WEBVTT - Bad Cops | 6. The Fallout

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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 weapons off

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<v Speaker 2>the streets, but these officers have also been stealing money

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<v Speaker 2>and drugs, planting evidence, and framing people. The FBI has

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<v Speaker 2>been on their tail for months, using secret wiretaps to

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<v Speaker 2>build their case against the squad. A federal swat team

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<v Speaker 2>finally arrests the officers in an elaborate takedown with the

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<v Speaker 2>Baltimore Police Department.

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<v Speaker 3>I was probably five or six feet away from Wayne Jenkins,

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<v Speaker 3>and I stared at him right in the eye, and

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<v Speaker 3>he looked right back at me, right through me, as

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<v Speaker 3>if to say f U.

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<v Speaker 2>As news of the arrest spreads, some of the victims

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<v Speaker 2>of the task Force catch it on TV.

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<v Speaker 1>His face popped up and I say that's him.

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<v Speaker 4>That's the guy that took my money.

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<v Speaker 5>You know, this guy was working on the Baltimore City

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<v Speaker 5>for yeas nobody.

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<v Speaker 6>You don't believe me.

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<v Speaker 2>And as the cops start turning on each other, the

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<v Speaker 2>prosecution learns of an incident years earlier when heroin was

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<v Speaker 2>planted in a man's car. Another officer is set to

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<v Speaker 2>testify about what really happened that day, but he's found

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<v Speaker 2>shot to death in a West Baltimore alley. There's a

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<v Speaker 2>frenzy of speculation he.

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

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

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<v Speaker 2>I'm Jessica Lewson and this is Bad Cops from the

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

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<v Speaker 2>Task Force, Part six, The Fallout. It's November fifteenth, twenty seventeen,

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<v Speaker 2>hours before he's shot. Detective Sean Suitor and his partner

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<v Speaker 2>are out driving in an area of West Baltimore. Suddenly,

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<v Speaker 2>Suitor tells his partner to pull over. He's just seen

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<v Speaker 2>a suspicious looking man in a black and white jacket

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<v Speaker 2>loitering near an alleyway and he wants to check him out.

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<v Speaker 2>He tells his colleague to circle around to the other

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<v Speaker 2>end of the alley to see if they can flush

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<v Speaker 2>him out. They split up. As the partner's walking around

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<v Speaker 2>the block, he hears Suitor shouting stop police, then three gunshots.

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<v Speaker 7>Signal thirteen.

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<v Speaker 4>Signal thirteen, all reporting as a partner got shot.

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<v Speaker 2>Police backup quickly arrives, but it's a chaotic scene.

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<v Speaker 8>We do not know where he shot cap We had

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<v Speaker 8>a lot of vague locations.

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<v Speaker 2>Detective Suitor is found face down in a dusty, vacant

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<v Speaker 2>lot with a single gunshot wound to the head. He's

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<v Speaker 2>rushed to the hospital, but it's too late.

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<v Speaker 3>Good afternoon, just after noon today, eighteen year veteran homicide

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<v Speaker 3>detective Sean Suiter was pronounced dead, forty three years old, married.

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<v Speaker 2>There's no video of the suspect, only a vague description

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<v Speaker 2>from police Commissioner Kevin Davis.

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<v Speaker 3>He is only described as an adult African American male

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<v Speaker 3>wearing a black jacket with a white stripe on the

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<v Speaker 3>black jacket.

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<v Speaker 2>The police response is overwhelming. They flood the area with cops.

