![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Entrusted with fixing the citys drug crisis, Jenkins and his posse of corrupt cops were instead stealing from its citizens-skimming from the drug busts they made, pocketing thousands in cash found in private homes, and planting fake evidence to throw Internal Affairs off their scent. And yet, despite intense scrutiny, what The New York Times would call one of the most startling police corruption scandals in a generation was unfolding. Under intense scrutiny-and a federal investigation over Grays death-the Baltimore police department turned to a rank-and-file hero, Sergeant Wayne Jenkins, and his elite unit, the Gun Trace Task Force, to help get guns and drugs off the street. At the same time, drug and violent crime were surging, and that year, Baltimore would reach its deadliest year in over two decades: 342 homicides in a city of six hundred thousand people. Riots were erupting across the city as citizens demanded justice for Freddie Gray, a twenty-five-year old black man who had died while in police custody. ![]()
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