:34:03,390 Goddamn. This was a long-ass drive, man, so we gonna need something. 585 00:34:05,709 --> 00:34:07,394 Come on, man. Where the drugs at, man? 586 00:34:08,795 --> 00:34:10,100 What, you got one of those safes? 587 00:34:10,130 --> 00:34:12,857 - Ain't no fucking drugs. - Okay, but you do know people, right? 588 00:34:13,508 --> 00:34:15,438 You know drug dealers. Where's your plug, man? 589 00:34:15,468 --> 00:34:17,654 I know you know somebody. Give us a name, baby. 590 00:34:18,722 --> 00:34:20,240 Look, here's the bottom line. 591 00:34:20,557 --> 00:34:22,821 You take care of us, we're gonna take care of you, 592 00:34:22,851 --> 00:34:26,913 'cause here's the crazy part... One morning, you could wake up 593 00:34:27,814 --> 00:34:29,582 with ten kilos in the backyard. 594 00:34:32,527 --> 00:34:34,212 You split up the Hamilton money? 595 00:34:34,571 --> 00:34:36,714 Yeah, later that night at a bar. 596 00:34:38,241 --> 00:34:41,511 When Gondo went back to the bedroom for the cash, there was the 50, 597 00:34:42,120 --> 00:34:45,723 then there was the loose 20,000. I mean, I had counted more. 598 00:34:46,082 --> 00:34:50,186 You know, Hersl must have taken a few thousand when he was up there alone. 599 00:34:51,046 --> 00:34:54,269 Of course, I lifted the 3,500 off of Hamilton when we pulled him over. 600 00:34:54,299 --> 00:34:58,153 That... What I'm sayin' is, we weren't just stealing, all right? 601 00:34:58,511 --> 00:34:59,821 We were stealing from each other. 602 00:35:01,639 --> 00:35:04,951 Jenkins more than most, though. At that point in time, 603 00:35:05,852 --> 00:35:07,912 we was all in it for ourselves, to be honest. 604 00:35:08,646 --> 00:35:12,792 But all this while you knew we were looking at you. 605 00:35:13,443 --> 00:35:15,795 You knew there was a federal investigation. 606 00:35:20,408 --> 00:35:23,386 Oh, my God. Keisha. Last night. 607 00:35:24,662 --> 00:35:27,015 This girl got a big old ass. 608 00:35:27,832 --> 00:35:31,144 I call her Bonanza, 'cause she got them wide open spaces. 609 00:35:32,420 --> 00:35:33,808 What the fuck is Bonanza? 610 00:35:33,838 --> 00:35:36,436 Like some show out west, B, I don't know. 611 00:35:36,466 --> 00:35:37,979 My father used to watch that shit. 612 00:35:38,009 --> 00:35:42,739 Yeah, bet. Look, women gonna get you in trouble. 613 00:35:44,015 --> 00:35:47,785 The females is just... You know, who needs an extra complication? 614 00:35:48,853 --> 00:35:50,538 You know the big boys are looking at us. 615 00:35:51,064 --> 00:35:53,995 "Looking at us"? They looking at you. 616 00:35:54,025 --> 00:35:57,337 Jenks said that we was under investigation, and you in particular... 617 00:35:57,946 --> 00:36:00,502 The way you be flashing money, you could be the biggest drug dealer 618 00:36:00,532 --> 00:36:02,175 - in the whole goddamn department. - Fuck you, man. 619 00:36:03,201 --> 00:36:04,589 - Look. - That's some bullshit. 620 00:36:04,619 --> 00:36:05,715 Look, look, 621 00:36:05,745 --> 00:36:08,468 if it is the feds who are on this, the case could go on for years. 622 00:36:08,498 --> 00:36:13,269 What case? This ain't no Pablo Escobar. It's the police. 623 00:36:13,503 --> 00:36:15,725 I'm just saying, you doing a lot of flashing of shit, 624 00:36:15,755 --> 00:36:17,936 - you know, like, silk... - You finished, or you done? 625 00:36:17,966 --> 00:36:21,981 ...silk robes. And you like the king of Zamunda in Anne Arundel County. 626 00:36:22,011 --> 00:36:23,566 If you're gonna get it, you gonna spend it. 627 00:36:23,596 --> 00:36:25,610 I mean, we in Baltimore. It's not Houston, all right? 