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St. Martin's Press
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1250221803
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9781250221803
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I Got a Monster : the Rise and Fall of America's Most Corrupt Police Squad
Number of Pages
320 Pages
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English
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2020
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Sociology / General, General, Law Enforcement, Organized Crime
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Political Science, True Crime, Social Science
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Hardcover
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"A sobering and unflinching story of corruption, a city plagued by poor leadership, and a citizenry that has always deserved better....A reminder that corruption is the result of people making choices to benefit themselves at the expenses of the general public. It is an important and necessary read." --DeRay McKesson, author of On the Other Side of Freedom: The Case for Hope "'The Wire' is a Mother Goose fairytale compared to stories revealed by Soderberg and Woods. Baltimore is a favorite punching bag of reactionaries who wouldn't know their way around Fells Point. If you really want to understand both the horror and hope in this remarkable city, you need to read 'I Got A Monster'" --Dave Zirin, The Nation " I Got a Monster tells a vivid story that cuts through the turbulent events that have shaken Baltimore in recent years. In doing so, it shows everything that is wrong with policing in the inner cities of America." --Ioan Grillo, Author of El Narco and Gangster Warlords "At once a page-turning account of the dramatic rise and fall of a criminal enterprise disguised as a police squad and a portrait of a city struggling against entrenched corruption. Woods and Soderberg's meticulous, gripping narrative moves from high-end waterfront condos to the vacant rowhouses of West Baltimore to police headquarters as it unspools a story of extravagant criminality, greed, and betrayal. --Rachel Monroe, author of Savage Appetites: Four True Stories of Women, Crime and Obsession "A masterpiece of reporting" --Laura Wexler, author Fire in a Canebrake "Riveting, propulsive, and illuminating. Woods and Soderberg take readers deep inside the world of police corruption. With exhaustive reporting, trenchant analysis, and lyrical storytelling, this is literary journalism at its best." --Wil S. Hylton, author of Vanished: The Sixty-Year Search for the Missing Men of World War II., " I Got a Monster is a gem, a sobering look at the most corrupt police unit in the most corrupt police department in America--and the miracle it took to bring them down. Baynard Woods and Brandon Soderberg brilliantly guide us through this journey with a diligent on-the-ground reporting style that has become rare, holding up a mirror to our broken system and forcing us to see that the "few bad apples" theory is a myth--crooked cops are supported by crooked prosecutors and crooked politicians. The whole system needs reform. Their research is as remarkable as the way in which this book was crafted--this was the best investigative journalism book I've read in a long time and it's truly a must read." --D. Watkins, New York Times bestselling author of The Cook Up and We Speak For Ourselves "A sobering and unflinching story of corruption, a city plagued by poor leadership, and a citizenry that has always deserved better....A reminder that corruption is the result of people making choices to benefit themselves at the expenses of the general public. It is an important and necessary read." --DeRay McKesson, author of On the Other Side of Freedom: The Case for Hope "The Wire is a Mother Goose fairytale compared to stories revealed by Soderberg and Woods. Baltimore is a favorite punching bag of reactionaries who wouldn't know their way around Fells Point. If you really want to understand both the horror and hope in this remarkable city, you need to read I Got A Monster " --Dave Zirin, The Nation "A deeply researched and artfully written look at the blighted and benighted city of Baltimore, as seen through the dismal prism of the last decade. No matter if you're a police drama enthusiast or an activist against racism and law enforcement corruption, this is a book for you. Think The Wire, only all true and with footnotes." --Mike Sager, author of The Devil and John Holmes , contributing editor to Esquire "I Got a Monster tells a vivid story that cuts through the turbulent events that have shaken Baltimore in recent years. In doing so, it shows everything that is wrong with policing in the inner cities of America." --Ioan Grillo, Author of El Narco and Gangster Warlords "At once a page-turning account