An independent review board ruled that the 43-year-old detective had in fact shot himself a finding that his family and others vehemently reject. In April 2010, for example, Jenkins was involved in a reckless car chase that led to the death of an innocent motorist. I was like a serious punk in the 80s, she laughs. Former Baltimore Police Gun Trace Task Force detective sentenced to 10 years in prison. April 24, 2022 Let us stipulate that it is unfair to compare any series to "The Wire," even if it is about policing, even if it is set in Baltimore, even if it happens to be made by two of the. Michael A. I was railing when there was nobody railing with me. English, Israel What really got me with the Baltimore Rising cast is I saw them speak at a museum and I was like, Oh my god! I cried. English, Taiwan What I knew from the get-go was that the crime scene was going to be critical, so there was going to have to be a graphics person on board to help us illuminate some of those details. I consider Baltimore to be as much of a home to me as the place where I grew up in Virginia. She grew up in Newport News, Virginia, had a stint in New York as a slam poet and recorded an album in London. FLORIDO: That was Sonja Sohn. Im not sure the police have proven that.. And so being able to make that connection, I think, to those other cases was in the back of my mind. SOHN: First and foremost, it speaks to the lack of trust that the people of the city have in law enforcement not only in Baltimore, but across the country. Ultimately, the journey reveals how theculture of corruption within the ranks of the Baltimore police forcecontributed to the destruction of the publics trust and impacted the police departments ability to solve a shooting deathof one of its own. Five years after the Gun Trace Task Force corruption scandal broke, a new report is giving the first comprehensive account of how the Baltimore Police Department repeatedly failed to address . When institutions cant solve their own problems, the people suffer. For me this case, and the familys position in this case, represent the microcosm of the macrocosm, she says. In July of 2022, the lead investigator into Sean Suiter's death, Sgt James Lloyd was sentenced to one year in jail for using his fellow policemen to harass a contractor working on his home. French I want to just give the team credit; theyve been making documentaries for 30 years. THE SLOW HUSTLE debuts TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7 (8:00-9:30 p.m. ET/PT). Obvious answers werent forthcoming, but many came to think that if the latter were true, Suiter might not have been murdered at all; rather, he could have committed suicide, and staged it to look like a homicide so that his family would receive his full post-mortem benefits. HBOs We Own This City Production team is proud to be working with many local Baltimore non-profits to create positive change in the communities where we filmed. Theres been so much rightful attention on police brutality and so we know when an officer shoots somebody theres an injury, theres a death. This low profile helped insulate the GTTF from public scrutiny and allowed it go rogue. Its remarkable.. Fenton comments: We have years and years of lawsuits, of complaints, of opportunities to catch them and it was this suburban drug investigation that led to them getting caught. What, he asks Steele, is driving the polices actions? BALTIMORE A documentary film profiling Baltimore's police department in the wake of Detective Sean Suiter's on-duty death is set to hit television and streaming services next month. It spans dozens if not hundreds of incidents under our noses and theres reasons for that which I try to explain in the book. His elite unit came to be seen by senior commanders as a bulwark against chaos. Copyright 2021 NPR. You know, I think we're already, across the country, not trusting our law enforcement. e was praised as a positive role model. A far-reaching corruption scandal is the last thing Baltimore's troubled police department needs. Wayne Jenkins (Jon Bernthal), who as the real-life head of Baltimores Gun Trace Task Force turned that elite plainclothes unit into a state-run gang, skimming cash and drugs from raid targets and using his status in the department to cover up abuse, corruption and deadly procedural violations. In an act of radical transparency, the Baltimore police department hired an outside investigator to conduct a review. Like, even if youre a police officer, they really dont.. You may know her for her role as a Baltimore police detective in the hit series "The Wire." SOHN: Well, you know, that's a really good question because, yes, there was a lot floating through the air. [11/16/21 - 11:00 AM] HBO Documentary "The Slow Hustle," A Searing Look at Corruption Within the Baltimore Police Department After a Detective's Fatal Shooting, Debuts December 7 388K views 4 years ago #AlJazeeraEnglish #BaltimorePolice It's been three years since Baltimore erupted in a series of protests over police violence, exposing deep divisions between the city's. Focusing on the 1980s, the documentary tells the story of Michael Dowd, a former. Led by interviews with Salons D. Watkins (a Baltimore native), The Baltimore Suns Justin Fenton and WMAR-TVs Brian Kuebler, Sohns film immerses itself in a city plagued by pervasive distrust of the police, thanks to a long history of corruption, harassment and murderthe most recent and notorious example of which was the 2015 killing of Freddie Gray. English, Denmark English, Indonesia Was his death a calculated effort to keep him silent, or was Suiter himself a cop under scrutiny with a past he couldnt face? English, Korea The Wire had built into it the distinction between good police work (painstaking, intensive, focused on real harm) and bad (petty busts and harassment to drive up arrest numbers and make politicians look good). UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #1: Oh, my god. That should be happening anyway. English, Hong Kong What are little things like constitutional requirement such as probable cause or reasonable suspicion when Jenkins was quoted as saying that some of the advice he got early in his career was, Never let probable cause stand in the way of a good arrest? That says it all, which was the law was a pesky thing that you could ignore if you couldnt avoid it. UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #1: I got one officer down. I didnt know how much I had been impacted by it physically until 2020 came and I saw the correlation, she says. And with little apparent will to transform police departments (and their cultures of silence and coercion) or the political institutions that support them, it comes across as a deeply rooted malady for which theres no easy cure. We Own This City tends to choose telling over showing, however, especially on the investigation side of the story. Jenkins brings Suiter along on a raid. But except for flashbacks, the story is set in the latter 2010s. Michael Bromwich, a former US justice department inspector general, and his team conducted a two-year investigation that included more than 160 interviews and examined hundreds of thousands of pages of documents. It is not a good look.. So you have to think thats making a difference. He was previously with the Poynter Institute, TBD.com, and Washington City Paper. They are joined by longtime collaborators Nina K. Noble as executive producer, and Ed Burns as writer/executive producer. Jenkins followed in his fathers footsteps by joining the Marines but happened to leave with an honourable discharge just a month before the September 11 terrorist attacks. In March 2017, eight members of the GTTF were indicted and arrested on federal charges of robbery, extortion, overtime fraud and selling drugs seized during police operations. At the center of The Slow Hustle is Baltimore Police Department detective Sean Suiter. English, Malaysia But at the same time, this was a police officer. February 12, 20188:02 PM ET. He and members of the GTTF framed the two men that Jenkins had been pursuing by planting drug evidence. Jenkins learns his fellow officers are cooperating with the investigation as the full extent of his crimes come to light. FLORIDO: D. Watkins - that's one of the journalists who covers this case as it's playing out and who you feature in the film. / "Adrienne". The Baltimore Animal Rescue and Care Shelter (BARCS) is the largest companion animal shelter in Maryland. In a war, civilians get hurt and nobody does anything. Former members of the Baltimore Police Department, from internal affairs to the former commissioner, attempt to shed light on that fateful afternoon and the atmosphere within the department. Simons longtime critiques in many ways anticipated the protests over policing of the past several years. FLORIDO: Your film really does document the Baltimore Police Department's long history of corruption. Executive producers George Pelecanos, David Simon, cast, and crew go behind the scenes. D. is what I would call a true son of Baltimore and a voice of Baltimore. The corruption has cost Baltimore taxpayers more than $13 million in settlements with victims and hundreds of cases the corrupt officers worked on had to be thrown out. opens, it's "November 15, 2017" and we hear a frantic 911 call about a Baltimore police officer having been shot, and we then get the body cam footage as cops arrive on the scene. Kostoplis was transferred out of the GTTF soon after. So rumors and speculation ran rampant about what really happened to Officer Suiter, not just among residents, but also among politicians, among journalists. He became a police cadet in 2003, married and bought a house. Documentary Crime After Baltimore Police Detective Sean Suiter is killed in the line of duty, the tragedy soon becomes enmeshed in a widening corruption scandal that threatens to unravel the public's already strained relationship with law enforcement. English, Pakistan What do you think, Sonia, the mystery of Sean Suiter's death and the fallout say about Baltimore and the public's relationship with the police as a whole? Andrew Beaujon joined Washingtonian in late 2014. Now she returns there with The Slow Hustle, an HBO documentary that examines the 2017 death of Sean Suiter, a widely respected Black police detective fatally shot in the head while on duty. So the federal investigation that eventually brought Jenkins and some of his cronies to justice is no spoiler. Coming to the city was was kind of a reckoning with my own self. WATCH NOW The Slow Hustle, an HBO original documentary from director Sonja Sohn (HBO's " Baltimore Rising " and " The Wire "), chronicles the still unsolved death of Baltimore police detective Sean Suiter, fatally shot in 2017 while in the line of duty, and explores the ongoing speculation about what really happened that day. His death set off a massive manhunt for the killer, and Suiter gets a hero's funeral. English, English Speaking Africa The film will debut on HBO and be available to stream on HBO Max. We Own This City, the anticipated new drama from The Wires David Simon, cracks open the story of a corrupt Baltimore police unit fallen from grace. They didnt trot these guys out for press conferences. The more I looked into it, the stranger it seemed. In HBOs We Own This City, Jon Bernthal plays Sgt. At this point we are less than 10 min into the documentary. But day after day, the revelations keep coming. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. English, Thailand Interview The Wire's Sonja Sohn on her Baltimore documentary: 'We are seeing multilayered corruption' David Smith in Washington The actor-turned-director's new film The Slow Hustle tells the. We dont always like what we see but we need to see whats in that mirror if were going to actually present truthfully in the world.. Start from the beginning and watch the first episode ofWe Own This Cityfor free. Im not victimising real people if I steal some of their ill-gotten gains, so if I go into their homes and I find $100,000, Ill take $20,000 of it and nobody will be the wiser because these are people who are compromised and theyre not going to complain and, if they do complain, nobodys going to believe them because theyve got criminal records., You take that and you multiply it by a large number of officers who get captured by that culture and what you get is the gun trace task force., We Own This City airs on Mondays on HBO in the US, on Binge and Foxtel Now in Australia, and in the UK at a later date, The Wires Sonja Sohn on her Baltimore documentary: We are seeing multilayered corruption, Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. The Slow Hustle, which debuts Tuesday night on HBO and HBOMax, looks at the death of Baltimore Police Detective Sean Suiter, who lived in Prince George's County and who was shot in the head in late 2017, the day before he was due to testify in a federal probe of police corruption. That case gives the series its shape and through-line, but also a relentless, repetitive structure. So there was something different. Ultimately his death is one of hundreds of unsolved deaths in the city. How did you, as a filmmaker, you know, distinguish between fact and rumor? The unsolved case also sparked far-reaching implications for a city already grappling with the complexities of policing in contemporary, urban America. Police Sgt Wayne Jenkins is now serving a prison sentence until January 2039. Its her second documentary since 2017sBaltimore Rising, which chronicled the uprising in Charm City that followed Freddie Grays death. The city had also recorded 714 robberies, an increase of almost 25%. Ex-po. The mission of the Black Mental Health Alliance (BMHA) is to develop, promote, and sponsor trusted culturally-relevant educational forums, training, and referral services that support the health and well-being of Black people and vulnerable communities. The phones are smarter; the law enforcement machinery is not. We are seeing multilayered corruption with new eyes as a culture. They told us not just what they did but how and that was very eye-opening testimony. See production, box office & company info, Undercurrent: The Disappearance of Kim Wall, Bad tidings in the Baltimore Police Department. Rayam opens up about the GTTF. It is revealed that Suiter had been summoned to testify in the now infamous Gun Trace Task Force trial, an elite police unit that proved to be one of the dirtiest in Baltimores recent history. Why isnt his death solved by now? In a war, you have enemies. In workplaces across the country, the culture is changing quite a bit. English, Australia With candid interviews from members of the Baltimore P.D., Suiters widow and children, journalists, lawyers and political leaders, The Slow Hustle examinesthe continuing mystery surrounding Suiters deathand the multiple theories that emerge in the investigation of the case, including that Suiters death was a calculated murder hit or a suicide. ReBUILD Metro is a community change organization that revitalizes historically redlined neighborhoods of East Baltimore without displacing their legacy residents. The Slow Hustle starts with shocking footage of Suiters body being discovered (Oh, my god!, Sean, no! Another 156 people had been injured in shootings, up from 115 in the corresponding period. Youre asking me about the word hope at a very particular time in my life, where Im engaging in a deeper sort of debate around the purpose of the word itself. So to me, that was a microcosm of the macrocosm. I need a unit medic right now. Itexamines the corruption and moral collapse that befell an American city in which the policies of drug prohibition and mass arrest were championed at the expense of actual police work. For years its plainclothes officers went on a a crime spree that included robbing people they stopped on the streets, planting drugs and guns on innocent people, invading peoples homes and stealing from them as well as fraudulently charging the city for working overtime. Executive produced byGeorge Pelecanos (The Deuce) and David Simon (The Wire) -- and based on the book by Baltimore Sun reporter Justin Fenton --We Own This Cityis a six-hour, limited series chronicling the rise and fall of the Baltimore Police Department's Gun Trace Task Force. Im sure those who are involved in policy making are in the midst of looking at how to develop a more nuanced strategy on some other levels because the folks who are in opposition are playing serious chess right now. He enjoyed the admiration and respect of his superiors and was given special privileges. Six of the eight arrested pleaded guilty to the charges. Fenton, who worked as a consultant on the six-episode TV drama, says: It really is just absolutely staggering. However, in this particular instance, the dynamics at play arent quite as clear-cut as that description makes them sound. Whats the mission?, Exactly. THE SLOW HUSTLE is included in a collection of four gripping documentary titles that debut on Tuesdays, beginning November 23. It found an extended institutional failure of the police departments internal affairs along with broad supervisory breakdowns. And I think that its a very valid perspective, which is why I made sure