628 00:36:25,640 --> 00:36:29,869 All right, look here. When the shit ends, it ends. 629 00:36:32,480 --> 00:36:33,957 In the meantime, we keep bangin'. 630 00:36:36,818 --> 00:36:39,253 Yeah. Guess we keep bangin', then. 631 00:36:42,699 --> 00:36:44,170 So, Detective, what you're saying, 632 00:36:44,200 --> 00:36:47,136 everyone in the squad knew they were being investigated. 633 00:36:47,537 --> 00:36:49,884 The way Jenks put it, Ryan Guinn had hipped him 634 00:36:49,914 --> 00:36:52,350 to the fact that y'all were looking into Gondo and Rayam. 635 00:36:54,168 --> 00:36:57,684 Like, Guinn thought Jenkins was clean, and he was just warning him 636 00:36:57,714 --> 00:36:58,982 about Gondo and Rayam. 637 00:36:59,674 --> 00:37:02,105 Still, into the fall of 2016, 638 00:37:02,135 --> 00:37:05,446 the GTTF continued to operate as a rogue unit? 639 00:37:06,180 --> 00:37:07,699 Until Jenkins went on leave. 640 00:37:08,266 --> 00:37:11,577 And then Jenkins went on leave in October. 641 00:37:12,520 --> 00:37:13,830 Yeah, maternity. 642 00:37:14,105 --> 00:37:18,121 Paternity? His... his wife had a baby. 643 00:37:18,151 --> 00:37:20,211 Is Jenkins a family man? 644 00:37:21,696 --> 00:37:22,792 He said. 645 00:37:22,822 --> 00:37:25,795 You know, I mean we all went to titty bars, and watched girls dance, 646 00:37:25,825 --> 00:37:27,005 and stuff, so... 647 00:37:27,035 --> 00:37:30,800 He had stayed married a long time. He... he met his girl in high school. 648 00:37:30,830 --> 00:37:34,016 And they had a crib out in Middle River where Wayne grew up. 649 00:37:34,334 --> 00:37:38,062 So, yeah, he took a couple months off when they had their new kid. 650 00:37:39,172 --> 00:37:42,103 - Singing to him? He loves it. - Bedtime. Yeah. 651 00:37:42,133 --> 00:37:43,646 He had a better day, huh? 652 00:37:43,676 --> 00:37:45,278 Yeah, we went for a walk and everything. 653 00:37:46,846 --> 00:37:48,234 - You gonna come next time? - Yeah. 654 00:37:48,264 --> 00:37:49,782 Jenkins was a proud father. 655 00:37:51,434 --> 00:37:52,994 But he had his other life too. 656 00:37:55,063 --> 00:37:56,159 - Baby's down. - Hey, baby. 657 00:37:56,189 --> 00:37:57,910 I guess I'll make dinner. 658 00:37:57,940 --> 00:37:59,834 You okay if we just boil some pasta tonight? 659 00:38:00,068 --> 00:38:01,289 Baby, you so pretty. 660 00:38:01,319 --> 00:38:02,920 Yeah, gorgeous. 661 00:38:03,196 --> 00:38:05,506 You make whatever you want as long as I get to kiss you later. 662 00:38:06,532 --> 00:38:08,009 You too. Downstairs. In twenty. 663 00:38:08,409 --> 00:38:10,470 - Love you, baby. - Love you. 664 00:38:13,456 --> 00:38:14,849 You kiss my nose? 665 00:38:18,127 --> 00:38:20,771 Jenkins spent time down in Harbor East on his own, 666 00:38:21,923 --> 00:38:23,900 at those fancy hotels there. 667 00:38:25,885 --> 00:38:28,446 He had money, so why not? 668 00:38:30,807 --> 00:38:31,903 Look at you, baby. 669 00:38:31,933 --> 00:38:34,243 He liked those big rooms they had upstairs, too. 670 00:38:36,437 --> 00:38:38,247 He had this one chick on the regular. 671 00:38:39,565 --> 00:38:41,667 Jenkins never really copped to it directly. 672 00:38:42,276 --> 00:38:45,046 You know what they say, "If it's eatin', it ain't cheating." 673 00:38:46,114 --> 00:38:47,627 He wasn't a family man, exactly. 674 00:38:47,657 --> 00:38:48,716 Oh, fuck! 675 00:38:49,033 --> 00:38:50,092 - Get... - More like... 676 00:38:50,368 --> 00:38:51,714 - Fuck. Come on. - ... just a man. 677 00:38:51,744 --> 00:38:53,137 Motherfuck... 678 00:38:59,794 --> 00:39:03,272 What happened with Officer Kostoplis? 