of the dramatic rise and fall of a criminal enterprise disguised as a police squad and a portrait of a city struggling against entrenched corruption. Woods and Soderberg's meticulous, gripping narrative moves from high-end waterfront condos to the vacant rowhouses of West Baltimore to police headquarters as it unspools a story of extravagant criminality, greed, and betrayal." --Rachel Monroe, author of Savage Appetites: Four True Stories of Women, Crime and Obsession "A masterpiece of reporting" --Laura Wexler, author Fire in a Canebrake "Riveting, propulsive, and illuminating. Woods and Soderberg take readers deep inside the world of police corruption. With exhaustive reporting, trenchant analysis, and lyrical storytelling, this is literary journalism at its best." --Wil S. Hylton, author of Vanished: The Sixty-Year Search for the Missing Men of World War II, " I Got a Monster tells a vivid story that cuts through the turbulent events that have shaken Baltimore in recent years. In doing so, it shows everything that is wrong with policing in the inner cities of America." --Ioan Grillo, Author of El Narco and Gangster Warlords "At once a page-turning account of the dramatic rise and fall of a criminal enterprise disguised as a police squad and a portrait of a city struggling against entrenched corruption. Woods and Soderberg's meticulous, gripping narrative moves from high-end waterfront condos to the vacant rowhouses of West Baltimore to police headquarters as it unspools a story of extravagant criminality, greed, and betrayal. --Rachel Monroe, author of Savage Appetites: Four True Stories of Women, Crime and Obsession "A masterpiece of reporting" --Laura Wexler, author Fire in a Canebrake "Riveting, propulsive, and illuminating. Woods and Soderberg take readers deep inside the world of police corruption. With exhaustive reporting, trenchant analysis, and lyrical storytelling, this is literary journalism at its best." --Wil S. Hylton, author of Vanished: The Sixty-Year Search for the Missing Men of World War II., "At once a page-turning account of the dramatic rise and fall of a criminal enterprise disguised as a police squad and a portrait of a city struggling against entrenched corruption. Woods and Soderberg's meticulous, gripping narrative moves from high-end waterfront condos to the vacant rowhouses of West Baltimore to police headquarters as it unspools a story of extravagant criminality, greed, and betrayal. --Rachel Monroe, author of Savage Appetites: Four True Stories of Women, Crime and Obsession "A masterpiece of reporting" --Laura Wexler, author Fire in a Canebrake "Riveting, propulsive, and illuminating. Woods and Soderberg take readers deep inside the world of police corruption. With exhaustive reporting, trenchant analysis, and lyrical storytelling, this is literary journalism at its best." --Wil S. Hylton, author of Vanished: The Sixty-Year Search for the Missing Men of World War II., "'The Wire' is a Mother Goose fairytale compared to stories revealed by Soderberg and Woods. Baltimore is a favorite punching bag of reactionaries who wouldn't know their way around Fells Point. If you really want to understand both the horror and hope in this remarkable city, you need to read 'I Got A Monster'" --Dave Zirin, The Nation " I Got a Monster tells a vivid story that cuts through the turbulent events that have shaken Baltimore in recent years. In doing so, it shows everything that is wrong with policing in the inner cities of America." --Ioan Grillo, Author of El Narco and Gangster Warlords "At once a page-turning account of the dramatic rise and fall of a criminal enterprise disguised as a police squad and a portrait of a city struggling against entrenched corruption. Woods and Soderberg's meticulous, gripping narrative moves from high-end waterfront condos to the vacant rowhouses of West Baltimore to police headquarters as it unspools a story of extravagant criminality, greed, and betrayal. --Rachel Monroe, author of Savage Appetites: Four True Stories of Women, Crime and Obsession "A masterpiece of reporting" --Laura Wexler, author Fire in a Canebrake "Riveting, propulsive, and illuminating. Woods and Soderberg take readers deep inside the world of police corruption. With exhaustive reporting, trenchant analysis, and lyrical storytelling, this is literary journalism at its best." --Wil S. Hylton, author of Vanished: The Sixty-Year Search for the Missing Men of World War II., "At once a page-turning account of the dramatic rise and fall of a criminal enterprise disguised as a police squad and a portrait of a city struggling against entrenched corruption. Woods and Soderberg's meticulous, gripping narrative moves from high-end waterfront condos to the vacant rowhouses of West Baltimore to police headquarters as it unspools a story of extravagant criminality, greed, and betrayal. --Rachel Monroe, author of Savage Appetites: Four