WEBVTT - Bad Cops | 5. The Takedown

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<v Speaker 2>Previously on Bad Cops, an elite unit of police officers

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<v Speaker 2>has gone rogue in the city of Baltimore. They're called

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<v Speaker 2>the Gun Trace Task Force and their leader is Sergeant

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<v Speaker 2>Wayne Jenkins. Their job is to get illegal guns off

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<v Speaker 2>the streets, but they've also been planting evidence, framing people

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<v Speaker 2>stealing money and drugs.

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<v Speaker 3>I was robbed bow Baltimore City Police, you know, rob

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<v Speaker 3>with gun on robbery.

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<v Speaker 2>FBI Special Agent Erica Jensen has been on their tail

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<v Speaker 2>for months. In an attempt to catch them red handed.

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<v Speaker 2>She set a trap a motor home stuffed full of cash.

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<v Speaker 2>She was hoping the cops would steal the money, but

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<v Speaker 2>they didn't fall for it. They seemed to smell a

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<v Speaker 2>rat and Agent Jensen was forced to pull the plug.

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<v Speaker 4>I knew if we got discovered that we might lose

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<v Speaker 4>the whole case. Ole case, my fall apart.

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<v Speaker 2>But despite her disappointment, Agent Jensen can now see just

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<v Speaker 2>how jumpy these officers in the unit have become. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>Jessica Lewson Hopp, and you're listening to Bad Cops on

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<v Speaker 2>the BBC World Service. The True Story of Baltimore's Gun

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<v Speaker 2>Trace Task Force, Part five, The Takedown. FBI Agent Erica

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<v Speaker 2>Jensen has been investigating the Gun Trace Task Force, an

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<v Speaker 2>elite plain clothes unit of the Baltimore Police Department that

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<v Speaker 2>she knows is deeply corrupt. On wire taps, She's heard

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<v Speaker 2>them talking about how they might be under investigation, and

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<v Speaker 2>as their suspicions grow, Agent Jensen has to tread carefully.

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<v Speaker 2>She's still got the wire tap running on one of

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<v Speaker 2>the cops cell phones, and she's hearing the task Force

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<v Speaker 2>officers say a lot of stuff that they shouldn't be.

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<v Speaker 2>That's Sergeant Wayne Jenkins, leader of the Gun Trace Task Force,

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<v Speaker 2>calling one of his officers, Detective Mama du Gondo got

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<v Speaker 2>the package. We got the package? Gondo means the guy

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<v Speaker 2>he's got handcuffed in the backseat of his car. Earlier

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<v Speaker 2>that evening, Gondo and his partner Jamel Raham were secretly

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<v Speaker 2>watching the man and his wife as they shopped for

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<v Speaker 2>blinds at a home depot in northwest Baltimore. The couple

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<v Speaker 2>were on their way home when the task force officers

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<v Speaker 2>stopped them.

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<v Speaker 4>Okay, hey, lodge anything.

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<v Speaker 2>At all well, Jenkins tells Gondo He's on his way,

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<v Speaker 2>and then down.

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<v Speaker 4>You got a way for the US attorneys would be like, hey,

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<v Speaker 4>how were you? We got on a bargain a potis

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<v Speaker 4>and they got introduced me at the US attorney.

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<v Speaker 5>I got you by don You guys got talking.

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<v Speaker 2>When I get there, introduce me as the US attorney.

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<v Speaker 2>That's another Jenkins ploy, claiming to be a prosecutor or

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<v Speaker 2>a DEA agent. The idea is to intimidate a suspect,

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<v Speaker 2>make them think they're in much bigger trouble than they

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<v Speaker 2>really are, and using this tactic, Jenkins is planning to

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<v Speaker 2>lean on the guy handcuffed along with his wife in

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<v Speaker 2>the back of Gondo's car. His name's Ronald Hamilton, and

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<v Speaker 2>the unit's been why for a while. He served time

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<v Speaker 2>for drug dealing and he's been out of prison a

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<v Speaker 2>couple of years. But according to an informant, Ronald Hamilton

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<v Speaker 2>is back dealing drugs and if he is, he could

