French, French Speaking Africa That revelation leads to speculation that maybe Suiter's killing was an inside job meant to keep him quiet, or that maybe he took his own life. 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. He was law enforcement. He was praised as a positive role model. In a war, civilians get hurt and nobody does anything. One thing that we all knew is that there were way too many details in this case that were conflicting. He and members of the GTTF framed the two men that Jenkins had been pursuing by planting drug evidence. A still from "Adrienne.". I think Baltimore does what it did to me and its a divine mirror. 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. From top left, Daniel Hersl, Evodio Hendrix, Jemell Rayam, Marcus Taylor, and from bottom left, Maurice Ward, Momodu Gando, Wayne Jenkins and Thomas Allers. The GTTF further damaged the already troubled relationship between police and residents of Baltimore. 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. The phones are smarter; the law enforcement machinery is not. 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. "Adrienne". And I have about as much hope that his death will be solved as I do the rest of them. 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. Another 156 people had been injured in shootings, up from 115 in the corresponding period. It wasnt a very large initiative, just a handful of officers, a single unit, and they went about their work with little fanfare. (And even Pryzbylewski eventually redeemed himself.). Jenkins Waynes. FLORIDO: The officer shot that day in 2017 was Baltimore Police Detective Sean Suiter. 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. And Josh Charles (The Good Wife) plays impressively against type as Daniel Hersl, a bullet-headed task-force thug who makes Jenkins look like a diplomat. "The Slow Hustle" is the title of a new HBO documentary out now. Debuting on Dec. 7 on HBO, The Wire actress Sonja Sohns sophomore directorial effort is, like 2017s Baltimore Rising, a story about racial unrest and institutional misconduct in Baltimore, all of it once again revolving around dirty cops and a dead Black man. On Nov. 15, 2017, Suiter was accompanying his rookie partner David Bomenka on an assignment when he allegedly spotted a suspicious figure in an alleyway in the citys Harlem Park neighborhood. English, Hong Kong His elite unit came to be seen by senior commanders as a bulwark against chaos. The true story of the Baltimore Gun Trace Task Force. 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. On Wednesday morning, former Baltimore police Sgt. I was sitting up at CBGBs [music club], the only Black girl with shaved hair, screaming, and I had a zine. FLORIDO: Your film really does document the Baltimore Police Department's long history of corruption. English, Turkey It found an extended institutional failure of the police departments internal affairs along with broad supervisory breakdowns. Visitors come to BARCS every day for reasons as diverse as reuniting with lost pets, adopting new furry family members, joining our foster and volunteer programs, and receiving free and low-cost resources to help them keep their pets at home. The six-episode scripted series is at once an extension, an updating and a partial revision of their landmark dramas critique of policing. Theres a whole philosophical debate around human beings, and, you know, are they inherently good or evil? I was railing when there was nobody railing with me. info_outline, Includes: Ascension Island, Botswana, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, St. Helena, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Eswatini, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Finland The authoritative record of NPRs programming is the audio record. 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. Whatever happened to the cast? Michael A. Actor, filmmaker and activist Sonja Sohn is the founder and CEO of the Baltimore-based reWIRED for Change, an outreach program for at-risk youth inspired by her six seasons appearing on HBOs The Wire. With a mission to improve Baltimore through green space and education, Parks & Peoplebelieves that everyone deserves a park as a place to learn, play, grow and enjoy. Wood Jr. woke up to find his phone full of thousands of new Twitter notifications. And we're all not feeling protected nor served. Watkins is the most outspoken of The Slow Hustles many talking heads, but even he confesses that anythings possible when it comes to Suiter, given that its difficult to ascertain the nature and degree of his involvement with the GTTF. Baltimore's largest police corruption scandal is in the national spotlight with a new HBO drama. 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. And hes the worst officer doing the worst things.. Sohn is also sceptical. This prompted an FBI wiretap somewhat evocative of The Wire. 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. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. The Baltimore police department, recognising that the problem was perhaps guns more than drugs, wanted to have a smarter approach. Copyright 2021 NPR. Jenkins then asked Kostoplis what he thought about investigating a high-level drug dealer, determining where he kept his money and stealing it. Read on for more. D. is what I would call a true son of Baltimore and a voice of Baltimore. Wayne Jenkins, who as the real-life head of an elite Baltimore plainclothes unit turned it into a state-run gang. In January, Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh fired her police commissioner and replaced him with former Deputy Commissioner Darryl De Sousa, who promised sweeping reforms to the department. David Simon returns to a familiar beat for HBO, updating if not improving on an old critique. You may know her for her role as a Baltimore police detective in the hit series "The Wire." Its that systemic rot which proves to be The Slow Hustles fundamental subject. At this point, its a more nuanced game. All trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Filmmaker and actress Sonja Sohn of "The Wire" returns with the follow-up to her 2017 documentary"Baltimore Rising." The new film, titled "The Slow Hustle," looks to be an equally powerful look. The official podcast of the HBO Original Limited Series. Looking for more? Like, even if youre a police officer, they really dont.. Portuguese, Brazil, Chile The corruption and civic woes the show details, as in much of Simons work (Treme, The Deuce), are systemic. 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. 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. We glimpse Steeles motives when she recalls her brothers being racially profiled by police. I Got A Monster (2023) Documentary Official Trailer In March of 2017, America's deadliest city was rocked by one of the nation's biggest Police corruption scandals. But except for flashbacks, the story is set in the latter 2010s. Watch these additional moments featuring Sean Suiter's family attorney, Jeremy Eldridge. 