True Stories of Women, Crime and Obsession "A masterpiece of reporting" --Laura Wexler, author Fire in a Canebrake, "Baltimore journalists Woods and Soderberg cut to the heart of corruption with precision and impartiality. This is an important book about community and the police intended to protect and serve it. True crime with humanity at its core." -- Booklist "The nearly unbelievable tale of widespread police corruption in a squad whose leader ran it 'like a war machine.' Woods and Soderberg meticulously reveal a group within the Baltimore Police Department that became a criminal enterprise all its own...Few readers will close this page-turner doubting that the Gun Trace Task Force was anything but the most corrupt police group in the U.S." -- Kirkus Reviews " I Got a Monster is a gem, a sobering look at the most corrupt police unit in the most corrupt police department in America--and the miracle it took to bring them down. Baynard Woods and Brandon Soderberg brilliantly guide us through this journey with a diligent on-the-ground reporting style that has become rare, holding up a mirror to our broken system and forcing us to see that the "few bad apples" theory is a myth--crooked cops are supported by crooked prosecutors and crooked politicians. The whole system needs reform. Their research is as remarkable as the way in which this book was crafted--this was the best investigative journalism book I've read in a long time and it's truly a must read." --D. Watkins, New York Times bestselling author of The Cook Up and We Speak For Ourselves "A sobering and unflinching story of corruption, a city plagued by poor leadership, and a citizenry that has always deserved better....A reminder that corruption is the result of people making choices to benefit themselves at the expenses of the general public. It is an important and necessary read." --DeRay McKesson, author of On the Other Side of Freedom: The Case for Hope "The Wire is a Mother Goose fairytale compared to stories revealed by Soderberg and Woods. Baltimore is a favorite punching bag of reactionaries who wouldn't know their way around Fells Point. If you really want to understand both the horror and hope in this remarkable city, you need to read I Got A Monster " --Dave Zirin, The Nation "A deeply researched and artfully written look at the blighted and benighted city of Baltimore, as seen through the dismal prism of the last decade. No matter if you're a police drama enthusiast or an activist against racism and law enforcement corruption, this is a book for you. Think The Wire, only all true and with footnotes." --Mike Sager, author of The Devil and John Holmes , contributing editor to Esquire "I Got a Monster tells a vivid story that cuts through the turbulent events that have shaken Baltimore in recent years. In doing so, it shows everything that is wrong with policing in the inner cities of America." --Ioan Grillo, Author of El Narco and Gangster Warlords "At once a page-turning account of the dramatic rise and fall of a criminal enterprise disguised as a police squad and a portrait of a city struggling against entrenched corruption. Woods and Soderberg's meticulous, gripping narrative moves from high-end waterfront condos to the vacant rowhouses of West Baltimore to police headquarters as it unspools a story of extravagant criminality, greed, and betrayal." --Rachel Monroe, author of Savage Appetites: Four True Stories of Women, Crime and Obsession "A masterpiece of reporting" --Laura Wexler, author Fire in a Canebrake "Riveting, propulsive, and illuminating. Woods and Soderberg take readers deep inside the world of police corruption. With exhaustive reporting, trenchant analysis, and lyrical storytelling, this is literary journalism at its best." --Wil S. Hylton, author of Vanished: The Sixty-Year Search for the Missing Men of World War II, "Baltimore journalists Woods and Soderberg cut to the heart of corruption with precision and impartiality. This is an important book about community and the police intended to protect and serve it. True crime with humanity at its core." -- Booklist "The nearly unbelievable tale of widespread police corruption in a squad whose leader ran it ''like a war machine.'' Woods and Soderberg meticulously reveal a group within the Baltimore Police Department that became a criminal enterprise all its own...Few readers will close this page-turner doubting that the Gun Trace Task Force was anything but the most corrupt police group in the U.S." -- Kirkus Reviews " I Got a Monster is a gem, a sobering look at the most corrupt police unit in the most corrupt police department in America--and the miracle it took to bring them down. Baynard Woods and Brandon Soderberg brilliantly guide us through this journey with a diligent on-the-ground reporting style that has become rare, holding up a mirror to our broken system and forcing us to see that the "few bad