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<v Speaker 2>be what Jenkins calls a monster, a big time dealer

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<v Speaker 2>sitting on a pile of cash and drugs, the perfect

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<v Speaker 2>target for the unit to rip off. When Jenkins arrives

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<v Speaker 2>minutes later, he grills Hamilton, but the whole US attorney

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<v Speaker 2>act it doesn't work. Hamilton is adamant he doesn't sell

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<v Speaker 2>drugs anymore. He sells used cars, and he's got the

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<v Speaker 2>receipts to prove it. Jenkins doesn't believe him, so he

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<v Speaker 2>sticks the Hamilton's in the backseat of his car and

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<v Speaker 2>the whole unit heads for their house in the suburbs.

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<v Speaker 2>When they arrive, they find the Hamilton's children in the house.

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<v Speaker 2>They order them out, then Jenkins and his officers go inside.

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<v Speaker 2>In a bedroom, they find seventy thousand dollars in cash,

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<v Speaker 2>and they take twenty thousand dollars of it. They also

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<v Speaker 2>pocket a super high end wristwatch, but they found nothing illegal.

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<v Speaker 2>Rayam walks out the front door with the twenty thousand

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<v Speaker 2>in a bag and slips Hamilton his business card. Hamilton

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<v Speaker 2>is flabbergasted, and later, once he discovers his money is missing,

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<v Speaker 2>he texts Ram, you robbed me. A few hours later,

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<v Speaker 2>Ram realizes he's also missing some of Hamilton's money, he's

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<v Speaker 2>just counted it and they're three thousand dollars short. So

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<v Speaker 2>he calls his partner and buddy, Mama du gondo, Yo,

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<v Speaker 2>we'll talk. I don't count no negative.

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<v Speaker 5>I'll come on. Man, Hey, I'm accounting.

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<v Speaker 3>I'll never let you know me.

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<v Speaker 2>Hey.

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<v Speaker 6>Well, well, I'm just let you know.

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<v Speaker 4>It's a mistake that money.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm letting you know it.

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<v Speaker 5>Man, I'm in the car. All.

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<v Speaker 2>I haven't got no reason, lot man, let you know.

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<v Speaker 2>This is something Agent Jensen hasn't heard before. It seems

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<v Speaker 2>the task Force officers now can't even trust each other.

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<v Speaker 4>Someone skimmed some money off the top of that twenty

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<v Speaker 4>thousand dollars and it just wasn't how we thought that

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<v Speaker 4>they were with each other, Like they wouldn't have taken

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<v Speaker 4>money from each other like that, because when they go

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<v Speaker 4>to split it now, the split is less.

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<v Speaker 2>FBI Special Agent Jensen has been piecing together the crimes

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<v Speaker 2>of the gun traced Task Force from wire taps, but

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<v Speaker 2>also from listening to the jail calls of people the

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<v Speaker 2>unit's been arresting. She's hoping to identify victims without approaching

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<v Speaker 2>them directly, as another precaution against leaks, but despite Jensen's

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<v Speaker 2>best efforts, there's a suspicion creeping through the squad a

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<v Speaker 2>few that they're being watched, and it's around this time

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<v Speaker 2>that the unit's leader, Sergeant Wayne Jenkins, steps away. He

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<v Speaker 2>takes three months of paternity leave. It's good timing for Jenkins.

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<v Speaker 2>It gives him an opportunity to let things cool off,

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<v Speaker 2>and without him, the rest of the crew seems to

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<v Speaker 2>slow down. The kind of criminal activity Agent Jensen is

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<v Speaker 2>used to hearing almost stops. She knows there's no point

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<v Speaker 2>in waiting any longer. It's time to pull the trigger.

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<v Speaker 2>It's also now time, finally to brief the Baltimore Police

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<v Speaker 2>Department's top brass on what their Golden Boys have really

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<v Speaker 2>been up to and to start plotting their takedown. Arresting

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<v Speaker 2>police officers is a potentially deadly task. Agent Jensen doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>know what the officers might be capable of. If they're

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<v Speaker 2>backed into a corner, they're armed, and they've all got

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<v Speaker 2>a lot to lose. What if they try to make

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<v Speaker 2>a run for it, or turn their weapons on themselves

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<v Speaker 2>or even on others.