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<v Speaker 2>They block off all the streets. Residents are even barred

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<v Speaker 2>from returning to their own homes. Suitor had been set

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<v Speaker 2>to testify before a grand jury about Sergeant Wayne Jenkins,

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<v Speaker 2>the leader of the Gun Trace Task Force. He was

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<v Speaker 2>due to give his account of a fatal car crash

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<v Speaker 2>involving Jenkins seven years before, an elderly man named Elbert

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<v Speaker 2>Davis was killed and another driver was sent to prison

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<v Speaker 2>over thirty two grams of heroin found in his car

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<v Speaker 2>at the scene of the wreck. That driver, Umar Burley,

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<v Speaker 2>always insisted Jenkins and his crew planted the heroine, and

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<v Speaker 2>now that Jenkins and the rest of the task force

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<v Speaker 2>had been arrested, prosecutors believe him. But there's an argument

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<v Speaker 2>about who planted those drugs, Was it Jenkins or one

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<v Speaker 2>of the other detectives at the scene that day. One

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<v Speaker 2>of them was Detective Sean Suitor. Appearance in front of

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<v Speaker 2>the grand jury was meant to determine what really happened,

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<v Speaker 2>but Suitor never makes it to the grand jury. No

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<v Speaker 2>one we'll ever hear what he was going to say.

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<v Speaker 2>The city of Baltimore is gripped with conspiracy theories. There

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<v Speaker 2>are even claims this was a professional hit that someone

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<v Speaker 2>in the police department wanted Suitor silenced. But details trickling

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<v Speaker 2>out of the investigation into his death begin to paint

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<v Speaker 2>a more complicated picture. Despite a massive manhunt, the suspect

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<v Speaker 2>in the shooting, a black man in a black jacket,

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<v Speaker 2>never materializes, and then their Suitor's gun it's determined to

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<v Speaker 2>be the weapon that killed him. The Baltimore Police Department

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<v Speaker 2>orders an independent inquiry. The panel's conclusion is shocking and controversial.

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<v Speaker 7>An independent review board finds Baltimore Police detective Shawn Suitor

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<v Speaker 7>likely committed sue as and a detailed report released last night.

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<v Speaker 2>Side the report says that Suitor staged his death to

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<v Speaker 2>look like a murder. It says he couldn't face whatever

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<v Speaker 2>he was about to say on that witness stand. They

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<v Speaker 2>call his death a final act of quiet desperation.

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<v Speaker 9>There are a lot of you out there who refuse

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<v Speaker 9>to believe this.

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<v Speaker 6>Others think there's more to this about what.

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<v Speaker 2>We should know. For Shawn Suitor's widow, Nicole issues her

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<v Speaker 2>own statement.

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<v Speaker 8>My husband did not commit suicide. I will not accept

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<v Speaker 8>the untimely death of Sean is nothing other than a

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<v Speaker 8>murder which is being covered up for reasons unknown to

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<v Speaker 8>me or my family.

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<v Speaker 2>Shawn Suitor's death remains incredibly divisive so far, no evidence

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<v Speaker 2>has come to light that settles once and for all

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<v Speaker 2>the question of what happened in that vacant lot. His

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<v Speaker 2>death remains an open investigation. This mystery hangs heavy over

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<v Speaker 2>the city as the trial of the Gun Trace Task

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<v Speaker 2>Force draws closer. Bail bondsman and convicted cocaine dealer Donnie's

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<v Speaker 2>Stepp has been in a secret partnership with Sergeant Wayne

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<v Speaker 2>Jenkins for years, selling drugs that Jenkins was stealing from work.

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<v Speaker 2>But ever since he saw a handcuffed Jenkins being marched

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<v Speaker 2>out of Internal Affairs on TV, he's been sweating.

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<v Speaker 10>I'm looking at the window looking for the FBI. I'm

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<v Speaker 10>saying to myself, how aren't they here?

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<v Speaker 2>Steps already read the indictments against the task Force, and

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<v Speaker 2>he's been trying to get anything incriminating out of his house.

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<v Speaker 2>And it's not just drugs that he's worried about. Jenkins

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<v Speaker 2>also sold him a few high end wristwatches part of

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<v Speaker 2>the proceeds from the robberies.

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<v Speaker 10>There was one watch in particular. Once I read the indictment,

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<v Speaker 10>that watch really bothered me. I didn't want to get

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<v Speaker 10>caught with that watch. I lived on a waterfront property

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<v Speaker 10>had a long pier in the back that went across

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<v Speaker 10>to Chesapeake Bay. I went to the end of that

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<v Speaker 10>peer and through that Watts.