apples" theory is a myth--crooked cops are supported by crooked prosecutors and crooked politicians. The whole system needs reform. Their research is as remarkable as the way in which this book was crafted--this was the best investigative journalism book I''ve read in a long time and it''s truly a must read." --D. Watkins, New York Times bestselling author of The Cook Up and We Speak For Ourselves "A sobering and unflinching story of corruption, a city plagued by poor leadership, and a citizenry that has always deserved better....A reminder that corruption is the result of people making choices to benefit themselves at the expenses of the general public. It is an important and necessary read." --DeRay McKesson, author of On the Other Side of Freedom: The Case for Hope "The Wire is a Mother Goose fairytale compared to stories revealed by Soderberg and Woods. Baltimore is a favorite punching bag of reactionaries who wouldn''t know their way around Fells Point. If you really want to understand both the horror and hope in this remarkable city, you need to read I Got A Monster " --Dave Zirin, The Nation "A deeply researched and artfully written look at the blighted and benighted city of Baltimore, as seen through the dismal prism of the last decade. No matter if you''re a police drama enthusiast or an activist against racism and law enforcement corruption, this is a book for you. Think The Wire, only all true and with footnotes." --Mike Sager, author of The Devil and John Holmes , contributing editor to Esquire "I Got a Monster tells a vivid story that cuts through the turbulent events that have shaken Baltimore in recent years. In doing so, it shows everything that is wrong with policing in the inner cities of America." --Ioan Grillo, Author of El Narco and Gangster Warlords "At once a page-turning account of the dramatic rise and fall of a criminal enterprise disguised as a police squad and a portrait of a city struggling against entrenched corruption. Woods and Soderberg''s meticulous, gripping narrative moves from high-end waterfront condos to the vacant rowhouses of West Baltimore to police headquarters as it unspools a story of extravagant criminality, greed, and betrayal." --Rachel Monroe, author of Savage Appetites: Four True Stories of Women, Crime and Obsession "A masterpiece of reporting" --Laura Wexler, author Fire in a Canebrake "Riveting, propulsive, and illuminating. Woods and Soderberg take readers deep inside the world of police corruption. With exhaustive reporting, trenchant analysis, and lyrical storytelling, this is literary journalism at its best." --Wil S. Hylton, author of Vanished: The Sixty-Year Search for the Missing Men of World War II, "A sobering and unflinching story of corruption, a city plagued by poor leadership, and a citizenry that has always deserved better....A reminder that corruption is the result of people making choices to benefit themselves at the expenses of the general public. It is an important and necessary read." --DeRay McKesson, author of On the Other Side of Freedom: The Case for Hope "'The Wire' is a Mother Goose fairytale compared to stories revealed by Soderberg and Woods. Baltimore is a favorite punching bag of reactionaries who wouldn't know their way around Fells Point. If you really want to understand both the horror and hope in this remarkable city, you need to read 'I Got A Monster'" --Dave Zirin, The Nation " I Got a Monster tells a vivid story that cuts through the turbulent events that have shaken Baltimore in recent years. In doing so, it shows everything that is wrong with policing in the inner cities of America." --Ioan Grillo, Author of El Narco and Gangster Warlords "At once a page-turning account of the dramatic rise and fall of a criminal enterprise disguised as a police squad and a portrait of a city struggling against entrenched corruption. Woods and Soderberg's meticulous, gripping narrative moves from high-end waterfront condos to the vacant rowhouses of West Baltimore to police headquarters as it unspools a story of extravagant criminality, greed, and betrayal. --Rachel Monroe, author of Savage Appetites: Four True Stories of Women, Crime and Obsession "A masterpiece of reporting" --Laura Wexler, author Fire in a Canebrake "Riveting, propulsive, and illuminating. Woods and Soderberg take readers deep inside the world of police corruption. With exhaustive reporting, trenchant analysis, and lyrical storytelling, this is literary journalism at its best." --Wil S. Hylton, author of Vanished: The Sixty-Year Search for the Missing Men of World War II. "A deeply researched and artfully written look at the blighted and benighted city of Baltimore, as seen through the dismal prism of the last decade. No matter if you're a police drama enthusiast or an activist against racism and law enforcement corruption, this is a book for you. Think The Wire , only all true and with