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. I think investigators fell ass-backwards into this case. Actor Darrell Britt-Gibson (Jemell Rayam) and technical adviser Detective Andres Severino sit down together to talk about the friendship they formed while making We Own This City, and how working together opened their eyes to new perspectives. 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 figures behind that HBO all-time great, which marks its two-decade anniversary this year. Suiter faces distrust of the police at a crime scene. Dominic West went on to play Prince Charles in The Crown; Wendell Pierce took on Willy Loman in a London stage production of Death of a Salesman; Idris Elba starred in Luther, Thor and Cats; Michael K Williams burned brightly in Boardwalk Empire and others before his jarring death in September. And there was all of this corruption that he was around. English, Romania As of late March, 76 people had been murdered so far this year, up from 65 over the same period in 2021. So rumors and speculation ran rampant about what really happened to Officer Suiter, not just among residents, but also among politicians, among journalists. They were working in the shadows, and deployed by the police department as another tool to roam the streets looking for guns.. They didnt trot these guys out for press conferences. That case gives the series its shape and through-line, but also a relentless, repetitive structure. 1 Season | 6 Episodes | TV-MA WATCH NOW Executive produced by George Pelecanos ( The Deuce) and David Simon ( The Wire) -- and based on the book by Baltimore Sun reporter Justin Fenton -- We Own This City is a six-hour, limited series chronicling the rise and fall of the Baltimore Police Department's Gun Trace Task Force. The series was shot in Baltimore and brings together several alumni of the The Wire, both on screen and behind the camera, including David Simon and George Pelecanos. UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #1: I got one officer down. English, New Zealand UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #1: Oh, my god. But at the same time, this was a police officer. The city knows that Suiter was going to testify against a group of corrupt cops and there is this history of corruption in the police department in Baltimore, then that lack of trust is amplified throughout this city., So the first theory that folks are thinking is, Of course you guys killed him. See the full cast here. Four of them agreed to cooperate with the justice department and testified against the remaining two officers, both of whom were convicted by a jury in February 2018. Reinaldo Marcus Green directs and serves as executive producer. Whats the mission?, Exactly. The cops once reportedly found a gun and a pound and a half of marijuana in an illegal warrantless search. The Slow Hustle contains interviews with Suiters widow and children, lawyers, politicians and investigative journalists, and Baltimore police including former commissioner Kevin Davis. We'll help you live your best #DCLIFE every day, A Bigger Field Awaits Us: The Scottish Soccer Team That Fought the Great War. Tells the story of the rise and fall of the Baltimore Police Department's Gun Trace Task Force and the corruption surrounding it. Jenkins duly tested his colleagues willingness to put personal loyalty to him above their oaths to uphold the law. SONJA SOHN: I think the one thing that I had to zero in on or hone in on was the fact that there - that this was a Black man who appeared to be murdered, whose murder was unsolved and quite possibly could have been at the hands of law enforcement. Thats a terrible fucking idea. The Baltimore dialogue still has Old Bay piquancy, and some strong performances kick scenes to life. With Jon Bernthal, Wunmi Mosaku, Jamie Hector, Josh Charles. The film will debut on HBO and be available to stream on HBO Max. Andrew Beaujon joined Washingtonian in late 2014. Eight members of the Gun Trace Task Force (GTTF) were being investigated for a wide range of offenses, including shaking down citizens, filing false paperwork, committing civil rights violations, and making fraudulent overtime claimsas well as rolling around town in unmarked cars while wearing black hockey masks, robbing drug dealers of their narcotics and cash, and then planting evidence on them to send them up the river. At the center of it all lies a fallen officer and the complexities of life in one of the most investigated police departments in the country, where impropriety appears to penetrate a broken system at every level. Sonja Sohn, who played Baltimore cop Kima Greggs onThe Wire and who founded a Baltimore-based nonprofit, directs the film. HBO documentary about Baltimore Police and Detective Sean Suiter's death set to debut in December By Alex Mann Baltimore Sun Nov 12, 2021 at 11:03 am A documentary film profiling. A 2016 Department of. English, Russia That is the rumour that sweeps like a wildfire through the city and the fact thats the first theory that erupts says something on a larger scale about what could happen if the police dont get their act together and regain the trust of the people., Sohn adds: To me, what Nicole [Suiters widow] and the family are going through is the microcosmic example of what is happening to all of us, that when public institutions and structures dont get their act together, the people suffer and, in this instance, the family suffers.. The program serves men in re-entry, addiction recovery, and veterans returning to the workforce. Im still worth something., The Slow Hustle is now available on HBO with a UK date to be announced. English, Philippines English, Sweden Having thus stipulated, it would also be absurd to pretend not to notice the connection. It wasnt that we heard about them all the time. 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. WJZ has covered the real-life Gun Trace Task Force investiga. Ultimately his death is one of hundreds of unsolved deaths in the city. Except, as The Slow Hustle soon reveals, things werent as cut and dried as they initially appeared. Two Baltimore plainclothes police detectives were convicted Monday of racketeering, robbery and fraud in a trial involving a wide range of criminal . Momodu Gondo finds himself in an interrogation. English, Italy As "The Slow Hustle" (2021 release; 88 min.) How, why and by whom has never been solved. In April 2010, for example, Jenkins was involved in a reckless car chase that led to the death of an innocent motorist. (The 2021 HBO documentary The Slow Hustle, by the Wire alum Sonja Sohn, touched on aspects of the case.) His elite unit came to be seen by senior commanders as a bulwark against chaos. How did you, as a filmmaker, you know, distinguish between fact and rumor? Director Reinaldo Marcus Green and writer D. Watkins, along with George Pelecanos and David Simon, discuss the importance of accuracy and authenticity when creating this series based on true events. There was no specific training for supervisors. Fenton, who worked as a consultant on the six-episode TV drama, says: It really is just absolutely staggering. Many residents in the city, especially in Black communities, just don't trust the police. Former members of the GTTF. 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