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<v Speaker 4>We were concerned about things like suicide by police or

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<v Speaker 4>other reactions.

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<v Speaker 2>Age Jensen is hoping she can avoid the worst case scenario. So,

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<v Speaker 2>working with the Baltimore Police Department leadership for the first time,

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<v Speaker 2>they come up with a ruse. Soon after Wayne Jenkins

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<v Speaker 2>is back from paternity leave, he gets a call. It's

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<v Speaker 2>from the Department of Internal Affairs, the division of the

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<v Speaker 2>Baltimore Police Department that investigates its own officers. He's told

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<v Speaker 2>there's a complaint against him. It's something trivial, nothing to

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<v Speaker 2>worry about. They've found some damage on one of the

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<v Speaker 2>unmarked cars he's been using. They just need Jenkins and

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<v Speaker 2>the rest of his unit to give an explanation for

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<v Speaker 2>the damage so they can close the case. He'll be

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<v Speaker 2>motivated to sort it out. He's been gunning for promotion

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<v Speaker 2>to lieutenant and he won't get it with a complaint

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<v Speaker 2>hanging over him. But it's a trap. It's early morning,

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<v Speaker 2>March first, twenty seventeen. The sky is still pitch black

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<v Speaker 2>when the FBI swat team sneaks into Internal Affairs headquarters.

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<v Speaker 2>This is it the day FBI Special Agent Erica Jensen

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<v Speaker 2>and her team have been working towards all these months.

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<v Speaker 2>It's also one of the most precarious moments the whole investigation.

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<v Speaker 2>She's nervous, worried that the task force officers might scent something.

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<v Speaker 4>I don't know that we all thought everyone would show up,

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<v Speaker 4>but we were certainly concerned that.

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<v Speaker 2>They had advanced notice. To her frustration, Erica is not

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<v Speaker 2>where the action is.

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<v Speaker 4>My role was to be at the command post. It's

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<v Speaker 4>not the most desirable place to be, but that's where

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<v Speaker 4>the case agent ends up.

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<v Speaker 2>She's at the FBI base outside the city, monitoring all

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<v Speaker 2>the moving parts of the operation, feeding information back to

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<v Speaker 2>her colleagues at the Internal Affairs building. It's eight forty five.

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<v Speaker 2>Wayne Jenkins pulls into the Internal Affairs parking lot. He's

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<v Speaker 2>right on time. He enters the lobby, checks his gun.

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<v Speaker 2>He's then escorted to the elevator, where he takes it

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<v Speaker 2>up to the second floor. The door's open. Before he

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<v Speaker 2>can even take a step, he's met by the site

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<v Speaker 2>of a heavily armed FBI SWAT team. They scream at

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<v Speaker 2>him to get his hands up and handcuff him. He's

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<v Speaker 2>hauled off into a side room. Sergeant Wayne Jenkins, leader

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<v Speaker 2>of the Gun Trace Task Force, is now in custody.

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<v Speaker 2>Detective Jamel Raam is the next to arrive. He enters

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<v Speaker 2>the lobby, checks his weapon, and goes up to the

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<v Speaker 2>second floor. One after the other, the officers are taken down.

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<v Speaker 2>Detective Mama Dugondo arrives last. He's almost forty minutes late.

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<v Speaker 2>He strolls into the building dressed in a crisp maroon shirt.

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<v Speaker 2>He checks in his gun and enters the elevator. Seven

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<v Speaker 2>officers from the Elite Gun Trace Task Force, one of

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<v Speaker 2>the crown jewels of the Baltimore Police Department, are now

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<v Speaker 2>in custody, held in separate rooms, but at the FBI

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<v Speaker 2>command post outside the city, Agent Jensen doesn't feel like

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<v Speaker 2>it's a time to celebrate.

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<v Speaker 4>You know, you're relieved that all of them showed up,

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<v Speaker 4>but then we still had lots more.

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<v Speaker 2>Work ahead of us. With her at the command post

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<v Speaker 2>is the Baltimore Police Department's top cop, Commissioner Kevin Davis.