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<v Speaker 2>One evening, just after midnight, Donnie steps in his kitchen.

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<v Speaker 10>My daughter's asleep upstairs, and the door exploded and in

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<v Speaker 10>comes to the FBI in Baltimore County undercovering narcotics officers.

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<v Speaker 10>So there they was.

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<v Speaker 2>At the time of the Gun Trace Task Force takedown,

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<v Speaker 2>Donnie step wasn't even on the FBI radar. But once

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<v Speaker 2>the Feds come crashing through his door, Donnie starts to

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<v Speaker 2>think his old friend has been ratting him out.

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<v Speaker 10>He drew first blood, as Rambo says, now you drew

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<v Speaker 10>first blood, and here we go. Now we're going to

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<v Speaker 10>burn it down, and that's what I did.

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<v Speaker 2>Step flips on Jenkins, and when he does, he's all in.

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<v Speaker 2>He turns over the photos and video he's taken of

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<v Speaker 2>Jenkins during their crime spree. He even tells the FBI

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<v Speaker 2>where to find certain drugs that they'd missed while searching

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<v Speaker 2>his house, and he also shows them where they can

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<v Speaker 2>find that high end wristwatch he threw off the pier

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<v Speaker 2>months earlier.

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<v Speaker 10>They wanted that watch because they thought that it was

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<v Speaker 10>a part of a major robber. I didn't think the

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<v Speaker 10>FBI would find it. They come right around Christmas time.

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<v Speaker 10>It was very embarrassing in neighbors, and it's at that

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<v Speaker 10>I'd probably think I'm looking for dead bodies under my pier.

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<v Speaker 10>They come up. It took him four five hours, but

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<v Speaker 10>they found that.

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<v Speaker 2>Wise, when the investigators checked the serial number, they realized

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<v Speaker 2>it belongs to Ronald Hamilton, one of the gun Tray's

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<v Speaker 2>Task Force robbery victims. The once united front of the

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<v Speaker 2>Gun Trace Task Force crumbles one by one, four of

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<v Speaker 2>the detectives, among them Jamel Rayam and Momodu Gondo, agree

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<v Speaker 2>to admit to their crimes. They plead guilty. Wayne Jenkins

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<v Speaker 2>has been holding out until Donny step starts selling the

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<v Speaker 2>FBI everything he knows. With just two weeks to go

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<v Speaker 2>before trial, Jenkins finally pleads guilty, but two of the

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<v Speaker 2>officers from the unit deny the charges against them, which

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<v Speaker 2>means the case will go to trial. The crimes at

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<v Speaker 2>the Gun Trace Task Force will be discussed in open court,

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<v Speaker 2>and police officers will testify against their former brothers in blue.

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<v Speaker 2>The trial begins on a weirdly warm January day in

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<v Speaker 2>twenty eighteen. It's taking place in the Federal Court, a tall,

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<v Speaker 2>blank looking building near downtown Baltimore. I'm there covering the

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<v Speaker 2>trial for the BBC, sitting in the gallery with the

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<v Speaker 2>other reporters, just a few rows from the families of

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<v Speaker 2>the officers. The first witness is one of the task

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<v Speaker 2>Force detectives, Maurice Ward. In court, he's wearing a green

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<v Speaker 2>prison jumpsuit and a long, dark beard. He tells the

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<v Speaker 2>jury how the squad would regularly steal cash from people,

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<v Speaker 2>how they carried bb guns to plant if they ever

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<v Speaker 2>injured or killed someone. But it's when former detective Jamel

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<v Speaker 2>Raham takes the stand that one of the biggest mysteries

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<v Speaker 2>of the case is resolved. The investigation into the gun

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<v Speaker 2>Trayce task Force was sparked by the discovery of a

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<v Speaker 2>mysterious GPS tracker. It was found under the car of

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<v Speaker 2>a drug dealer in suburban Baltimore. On the witness stand,

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<v Speaker 2>Ram admits that he put the GPS tracker on the

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<v Speaker 2>dealer car to track his movements so he could rob

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<v Speaker 2>him when he wasn't home. Then he kicked the guy's

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<v Speaker 2>door down, with Gondu outside his lookout, stole his heroine

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<v Speaker 2>and a gun and sold it all back on the

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<v Speaker 2>street disgrace. Detective Jamel Ram is an emotional witness on

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<v Speaker 2>the stand. He retells the night of the car accident

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<v Speaker 2>caused by the squad, the one they fled without stopping.