679 00:39:03,673 --> 00:39:08,236 K-Stop. Jenkins was grooming that boy, 680 00:39:08,761 --> 00:39:11,739 but it didn't go the way he planned. 681 00:39:13,266 --> 00:39:14,325 Quiet tonight. 682 00:39:15,309 --> 00:39:16,911 This cold keeps the natives indoors. 683 00:39:17,520 --> 00:39:20,665 - Yeah. - Tough to make money on a night like this. 684 00:39:23,860 --> 00:39:24,919 All right. Should be here. 685 00:39:26,571 --> 00:39:27,630 Cut the engine. 686 00:39:32,160 --> 00:39:33,261 Hey, K-Stop. 687 00:39:33,911 --> 00:39:36,097 Why don't you go on and leave your phone in the van, all right? 688 00:39:43,671 --> 00:39:45,815 Don't worry, Danny's not gonna make out with you, man. 689 00:39:52,680 --> 00:39:53,739 This is good. 690 00:39:56,642 --> 00:39:57,702 What's up? 691 00:40:00,521 --> 00:40:02,373 You've been doing a hell of a job, K-Stop. 692 00:40:02,982 --> 00:40:04,250 - Thank you. - Yeah, man. 693 00:40:05,151 --> 00:40:06,210 I just... 694 00:40:06,527 --> 00:40:10,673 I guess, we wanna... yeah, we wanna run a little... little hypothetical by you. 695 00:40:12,033 --> 00:40:14,719 - You know, like, a "What if?" - Right? 696 00:40:16,120 --> 00:40:17,304 - Okay. - Yeah. 697 00:40:18,289 --> 00:40:21,178 Say, we're on an investigation, following a big-time drug dealer. 698 00:40:21,208 --> 00:40:22,513 A real fucking monster, right? 699 00:40:22,543 --> 00:40:25,933 We... Yeah, we get wind on where he's keeping his cash. 700 00:40:25,963 --> 00:40:28,733 And then we actually come upon that cash. 701 00:40:29,926 --> 00:40:34,655 It's right there in front of us, and we just... you know, we take it. 702 00:40:39,143 --> 00:40:40,494 What would you think about that? 703 00:40:47,610 --> 00:40:49,754 I think that's a terrible fucking idea. 704 00:40:51,030 --> 00:40:53,377 You can't have a badge on your chest, do things like that. 705 00:40:53,407 --> 00:40:54,467 We don't do that shit. 706 00:40:57,870 --> 00:40:58,971 We don't. 707 00:41:08,005 --> 00:41:09,143 Hey, man. 708 00:41:09,173 --> 00:41:11,395 - Exactly the answer we're looking for. - There you go. Come on. 709 00:41:11,425 --> 00:41:13,068 Good shit, K-Stop. I like it. 710 00:41:14,553 --> 00:41:15,613 All right. 711 00:41:22,978 --> 00:41:24,914 Let's get something to eat. I wanna go to Matthew's. 712 00:41:25,147 --> 00:41:26,373 You always wanna go there, man. 713 00:41:26,982 --> 00:41:28,579 Yeah, 'cause it's fucking good. 714 00:41:28,609 --> 00:41:30,289 It wasn't too long after that, 715 00:41:30,319 --> 00:41:33,506 Wayne Jenkins transferred K-Stop to a new squad. 716 00:41:35,741 --> 00:41:38,844 Jenkins forgot there was still straight police on the job. 717 00:41:43,624 --> 00:41:44,683 K-Stop. 718 00:41:49,088 --> 00:41:52,107 - These are the attendees? - According to the email we received. 719 00:41:52,508 --> 00:41:55,856 Andre Davis. I know this name, from the Fourth Circuit. 720 00:41:55,886 --> 00:41:58,984 He's been a federal appeals court judge going back to the Clinton years. 721 00:41:59,014 --> 00:42:01,575 Yeah, I hear that Pugh's gonna make him city solicitor. 722 00:42:02,184 --> 00:42:04,912 Now, my impression is that he'll be on our side. 723 00:42:05,312 --> 00:42:08,119 And the police commissioner, he's gonna be an ally, too, 724 00:42:08,149 --> 00:42:09,333 for the most part. 725 00:42:09,984 --> 00:42:13,170 But the two that we have to look out for are Tisha Edwards and Jim Smith. 726 00:42:13,737 --> 00:42:15,297 They both have Mayor Pugh's ear. 727 00:42:15,823 --> 00:42:17,007 We better get over there. 728 00:42:17,575 --> 00:42:20,469 All right. I'm ready. 