Investigating these complex issues was no easy task. In fact, the level of corruption on the GTTF was unprecedented in policing.”įenton’s book was a culmination of his work at the Sun, as the book’s events trace 15 years of the Baltimore Police Department’s history, including unrest following the death of Freddie Gray. “That’s a huge leap from when we did ‘The Wire.’ The level of corruption. “These police officers we’re talking about in the GTTF were doing home invasions, and most outrageously, they were seizing drugs and then selling them back out on the street,” Pelecanos said, appearing on the show’s official podcast, hosted by D. Reinaldo Marcus Green directed the series. Known for creating the iconic Baltimore-based television show “The Wire,” David Simon and George Pelecanos have developed a six-part HBO series based on Fenton’s book. He is now an investigative reporter for The Baltimore Banner. “We Own This City” focuses on the Baltimore Police Department’s Gun Trace Task Force (GTTF), a plainclothes unit tasked with ridding the streets of guns and drugs, thereby reducing Baltimore’s alarming murder rate.Ī former Severna Park resident, Fenton was a Baltimore Sun reporter when the events in the book took place. “It wasn’t simply a story about how they got taken down.” “For me, this wasn’t simply a story about bad cops,” Fenton said. That statement is not meant to be a spoiler, because the real story is about the events that led to that moment. By Zach Sparks l first chapter of Justin Fenton’s 2021 book “We Own This City” ends with a police officer in handcuffs and another officer dead.
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