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<v Speaker 2>He's been watching the operation unfold alongside her. With all

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<v Speaker 2>of the unit now under arrest, Commissioner Davis makes his

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<v Speaker 2>way to the Internal Affairs building.

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<v Speaker 6>I told the FBI that I want us to look

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<v Speaker 6>each and every one of these guys INBI. I wanted

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<v Speaker 6>them to see the discussed and disappointment and frankly that

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<v Speaker 6>anger and outrage on my face.

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<v Speaker 2>He goes from room to room say nothing. The officers

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<v Speaker 2>either drop their eyes or look away. Finally he gets

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<v Speaker 2>to the room where Sergeant Wayne Jenkins is being held.

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<v Speaker 2>It's less than a year since he awarded Jenkins the

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<v Speaker 2>Bronze Star for bravery.

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<v Speaker 3>I'll never forget it.

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<v Speaker 5>He's a big guy.

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<v Speaker 6>So they used two sets of handcuffs, and I remember

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<v Speaker 6>taking two or three steps into the room. I was

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<v Speaker 6>probably five or six feet away from Wayne Jenkins, and

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<v Speaker 6>I stared at him right in the eye. And he

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<v Speaker 6>didn't do what the other detectives did. He didn't look away,

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<v Speaker 6>he didn't look at his feet. He looked right back

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<v Speaker 6>at me, raighting in my eyes, right through me, as

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<v Speaker 6>if to say fu.

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<v Speaker 2>Now to a shocking corruption scandal in Baltimore. Seven police

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<v Speaker 2>officers indicted on federal One sergeant.

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<v Speaker 6>And six detectives, all at some point assigned to the

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<v Speaker 6>department's Gun Trace Task Force, aren't handcuffs today.

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<v Speaker 2>They were arrested and photographed by the police department before

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<v Speaker 2>taken to federal court. This case started a year ago

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<v Speaker 2>after digging into a separate drug conspiracy investigation involving one

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<v Speaker 2>of those accused officers.

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<v Speaker 3>Turns out that was just the tip of this criminalizedburt They.

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<v Speaker 2>Were even wired tapped by the FBI.

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<v Speaker 4>The US attorney involved is calling this a major abuse

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<v Speaker 4>of power. This kind of conduct by police officers.

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<v Speaker 2>Tarnishes the reputation of all police officers.

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<v Speaker 4>Commissioner Kevin Davis calls them the lowest of the low.

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<v Speaker 6>These officers, they're nineteen thirty style gangsters as far as

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<v Speaker 6>I'm concerned.

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<v Speaker 2>At the time the news breaks, Gary Brown is sitting

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<v Speaker 2>at home watching TV. It's been eight years since he

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<v Speaker 2>went to Internal Affairs to complain that he'd been robbed

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<v Speaker 2>by a bunch of cops, one of them Detective Jamel

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<v Speaker 2>Ram from the Gun Trace Task Force. Now, eight years later,

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<v Speaker 2>he's watching the news and learning that the same cop

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<v Speaker 2>that robbed him has been arrested.

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<v Speaker 3>And his face popped up and I said, that's him,

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<v Speaker 3>That's the guy that took my money. You know, you're

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<v Speaker 3>telling people that the police took some money from you.

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<v Speaker 3>They likee man, you talking on the side of yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, nobody you know believe me. You know, this

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<v Speaker 3>guy was working under Ball City for yeas.

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<v Speaker 2>Nearly two thousand kilometers away in Oklahoma, a man named

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<v Speaker 2>Umar Burley is also watching TV sitting in the wreck

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<v Speaker 2>room of a federal prison. He's serving a fifteen year

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<v Speaker 2>sentence after he was arrested by Sergeant Wayne Jenkins. When

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<v Speaker 2>the news flashes up on the screen, Burley, or Little

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<v Speaker 2>Baltimore as he's known inside, isn't really paying attention until

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<v Speaker 2>the other inmates call him over.

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<v Speaker 5>The guys in there, said, Lord Baltimore, a bunch of

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<v Speaker 5>police officers from the Task Force just got arrested for

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<v Speaker 5>doing a lot of crazy stuff. You should check that out.