729 00:42:21,787 --> 00:42:23,843 I'm sure you'll understand with all the hustle and bustle 730 00:42:23,873 --> 00:42:25,427 in my first month in office, 731 00:42:25,457 --> 00:42:27,309 I have to study up on this cassette decree. 732 00:42:28,502 --> 00:42:30,516 I've read it, of course, but I wanna confer with my people 733 00:42:30,546 --> 00:42:31,725 about the details. 734 00:42:31,755 --> 00:42:34,358 We do understand, and we appreciate your attention to this. 735 00:42:34,758 --> 00:42:37,398 But in light of the outcome of the presidential election, 736 00:42:37,428 --> 00:42:41,026 and Trump's impending installation of Jeff Sessions as attorney general... 737 00:42:41,056 --> 00:42:44,155 Simply put, Sessions is not going to support any consent decree anywhere. 738 00:42:44,185 --> 00:42:46,866 We need to get this done before Trump is inaugurated 739 00:42:46,896 --> 00:42:48,372 on January 20th. I agree. 740 00:42:48,647 --> 00:42:50,494 Due to the unforeseen circumstances 741 00:42:50,524 --> 00:42:53,038 of the national election, time is of the essence. 742 00:42:53,068 --> 00:42:54,420 This is not something to rush. 743 00:42:55,487 --> 00:42:59,758 Of course not. But with my team, Jason and Ganesha, 744 00:43:00,075 --> 00:43:04,425 I can iron out the finer points of the decree with Nicole, Vanita Gupta, 745 00:43:04,455 --> 00:43:05,848 and the DOJ. 746 00:43:06,123 --> 00:43:09,430 We do have concerns. But let me be clear, Madam Mayor, 747 00:43:09,460 --> 00:43:13,397 I support this initiative. It's not a cure-all, 748 00:43:13,756 --> 00:43:15,561 but it is a tool for reform. 749 00:43:15,591 --> 00:43:17,151 Mayor Pugh, may I jump in? 750 00:43:17,384 --> 00:43:18,564 Please. 751 00:43:18,594 --> 00:43:20,738 I've looked at what this has cost in other cities. 752 00:43:21,055 --> 00:43:23,319 You're gonna have to hire monitoring teams. 753 00:43:23,349 --> 00:43:25,696 You're gonna have to purchase new equipment, new technologies, 754 00:43:25,726 --> 00:43:28,287 body cameras for all officers on the street. 755 00:43:28,604 --> 00:43:30,492 Are you aware of the expenditure on those items? 756 00:43:30,522 --> 00:43:31,827 The money has to come from somewhere, 757 00:43:31,857 --> 00:43:34,334 or rather, it will be taken from somewhere else. 758 00:43:34,652 --> 00:43:36,045 I'm all for police reform. 759 00:43:36,904 --> 00:43:40,294 But not at the expense of social programs. I'm especially concerned 760 00:43:40,324 --> 00:43:43,547 that this decree could siphon off funds earmarked for young Black boys 761 00:43:43,577 --> 00:43:45,220 who have been historically marginalized here. 762 00:43:45,537 --> 00:43:47,723 That's right. We can't forget about my babies. 763 00:43:47,957 --> 00:43:50,893 No one's suggesting this is an either-or proposition. 764 00:43:51,168 --> 00:43:53,682 The consent decree is designed to protect citizens, 765 00:43:53,712 --> 00:43:55,893 including those young men you're talking about. 766 00:43:55,923 --> 00:43:59,188 But we can't ignore the expense of it. And frankly, 767 00:43:59,218 --> 00:44:01,732 a report is not gonna be a cure for bad leadership 768 00:44:01,762 --> 00:44:04,364 within the department, present company excepted, Chief Davis. 769 00:44:04,682 --> 00:44:07,529 I mean, how many police commissioners have we had in the last ten years? 770 00:44:07,559 --> 00:44:08,619 Three, four? 771 00:44:08,852 --> 00:44:11,371 You can't keep throwing money at a management problem. 772 00:44:11,980 --> 00:44:15,704 These are dollars that would be better spent enticing business interest 773 00:44:15,734 --> 00:44:17,294 and development in Baltimore. 774 00:44:19,154 --> 00:44:20,292 We have to do something. 