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<v Speaker 2>Federal trials are not recorded. This is from Ram's transcript.

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<v Speaker 11>It was bad. I mean, none of us stopped to

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<v Speaker 11>render aid or see if anyone was heard. And it

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<v Speaker 11>could have been any of us, could have been any

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<v Speaker 11>of your guys, or my mother or father, but we

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<v Speaker 11>just we just didn't stop.

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<v Speaker 2>The jury hears from Donald's step Wayne Jenkins, one time

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<v Speaker 2>drug partner, and it also hears from around a dozen

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<v Speaker 2>of the squad's victims. Several of them admit to selling

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<v Speaker 2>drugs at the time of their Yes, it's a strange

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<v Speaker 2>scene watching self confessed drug dealers testifying against sworn police officers.

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<v Speaker 2>It's like the whole system's been turned on its head

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<v Speaker 2>and something else stands out too. All but one of

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<v Speaker 2>the victims who testify are black, and they're not all

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<v Speaker 2>tied to the drug trade. Some are regular working people

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<v Speaker 2>just trying to get by, and the officers robbed them anyway.

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<v Speaker 2>One man was even homeless at the time. Most of

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<v Speaker 2>them never bothered to complain because they thought no one

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<v Speaker 2>would believe them. There's one moment of the trial that

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<v Speaker 2>really stands out. It's when former drug dealer Ronald Hamilton

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<v Speaker 2>is called to testify. He was living in a mansion

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<v Speaker 2>in the Baltimore suburbs when the Task Force officers robbed

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<v Speaker 2>him of twenty thousand dollars. Defense lawyers needle him about

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<v Speaker 2>his half million dollar house. How can someone who's just

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<v Speaker 2>gotten out of prison for drugs afford this? Ronald Hamilton

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<v Speaker 2>just loses it.

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<v Speaker 6>This destroyed my whole family. I am in a divoice

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<v Speaker 6>process right now because of this. Destroyed my whole family. Man,

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<v Speaker 6>you sit here asking me questions about a house. Everybody's

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<v Speaker 6>life is destroyed. Man, My house don't have nothing to

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<v Speaker 6>do with this.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a breathless trial. The jury never hears from former

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<v Speaker 2>sergeant Wayne Jenkins, but he's the star of the whole thing.

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<v Speaker 2>After three weeks of testimony, the prosecution rests its case.

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<v Speaker 2>The jury deliberates for twelve hours before returning with the verdict.

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<v Speaker 2>Former detectives Daniel Hersel and Marcus Taylor, the two officers

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<v Speaker 2>from the squad who have always maintained their innocence are

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<v Speaker 2>found guilty of racketeering and robbery. They're later sentenced to

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<v Speaker 2>eighteen year Over the next several months, the four officers

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<v Speaker 2>who testified against their former colleagues are sentenced Jamel Rayham

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<v Speaker 2>twelve years, Momadu Gondo ten years, Maurice Ward and Evodio

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<v Speaker 2>Hendrix seven years. But it's the sentencing of Wayne Jenkins

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<v Speaker 2>that I'm really waiting for. When the day finally arrives,

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<v Speaker 2>the courtroom is even more packed than usual. The Jenkins

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<v Speaker 2>family is there. Also, there are the children of Elbert Davis,

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<v Speaker 2>the eighty six year old man who died in the

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<v Speaker 2>car wreck caused by Jenkins and other officers in twenty ten.

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<v Speaker 2>This is Jenkins's last opportunity to appeal to the judge

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<v Speaker 2>before he's sentenced. I have no idea what to expect.