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<v Speaker 2>On the screen, he sees the man who helped put

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<v Speaker 2>him away. Burley tries not to get his hopes up.

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<v Speaker 2>He's told his story about Jenkins many times, but no

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<v Speaker 2>one has ever believed him.

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<v Speaker 5>I didn't want to get to you excited because this

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<v Speaker 5>thing and going on for a while, and I didn't

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<v Speaker 5>know if he is real or not.

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<v Speaker 2>Until he was shipped off to a federal prison. Umar

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<v Speaker 2>Burley spent his whole life in Baltimore.

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<v Speaker 5>At first, I was an all A student, and then

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<v Speaker 5>I would say it was my high school years. Street

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<v Speaker 5>and Florence became a bigger part of my life. The

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<v Speaker 5>girls trying to be the popular guy. So I began

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<v Speaker 5>to hang with the brown crowd, and I began to

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<v Speaker 5>cut school and get into other things, and that's when

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<v Speaker 5>it all started.

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<v Speaker 2>Burley says he got caught up in a drug case

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<v Speaker 2>involving his uncle and spent years in juvenile detention. As

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<v Speaker 2>an adult, he got deeper into the drug game and

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<v Speaker 2>was arrested multiple times. But it was an incident in

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<v Speaker 2>April twenty ten that would land Umar Burley in federal prison.

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<v Speaker 2>He was sitting in his car with his cousin when

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<v Speaker 2>an unmarked car pulled up in front of him, and

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<v Speaker 2>then a second vehicle tried to block him in. Behind

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<v Speaker 2>the wheel of one of the cars was Wayne Jenkins.

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<v Speaker 2>The officers jumped out of guns drawn. Burley insists he

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<v Speaker 2>had no idea they were cops.

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<v Speaker 5>I didn't know who it was. I panicked and I

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<v Speaker 5>just took off.

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<v Speaker 2>And the other two cars gave chase. He was flying

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<v Speaker 2>through a stop sign when at the last second he

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<v Speaker 2>saw another car pull into his path.

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<v Speaker 5>So I tries to turn away from the car, and

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<v Speaker 5>the car actually turned the same way I'm turning, so boom.

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<v Speaker 2>The other driver was eighty six year old Albert Davis

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<v Speaker 2>on his way home from visiting one of his children.

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<v Speaker 2>His wife was sitting alongside him. Albert Davis was killed

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<v Speaker 2>and his wife was badly injured. The paramedics were trying

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<v Speaker 2>to save the couple. Wayne Jenkins and the other officers

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<v Speaker 2>at the scene were busy searching the wreckage of Burley's car.

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<v Speaker 2>They pulled out thirty two grams of heroin and.

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<v Speaker 5>I was like, man, I had thirty two grands or

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<v Speaker 5>nothing in my car. I didn't have anything in my car.

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<v Speaker 2>From the moment he was arrested, Umer Burley insisted the

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<v Speaker 2>drugs were not his. They were planted. But that's the

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<v Speaker 2>kind of story that gets little sympathy from prosecutors. They've

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<v Speaker 2>heard it a thousand times before. Burley had no proof,

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<v Speaker 2>and he was a repeat offender who had just killed

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<v Speaker 2>someone while trying to outrun the cops. The best option,

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<v Speaker 2>the prosecutor told him, was to plead guilty and hope

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<v Speaker 2>for a short sentence. If he pled not guilty at

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<v Speaker 2>trial and lost, he might spend the rest of his

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<v Speaker 2>life behind bars.

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<v Speaker 5>She said, you will be old and great, probably not

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<v Speaker 5>even able to walk before you get out if you.

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<v Speaker 2>Come up so Umar Burley pled guilty to manslaughter and

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<v Speaker 2>drug charges. He was sentenced to fifteen years in federal prison.

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<v Speaker 2>What was it like to say that, To have to

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<v Speaker 2>stand in front of a courtroom and say that you

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<v Speaker 2>did those things?

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<v Speaker 5>It was hard, but it was a muss because I

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<v Speaker 5>know if I didn't do it, then I would never

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<v Speaker 5>see the light of day. You know, I would never

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<v Speaker 5>walk the streets again, So you know what I mean.