775 00:44:20,322 --> 00:44:23,921 Well, I would not in good conscience recommend to our mayor 776 00:44:23,951 --> 00:44:26,804 that we increase the police budget to accommodate this decree. 777 00:44:27,162 --> 00:44:29,802 In my opinion, Chief Davis, you're gonna have to find the money 778 00:44:29,832 --> 00:44:31,099 within your existing budget. 779 00:44:31,375 --> 00:44:34,431 And that means making significant cuts to the department 780 00:44:34,461 --> 00:44:36,855 in advance of the decree being implemented. 781 00:44:43,387 --> 00:44:44,691 I wanna know if we're ready. 782 00:44:44,721 --> 00:44:47,491 Well, we can always get more evidence to shore up our case. 783 00:44:47,724 --> 00:44:50,327 I'd really like to see how far up the chain this goes. 784 00:44:50,602 --> 00:44:52,704 We're fighting time here. I'm worried about leaks. 785 00:44:52,980 --> 00:44:54,957 None of the brass know about us. 786 00:44:55,190 --> 00:44:57,292 We've even managed to keep the commissioner out of the loop. 787 00:44:57,776 --> 00:45:00,791 But the fact is, we have enough. We have taped conversations 788 00:45:00,821 --> 00:45:03,001 where the subjects discuss robberies they committed 789 00:45:03,031 --> 00:45:05,384 resulting in the illegal seizure of cash and drugs. 790 00:45:06,034 --> 00:45:09,133 We've recorded jail calls where the inmates talk about being robbed 791 00:45:09,163 --> 00:45:11,139 of drugs and money by those same subjects. 792 00:45:11,915 --> 00:45:13,725 That's enough for a racketeering conspiracy. 793 00:45:13,959 --> 00:45:15,722 Will the victims testify in court? 794 00:45:15,752 --> 00:45:18,642 Not all of them, no. Some of them don't trust us, 795 00:45:18,672 --> 00:45:22,526 and to some, snitching on a cop is still snitching. 796 00:45:22,926 --> 00:45:26,154 But we've got a couple of people that I'm pretty certain will stand up. 797 00:45:27,598 --> 00:45:28,740 What about wire fraud? 798 00:45:29,016 --> 00:45:30,158 Rock solid. 799 00:45:30,767 --> 00:45:32,656 We have multiple conversations on the wire 800 00:45:32,686 --> 00:45:34,830 with massive overtime theft being discussed. 801 00:45:35,272 --> 00:45:37,578 I've used my departmental access to pull their timecards. 802 00:45:37,608 --> 00:45:39,459 It wasn't just others clocking in for 'em. 803 00:45:39,860 --> 00:45:43,672 Taylor was pulling OT when he was in the Dominican Republic. 804 00:45:43,947 --> 00:45:47,171 Jenkins was collecting overtime when he was on... on vacation 805 00:45:47,201 --> 00:45:48,343 with his family in Myrtle Beach. 806 00:45:51,538 --> 00:45:52,597 It's time to go. 807 00:45:53,248 --> 00:45:56,305 We're on the indictments. You handle the logistics of the arrests 808 00:45:56,335 --> 00:45:57,686 and keep us apprised. 809 00:45:58,128 --> 00:46:00,355 And we'll tell the police commissioner at the last moment. 810 00:46:01,840 --> 00:46:02,936 As for the dog and pony, 811 00:46:02,966 --> 00:46:05,230 the US Attorney will wanna be at the podium. 812 00:46:05,260 --> 00:46:06,356 Rosenstein? 813 00:46:06,386 --> 00:46:08,483 Yeah, he's getting bumped up in the Trump administration, 814 00:46:08,513 --> 00:46:10,365 and this will be a nice send-off for him. 815 00:46:11,683 --> 00:46:13,035 - Okay. - All right. 816 00:46:18,565 --> 00:46:23,003 MARCH 1, 2017 817 00:46:46,551 --> 00:46:47,652 Wow. 818 00:46:48,845 --> 00:46:50,447 What is that from? 819 00:46:51,098 --> 00:46:52,657 Debussy's "Prélude." 820 00:46:53,767 --> 00:46:54,993 I feel like I... 821 00:46:55,394 --> 00:46:57,245 heard that on an episode of Star Trek. 822 00:46:59,898 --> 00:47:01,787 You know how to play some... you know, some other stuff? 