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<v Speaker 2>Will he be remorseful or stonefaced? When he enters the courtroom,

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<v Speaker 2>the swaggering super cup gone, His eyes are red, he's sniffling.

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<v Speaker 2>Then he rises to address the court.

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<v Speaker 12>This is from the transcript to the davis Is who

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<v Speaker 12>lost their loved one. From the bottom of my heart,

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<v Speaker 12>I wish I could take that day back and not

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<v Speaker 12>stop that vehicle.

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<v Speaker 2>He apologizes to everyone, his wife, his parents. He claims

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<v Speaker 2>to have found religion. He's read the Bible thirty one

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<v Speaker 2>times since getting locked up. He's almost sobbing. Jenkins then

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<v Speaker 2>addresses Umar Burley, the man behind the wheel of the

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<v Speaker 2>other car, who is not in the courtroom that day.

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<v Speaker 12>Mister Umer Burley, God forgive me. I wish I could

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<v Speaker 12>have came clean when I found out that drugs are planet.

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<v Speaker 12>I should have came clean, and I didn't. I'm so sorry,

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<v Speaker 12>your honor.

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<v Speaker 2>He collapses into his seat. Moments later, the judge sentences

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<v Speaker 2>him twenty five years in a federal prison. He scheduled

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<v Speaker 2>for release in twenty thirty eight. I remember how the

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<v Speaker 2>end of the trial felt incredibly unsatisfying. Sure, seven officers

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<v Speaker 2>were heading to prison, but it felt like we'd gotten

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<v Speaker 2>just the tiniest glimpse into what was really going on

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<v Speaker 2>inside the Baltimore Police Department. More than a dozen names

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<v Speaker 2>of other Baltimore officers and supervisors came up during the trial,

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<v Speaker 2>some of them alleged to be accomplices in robberies. At

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<v Speaker 2>one point, a very senior officer was named in testimony.

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<v Speaker 2>Later the same day that officer announced his retirement, the

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<v Speaker 2>department promised to investigate all of this. FBI agent Jensen

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<v Speaker 2>had a similar feeling to mine that this case was

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<v Speaker 2>far from over.

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<v Speaker 9>We didn't have time to catch our breath. We had

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<v Speaker 9>all this information. What do we do with it? We

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<v Speaker 9>can't just put it in an FBI file and stick

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<v Speaker 9>it in a drawer somewhere. I mean, we all agreed,

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<v Speaker 9>and I can remember very specifically that we all sat

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<v Speaker 9>around and said, we got to try. We have to

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<v Speaker 9>try to figure out if we can coroborate everything that

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<v Speaker 9>we're told about the conduct of either other officers or

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<v Speaker 9>other people that were involved in this case.

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<v Speaker 2>Because of the ongoing investigation, a total of twenty Baltimore

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<v Speaker 2>Police officers have now been charged. There were thousands of

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<v Speaker 2>criminal cases involving the Gun Trace Task Force that needed

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<v Speaker 2>to be re examined. Investigators wanted to know if the

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<v Speaker 2>cases were tainted by any of the corruption revealed at

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<v Speaker 2>the trial. Ultimately, eight hundred cases were thrown out. A

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<v Speaker 2>dozen sued the Baltimore Police Department. So far, the city

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<v Speaker 2>has paid out fourteen million dollars. One of those who

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<v Speaker 2>sued was Kenneth Bumgardner. He had his jaw fractured after

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<v Speaker 2>an encounter with the Gun Trace Task Force, and was

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<v Speaker 2>eventually awarded one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.

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<v Speaker 4>Finally, like trying to get my life back on track.

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<v Speaker 4>It's still hard though, because I get a lot of

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<v Speaker 4>pain in my mouth, and like, you know, I'm losing

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<v Speaker 4>a lot of teeth. You know, they used to be

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<v Speaker 4>nice and pretty. Most of the back teeth are gone

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<v Speaker 4>because of the injury, like an like taking the act

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<v Speaker 4>are like gone, you know. So I'm just dealing with

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<v Speaker 4>that and but for the main problem staying focused and

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<v Speaker 4>happy and moving forward. You know.