it was included in the film. HBO doc "The Slow Hustle" examines the mysterious death of Baltimore cop Sean Suiter, who was set to testify against police corruption and then was found with a bullet in the head. THE SLOW HUSTLE follows Detective Suitors widow and local investigative reporters as they work to get answers in the Suiter case and hold the Baltimore Police Department and City Hall accountable. Rather than just railing against the GTTF, Watkins spends time discussing the numerous similarities he shares with one of the convicted officers in order to highlight how Baltimores problems are less about individuals than about the environment in which theyre raised and operate. A still from "Adrienne.". The authoritative record of NPRs programming is the audio record. It has nothing to do with my level of desire. NPR's Adrian Florido speaks with director and actor Sonja Sohn about her new film, The Slow Hustle. Like many series right now, this one is using a nonfiction story to approximate the power of fictional drama. A still from "The Slow Hustle" courtesy HBO. Reinaldo Marcus Green directs and serves as executive producer. With Bomenka around the corner, Suiter approached this figure, shots rang out, and Bomenka raced to the scene, whereas frantic bodycam footage illustrateshe found Suiter lying dead from a gunshot wound to the head. And the rumors start to tear Baltimore apart. But after meeting [Suiters wife] Nicole, and beginning to see that there were pieces missing in the investigation of Seans Suiters death, likethis is a cop. English, Spain Sohn was born to an African American father and Korean mother who met after the Korean war. Having thus stipulated, it would also be absurd to pretend not to notice the connection. A few days earlier, the 35-year-old Marine corps veteran had begun tweeting about his 11 years in the Baltimore Police Department and all the things he had seen that he now felt needed to be shared. You know, you cant have a badge on your chest and do things like that.. Kostoplis replied: No. It opens as Jenkins gives a speech to his unit in which he seems to say the right things that beating on people gets in the way of doing the job and that, in the task force, were not about that kind of brutality. The presence of a local filmmaking community can have a positive impact on citizens and neighborhoods. Anyone can read what you share. He says: He was regarded well within the police department as someone who was good at his job, who had this eye for driving down the street and seeing somebody make a movement and it turns out that person has a gun. One thing that we all knew is that there were way too many details in this case that were conflicting. The Wires Sonja Sohn on her Baltimore documentary: We are seeing multilayered corruption, Director Sonja Sohn interviewing D Watkins for The Slow Hustle. The Slow Hustle, which debuts Tuesday night on HBO and HBOMax, looks at the death of Baltimore Police Detective Sean Suiter, who lived in Prince Georges County and who was shot in the head in late 2017, the day before he was due to testify in a federal probe of police corruption. I did not want to initially direct another film that involves law enforcement. Podcast episodes are available each week right after the latest episode. The HBO drama is based on Justin Fentons nonfiction book of the same name. English, Bulgaria A 2016 Department of. Through his early years on the force, Jenkins goes from learning how to scam the overtime rules to outright larceny. And I used the investigative journalists and their journalistic ethics and expertise first and foremost as, I guess, the first sort of filter and sieve through the facts. As new evidence emerges, the mystery deepens. That twist alone makes The Slow Hustle a fascinating whodunit, and complicating matters further, it eventually came out that Suiter may not have been as clean as people thought. English, Philippines English, Italy With candid interviews from members of the Baltimore P.D., Suiters widow and children, journalists committed to uncovering the truth, lawyers and political leaders, THE SLOW HUSTLE examinesthe continuing mystery surrounding Suiters deathand the multiple theories that emerge in the investigation of the case, including that Suiters death was a calculated murder hit or a suicide. It's been three years since Baltimore erupted in a series of protests over police violence, exposing deep divisions between the city's police department and the community.The protests captured national attention - prompting a federal investigation - and several high-profile efforts at reform.Now a new scandal is threatening to undermine those efforts, raising questions about the depth of police corruption in Baltimore, and the institutional forces that allow corrupt officers to remain on the street.Fault Lines returns to Baltimore as new details emerge about an elite plain-clothes police unit that, for years, doubled as a criminal gang - robbing residents, planting evidence, and sending countless innocent people to jail.The unit operated with impunity in part because of the way police complaints are investigated.In Baltimore - like many other cities - if a police officer is accused of wrongdoing, the complaint is investigated behind closed doors by the police department's own Internal Affairs Division.Fault Lines investigates how this latest police scandal once again places Baltimore at the centre of a national debate over how and whether police departments can be held accountable to the communities they police.- Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/#AlJazeeraEnglish #BaltimorePolice #Fautlines This prompted an FBI wiretap somewhat evocative of The Wire. 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