823 00:47:01,817 --> 00:47:03,001 Classical mostly. 824 00:47:03,485 --> 00:47:04,998 Like Jethro Tull? Aqualung, 825 00:47:05,028 --> 00:47:07,000 I mean that's some classical shit right there, right? 826 00:47:07,030 --> 00:47:09,169 Someday, John, you're gonna surprise me. 827 00:47:09,199 --> 00:47:10,258 Maybe. 828 00:47:11,702 --> 00:47:12,844 You sleep in that shirt? 829 00:47:13,912 --> 00:47:15,722 I don't think I slept at all. You? 830 00:47:16,248 --> 00:47:18,767 Not much. The details kept me up. 831 00:47:19,668 --> 00:47:21,728 So many things can go wrong. 832 00:47:23,004 --> 00:47:25,690 Your people are monitoring the GPS on their phones, right? 833 00:47:26,258 --> 00:47:29,027 Yeah, as of this morning, they're all in the Baltimore area. 834 00:47:29,469 --> 00:47:32,072 And they all got their orders to report to IAD. 835 00:47:32,389 --> 00:47:34,241 They all confirmed their appointments. 836 00:47:37,811 --> 00:47:38,995 Jensen. 837 00:47:39,354 --> 00:47:41,832 Hey. He's on the move. Stand by. 838 00:47:42,399 --> 00:47:43,458 Copy that. 839 00:47:46,653 --> 00:47:48,213 Jenkins just left his house. 840 00:47:48,488 --> 00:47:49,589 Let's go. 841 00:47:50,240 --> 00:47:52,546 BALTIMORE POLICE DEPARTMENT 842 00:47:52,576 --> 00:47:55,090 Look at you, Steve. Getting that good police work in, huh? 843 00:47:55,120 --> 00:47:57,597 You know, committing suicide by cigarette. 844 00:47:58,373 --> 00:48:01,138 - Got a date with IAD? - Yeah, some nuisance shit. 845 00:48:01,168 --> 00:48:02,269 You know, vehicular. 846 00:48:11,428 --> 00:48:12,691 - What's good? - What's up, man? 847 00:48:12,721 --> 00:48:13,780 Passed out. 848 00:48:19,895 --> 00:48:23,331 RESERVED FOR LIEUTENANT 849 00:48:33,825 --> 00:48:36,465 Seven officers from the plainclothes unit 850 00:48:36,495 --> 00:48:39,055 known as the Gun Trace Task Force 851 00:48:39,623 --> 00:48:44,060 have been arrested and charged with racketeering conspiracy 852 00:48:44,419 --> 00:48:47,601 and racketeering-related charges, including robbery, 853 00:48:47,631 --> 00:48:50,525 extortion, and overtime fraud. 854 00:48:51,134 --> 00:48:56,197 These officers have been involved in a pernicious conspiracy scheme 855 00:48:56,473 --> 00:48:58,908 that included abuse of power. 856 00:49:01,228 --> 00:49:02,662 Commissioner Davis. 857 00:49:03,480 --> 00:49:04,659 Commissioner Davis, 858 00:49:04,689 --> 00:49:06,333 in light of these arrests, what are your thoughts 859 00:49:06,566 --> 00:49:08,335 on the deeper implications for the department? 860 00:49:11,238 --> 00:49:14,466 These officers, I have no sympathy for them. 861 00:49:15,075 --> 00:49:18,762 They are like 1930s gangsters as far as I'm concerned. 862 00:49:20,080 --> 00:49:23,553 As for the department, I'll act swiftly and decisively 863 00:49:23,583 --> 00:49:25,226 to address the problem areas. 864 00:49:25,543 --> 00:49:28,225 I'll immediately disband select plainclothes units 865 00:49:28,255 --> 00:49:32,150 and order those officers back into uniformed patrol. 866 00:49:33,760 --> 00:49:36,738 This is the absolute, final dismantling of VCID. 867 00:49:39,891 --> 00:49:44,866 Officers Gondo, Hendrix, Hersl, Jenkins, Rayam, Taylor, and Ward 868 00:49:44,896 --> 00:49:48,036 are now in FBI custody after being arrested this morning... 869 00:49:48,066 --> 00:49:50,038 - Oh, sh... - ...at the Internal Affairs Department 870 00:49:50,068 --> 00:49:51,127 on Kirk Avenue. 871 00:49:51,528 --> 00:49:54,876 Officials say that some of these officers are named in prior complaints... 