We Own This City: A True Story of Crime, Cops, and Corruption

In 2015, Baltimore riots erupted over Freddie Gray’s death in police custody. Crime surged, and the city reached its highest murder count in over two decades. Amidst pressure from the mayor and a federal investigation, police commanders turned to Sergeant Wayne Jenkins and his elite plainclothes unit, the Gun Trace Task Force, to combat the crisis.

However, Jenkins exploited the crisis for personal gain. With other members of the unit, he stole from citizens, skimmed drug busts, pocketed cash, and planted fake evidence. Their crime spree went unchecked for years, leading to wrongful convictions, the death of an innocent civilian, and the mysterious death of a cop shot in the head just before testifying against the unit.

Award-winning investigative journalist Justin Fenton presents the definitive account of the scandal through hundreds of interviews, court documents, and footage.

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