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<v Speaker 2>Some had their convictions overturned, like Umar Burley. Burley had

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<v Speaker 2>thirty two grams of heroin planted on him after a

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<v Speaker 2>fatal car crash, and he served seven years in prison

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<v Speaker 2>because of it. In court, the judge who ordered Burley's

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<v Speaker 2>release was the same judge who accepted his false plea

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<v Speaker 2>years earlier. Umar Burley told me what it felt like

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<v Speaker 2>that day to be believed by the court.

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<v Speaker 5>Judge Bennett said that I am the one that sentence you,

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<v Speaker 5>so I feel partly responsible for these actions. So he

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<v Speaker 5>come down off the bench and said he wanted to

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<v Speaker 5>shake my hand and apologize. And you know, it made

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<v Speaker 5>me feel good to get the situation out. I felt like,

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<v Speaker 5>finally something is being done.

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<v Speaker 2>Umar Burley sued the police department. In late twenty twenty,

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<v Speaker 2>the city of Baltimore settled with him for eight million dollars.

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<v Speaker 2>This could have been the start of a new life

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<v Speaker 2>for Burley, but it didn't turn out that way.

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<v Speaker 7>A man whom Baltimore City just paid millions to is

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<v Speaker 7>part of the settlement in the Gun Trace Task Force scandal,

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<v Speaker 7>has been arrested for attempted murder. Umar Burley is accused

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<v Speaker 7>of shooting a woman at a Motel six in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

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<v Speaker 7>He was arrested this morning at his charge with attempted murder.

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<v Speaker 2>Burley is now sitting in jail in Virginia waiting trial

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<v Speaker 2>on charges of attempted murder for shooting his girlfriend for

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<v Speaker 2>shooting at police during a high speed chase. This baffling

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<v Speaker 2>crime allegedly all happened within days of the first million

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<v Speaker 2>dollars landing in his bank account. Over the last four years,

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<v Speaker 2>the biggest question in my mind has always been this,

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<v Speaker 2>how do you go from a rookie cop who swore

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<v Speaker 2>an oath to serve and protect the citizens of Baltimore

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<v Speaker 2>to being part of a corrupt criminal gang. I've written

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<v Speaker 2>to all seven officers who were originally charged, asking them

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<v Speaker 2>to talk to me. Tell me how it happened. When

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<v Speaker 2>was the first time they stole? Did someone show them

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<v Speaker 2>this is the way we do things in playing close police?

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<v Speaker 2>Did the top brass knowingly turn a blind eye? Only

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<v Speaker 2>one officer wanted to engage, Marcus Taylor. He was one

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<v Speaker 2>of the two officers who went to trial, but he

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<v Speaker 2>denied any wrong doing. In one of his emails to me,

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<v Speaker 2>he wrote, I maintain my innocence and I always document everything.

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<v Speaker 2>My life is about protecting and serving the citizens of

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<v Speaker 2>Baltimore and reducing the violence in the city. I love Baltimore.

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<v Speaker 2>I also wrote to former Sergeant Wayne Jenkins many times,

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<v Speaker 2>but if I'm being honest, I never expected him to

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<v Speaker 2>talk to me. Since the case broke four years ago,

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<v Speaker 2>he hasn't given a single interview. But then something sort

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<v Speaker 2>of crazy happened just as I was finishing putting the

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<v Speaker 2>story together.

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<v Speaker 11>You have a prepaid call. You will not be charged

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<v Speaker 11>for this call.

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<v Speaker 6>What's college from Wayne Dredgers, an inmate, aunt, et cetera.

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<v Speaker 2>Then that's next time you've been listening to back Cops

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<v Speaker 2>from the BBC World Service with me Jessica Lustop. The

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<v Speaker 2>program was mixed by Neil Churchill additional mixing by James Beard.

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<v Speaker 2>The producer is Ben Crichton and the editor is Richard Varden.

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