872 00:49:54,906 --> 00:49:56,711 - Holy shit. - ...have been previously accused 873 00:49:56,741 --> 00:49:59,302 of using excessive force or of other wrongdoing. 874 00:49:59,536 --> 00:50:01,341 - Hey, Sean. - In fact, the city has paid out more... 875 00:50:01,371 --> 00:50:02,968 You used to work with Jenkins, didn't you? 876 00:50:02,998 --> 00:50:05,095 ...than half a million in settlements related to the actions 877 00:50:05,125 --> 00:50:06,972 - of some of these officers. - What was that guy like? 878 00:50:07,002 --> 00:50:09,020 A long-time public defender we spoke with had this to say... 879 00:50:13,550 --> 00:50:15,605 ...accountability issues for many years. 880 00:50:15,635 --> 00:50:18,483 We have worked tirelessly to highlight the issues 881 00:50:18,513 --> 00:50:21,987 on the force, but much of our efforts were ignored by the department. 882 00:50:22,017 --> 00:50:24,447 What message does that send to the criticism... 883 00:50:24,477 --> 00:50:27,867 - You all right, man? - Yeah, I... I just gotta hit the head. 884 00:50:27,897 --> 00:50:30,078 - As recently as late last year... - This is some fucked up shit. 885 00:50:30,108 --> 00:50:31,830 ...Commissioner Davis praised the Gun Trace unit 886 00:50:31,860 --> 00:50:32,998 in a departmental newsletter. 887 00:50:33,028 --> 00:50:36,840 Sergeant Wayne Jenkins was to be seen as an example for getting guns... 888 00:50:38,366 --> 00:50:42,841 The Gun Trace Task Force made more than 110 gun arrests in 2016. 889 00:50:42,871 --> 00:50:45,473 Here's Davis responding at the briefing earlier today. 890 00:50:51,755 --> 00:50:55,061 Why don't you do me a favor, man? Just go and toss the car one more time, 891 00:50:55,091 --> 00:50:56,693 you know, in case we missed something. 892 00:50:59,429 --> 00:51:03,283 Man, you fucking planted that shit. Get off me, man! Y'all cruddy as hell! 893 00:51:08,062 --> 00:51:09,664 Man, you got it now, dawg. 894 00:51:10,523 --> 00:51:12,292 That was some serious police work, man. 895 00:51:15,111 --> 00:51:17,500 ...to describe this rogue plainclothes unit 896 00:51:17,530 --> 00:51:18,960 of the Baltimore Police Department. 897 00:51:18,990 --> 00:51:21,045 - Danny Hersl. - These brazen officers 898 00:51:21,075 --> 00:51:23,798 - allegedly stopped innocent victims... - Our poster boy got caught up in this. 899 00:51:23,828 --> 00:51:26,306 ...without cause, robbing them of large quantities of cash and guns. 900 00:51:26,790 --> 00:51:28,474 The defendants are accused of racketeering. 901 00:52:04,327 --> 00:52:07,258 The way I was raised, there wasn't any way I wasn't gonna be a lawyer. 902 00:52:07,288 --> 00:52:08,723 Oh, I know how that works. 903 00:52:09,332 --> 00:52:11,179 Your father was a... He was a judge, right? 904 00:52:11,209 --> 00:52:12,560 US District Court. 905 00:52:13,253 --> 00:52:15,688 So, I guess it was preordained that you would go into law. 906 00:52:16,089 --> 00:52:18,561 I have a sibling named James, and he had no interest 907 00:52:18,591 --> 00:52:19,896 in going to college. 908 00:52:19,926 --> 00:52:22,403 So someone in our house was going to law school. 909 00:52:22,971 --> 00:52:24,030 Fell on me. 910 00:52:24,347 --> 00:52:25,485 Got it. 911 00:52:25,515 --> 00:52:28,363 But I... I made a wrong turn for a while. 912 00:52:28,393 --> 00:52:29,530 How so? 913 00:52:29,560 --> 00:52:33,117 Well, early on, I was a Trial Team AUSA in DC, 914 00:52:33,147 --> 00:52:35,124 prosecuting mostly drug cases. 915 00:52:36,067 --> 00:52:38,252 And it got to me. 916 00:52:39,404 --> 00:52:42,715 Day in, day out, in courtrooms, sending young Black men to prison. 