A. Rivera reviewed We Own This City by Justin Fenton
Review of 'We Own This City' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
Quick impressions: This book tells the story in gory details of one of the largest police corruption and crime scandals of the 21st century. Baltimore Police Department Sergeant Wayne Jenkins and his elite Gun Trace Task Force (GTTF) were hailed as heroes for, supposedly, helping get illegal guns and drugs off Baltimore streets. In reality, Jenkins and his crew were nothing more than thugs and thieves with badges who robbed people, stole drugs from drug dealers, which they then resold for profit, planted fake evidence to send innocent people to jail, and that's just the tip of the iceberg. For years, they committed their crimes with impunity, protected by neglectful and at times incompetent supervisors who either should have known better or just turned a blind eye.
(Full review on my blog later)