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<v Speaker 5>It was a hurtful and a painful thing, but I

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<v Speaker 5>knew there was nothing I could do and no one

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<v Speaker 5>to help me to get out of it.

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<v Speaker 2>With the officers from the Gun Tray's Task Force now

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<v Speaker 2>in custody, the work for investigators and prosecutors is only

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<v Speaker 2>just getting started. Similar cases in the past collapsed because

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<v Speaker 2>the officers simply stuck together, refusing to admit anything. And

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<v Speaker 2>that's what some of the Task Force officers vow to

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<v Speaker 2>do that first night after their arrest, locked up together

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<v Speaker 2>in a jail outside Baltimore City. But as they learn

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<v Speaker 2>just how much evidence the prosecution has against them, some

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<v Speaker 2>of the officers begin to crack and they start cooperating.

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<v Speaker 2>They meet with federal prosecutors, offering up any information they

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<v Speaker 2>think might help them get more favorable treatment, and one

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<v Speaker 2>of the first stories offered up is about a car crash,

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<v Speaker 2>the death of an elderly driver, and thirty two grams

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<v Speaker 2>of planted heroin. Six months after Burley saw Wayne Jenkins's

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<v Speaker 2>face on the prison TV, prosecutors pay him a visit.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not the kind of meeting he's expecting. When they

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<v Speaker 2>walk in, they tell him right away, we believe you.

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<v Speaker 5>We already know that the drugs is planning in your car,

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<v Speaker 5>and all we want you to do is tell your

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<v Speaker 5>side of what happened.

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<v Speaker 2>But even as his former crew is turning against him,

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<v Speaker 2>Wayne Jenkins denies that he was the one who planted

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<v Speaker 2>the drugs in Burley's car that day, So the prosecutors

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<v Speaker 2>reach out to the other cops at the scene of

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<v Speaker 2>the fatal accident. One of them is a homicide detective,

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<v Speaker 2>Sean Suitor. At the time of the Burley crash in

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<v Speaker 2>twenty ten, Suitor was a plain closed drug detective like Jenkins.

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<v Speaker 2>Then he'd gone over to homicide, where he gained a

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<v Speaker 2>pretty stellar reputation. Defense lawyers and even drug dealers say

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<v Speaker 2>he was respectful, trustworthy, the kind of cop who didn't

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<v Speaker 2>harass the neighborhood kids for no reason. He seemed to

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<v Speaker 2>genuinely care about his job. The FBI reaches out to Suitor.

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<v Speaker 2>They ask him to testify about what he knows in

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<v Speaker 2>the Umar Burley case. But within a month, Shawn Suitor

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<v Speaker 2>will be dead, shot with his own weapon in a

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<v Speaker 2>dusty vacant lot in West Baltimore.

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<v Speaker 1>He was killed the day before he was scheduled to

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<v Speaker 1>testify in a case against indicted Baltimore officers.

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<v Speaker 2>The revelation sends the city of Baltimore into a frenzy

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<v Speaker 2>of rumor and speculation.

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<v Speaker 6>We killed Detective Shawn Suitor remains an open question for police,

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<v Speaker 6>prosecutors and the medical examiner.

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<v Speaker 2>Was the timing of Shawn Suter's death a coincidence? Was

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<v Speaker 2>someone trying to stop him from testifying?

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<v Speaker 4>Or was this.

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<v Speaker 2>Tragedy something else altogether? That's next time You've been listening

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<v Speaker 2>to Bad Cops on the BBC World Service with me

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<v Speaker 2>Jessica Lawson Hoot. The program was mixed by Neil Churchill

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<v Speaker 2>additional mixing by James Beard. The producer is Ben Crichton

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<v Speaker 2>and the editor is Richard.

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<v Speaker 1>If you're enjoying Bad Cops, make sure to check out

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<v Speaker 1>Season one of The Burden, you'll meet the greatest detective

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<v Speaker 1>in Brooklyn history. He takes on the worst criminals until

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<v Speaker 1>one day, the criminals take him on.