917 00:52:44,409 --> 00:52:47,131 But I guess, I needed to go through that to make the next step, 918 00:52:47,161 --> 00:52:48,346 and pivot to Civil Rights, so... 919 00:52:48,830 --> 00:52:50,093 You grew up in D.C.? 920 00:52:50,123 --> 00:52:55,098 Outside the city. Bethesda. It's high-income, mostly White. 921 00:52:55,128 --> 00:52:58,606 You know, not a very diverse area to say the least. 922 00:53:00,216 --> 00:53:04,357 My parents knew we'd lose a little something growing up there, 923 00:53:04,387 --> 00:53:06,943 but they figured the benefits outweighed the bad, 924 00:53:06,973 --> 00:53:08,491 and they were right. 925 00:53:09,350 --> 00:53:11,035 I have been very fortunate. 926 00:53:12,270 --> 00:53:17,208 You know, my kid brother, he got a... a lot worse than I ever did. 927 00:53:18,151 --> 00:53:19,414 He's a tile man. 928 00:53:19,444 --> 00:53:21,504 He does high-end bathrooms. A real craftsman. 929 00:53:21,863 --> 00:53:24,711 So, you know, he has his hair braided. He wears workman's clothes, 930 00:53:24,741 --> 00:53:25,920 jeans, hoodies. 931 00:53:25,950 --> 00:53:29,340 When he was in his teens, he'd be standing outside our house, 932 00:53:29,370 --> 00:53:33,845 and this happened more than once, the Montgomery County Police would stop 933 00:53:33,875 --> 00:53:35,935 and ask him, "What are you doing here?" 934 00:53:36,919 --> 00:53:39,434 He'd point back at the house that we grew up in, 935 00:53:39,464 --> 00:53:40,898 and he'd say, "I live here." 936 00:53:43,301 --> 00:53:44,819 They couldn't see a Bethesda kid. 937 00:53:46,637 --> 00:53:49,282 When they looked at James, all they could see was a nigger. 938 00:53:53,102 --> 00:53:55,533 Yeah. Yeah, I get that. 939 00:53:55,563 --> 00:53:58,749 One time, he was coming home from work, driving down our street, 940 00:53:59,317 --> 00:54:02,169 and a couple cop cars followed him into our driveway. 941 00:54:03,279 --> 00:54:06,753 When James got out of the car, I don't know, maybe he got out too fast, 942 00:54:06,783 --> 00:54:08,301 but they cuffed him. 943 00:54:08,743 --> 00:54:10,590 Said that he made a threatening move. 944 00:54:10,620 --> 00:54:13,509 And on the report, to justify the stop, they lied. 945 00:54:13,539 --> 00:54:15,683 They said that he was speeding down our street. 946 00:54:16,042 --> 00:54:18,769 All he was saying was, "Why are you doing me like this? 947 00:54:19,504 --> 00:54:22,560 I just worked a 12-hour day, and all I was doing 948 00:54:22,590 --> 00:54:24,275 was driving to my house." 949 00:54:25,885 --> 00:54:28,112 I came outside, and so did my father. 950 00:54:28,846 --> 00:54:31,736 And there was a Black cop, and he wouldn't answer 951 00:54:31,766 --> 00:54:34,697 any of our questions. And the other cop, the one who cuffed him, 952 00:54:34,727 --> 00:54:36,037 the White dude, 953 00:54:37,188 --> 00:54:38,289 he threatened my dad. 954 00:54:39,524 --> 00:54:42,668 And it was all for nothing. None of the cops showed up in court. 955 00:54:45,029 --> 00:54:46,422 The damage was done. 956 00:54:48,866 --> 00:54:50,176 Where's your brother now? 957 00:54:51,118 --> 00:54:54,889 After that last incident, he moved to Atlanta. 958 00:54:57,250 --> 00:54:58,601 I don't hate the police, 959 00:54:58,876 --> 00:55:02,188 but it's fair to say that my brother has no love for them at all, 960 00:55:02,838 --> 00:55:04,231 and never will. 961 00:55:07,843 --> 00:55:10,691 I don't know if what we're doing is gonna change a thing, Ahmed. 962 00:55:10,721 --> 00:55:11,822 But shit... 963 00:55:18,479 --> 00:55:19,580 You ready for another? 964 00:55:20,982 --> 00:55:23,626 I gotta go home. We have work to do.