While they were at it, they also piled up a ridiculous amount of overtime, usually without actually working.īy 2019, eight of the unit’s nine members had been convicted on racketeering and related charges, mostly robbery and overtime fraud. They planted evidence, initiated reckless car chases (one of which turned out to be fatal), and shot at unarmed suspects.
The men of the GTTF stole cash, guns, drugs, jewelry and other valuables from drug dealers, but also from people they pulled over during traffic stops or cornered on the street in searches that were anything but routine. The elite plainclothes unit was formed in the mid 2000s to get guns and violent criminals off the street, but the unit quickly devolved into a haven for cops of the very bad variety. Adapted from Justin Fenton’s 2021 book, “We Own This City: A True Story of Crime, Cops, and Corruption,” this six-episode limited series follows the law-breaking, head-bashing exploits of the real-life members of Baltimore PD’s deeply dishonest Gun Trace Task Force.
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