footnotes." --Mike Sager, author of The Devil and John Holmes , contributing editor to Esquire ., " I Got a Monster is a gem, a sobering look at the most corrupt police unit in the most corrupt police department in America--and the miracle it took to bring them down. Baynard Woods and Brandon Soderberg brilliantly guide us through this journey with a diligent on the ground reporting style that has become rare, holding up a mirror to our broken system and forcing us to see that the "few bad apples" theory is a myth--crooked cops are supported by crooked prosecutors and crooked politicians. The whole system needs reform. Their research is as remarkable as the way in which this book was crafted--this was the best investigative journalism book I've read in a long time and it's truly a must read." --D. Watkins, New York Times bestselling author of The Cook Up and We Speak For Ourselves "A sobering and unflinching story of corruption, a city plagued by poor leadership, and a citizenry that has always deserved better....A reminder that corruption is the result of people making choices to benefit themselves at the expenses of the general public. It is an important and necessary read." --DeRay McKesson, author of On the Other Side of Freedom: The Case for Hope "The Wire is a Mother Goose fairytale compared to stories revealed by Soderberg and Woods. Baltimore is a favorite punching bag of reactionaries who wouldn't know their way around Fells Point. If you really want to understand both the horror and hope in this remarkable city, you need to read I Got A Monster " --Dave Zirin, The Nation "A deeply researched and artfully written look at the blighted and benighted city of Baltimore, as seen through the dismal prism of the last decade. No matter if you're a police drama enthusiast or an activist against racism and law enforcement corruption, this is a book for you. Think The Wire, only all true and with footnotes." --Mike Sager, author of The Devil and John Holmes , contributing editor to Esquire "I Got a Monster tells a vivid story that cuts through the turbulent events that have shaken Baltimore in recent years. In doing so, it shows everything that is wrong with policing in the inner cities of America." --Ioan Grillo, Author of El Narco and Gangster Warlords "At once a page-turning account of the dramatic rise and fall of a criminal enterprise disguised as a police squad and a portrait of a city struggling against entrenched corruption. Woods and Soderberg's meticulous, gripping narrative moves from high-end waterfront condos to the vacant rowhouses of West Baltimore to police headquarters as it unspools a story of extravagant criminality, greed, and betrayal." --Rachel Monroe, author of Savage Appetites: Four True Stories of Women, Crime and Obsession "A masterpiece of reporting" --Laura Wexler, author Fire in a Canebrake "Riveting, propulsive, and illuminating. Woods and Soderberg take readers deep inside the world of police corruption. With exhaustive reporting, trenchant analysis, and lyrical storytelling, this is literary journalism at its best." --Wil S. Hylton, author of Vanished: The Sixty-Year Search for the Missing Men of World War II, "A sobering and unflinching story of corruption, a city plagued by poor leadership, and a citizenry that has always deserved better....A reminder that corruption is the result of people making choices to benefit themselves at the expenses of the general public. It is an important and necessary read." --DeRay McKesson, author of On the Other Side of Freedom: The Case for Hope "I Got a Monster is a gem, a sobering look at at the most corrupt police unit in the most corrupt police department in America--and the miracle it took to bring them down. Baynard Woods and Brandon Soderberg brilliantly guide us through this journey with a diligent on the ground reporting style that has become rare, holding up a mirror to our broken system and forcing us to see that the "few bad apples" theory is a myth--crooked cops are supported by crooked prosecutors and crooked politicians. The whole system needs reform. Their research is as remarkable as the way in which this book was crafted--this was the the best investigative journalism book I've read in a long time and it's truly a must read." --D. Watkins, New York Times bestselling author of The Cook Up and We Speak For Ourselves "'The Wire' is a Mother Goose fairytale compared to stories revealed by Soderberg and Woods. Baltimore is a favorite punching bag of reactionaries who wouldn't know their way around Fells Point. If you really want to understand both the horror and hope in this remarkable city, you need to read 'I Got A Monster'" --Dave Zirin, The Nation " I Got a Monster tells a vivid story that cuts through the turbulent events that have shaken Baltimore in recent years. In doing so, it shows everything that is wrong with policing in the inner cities of America." --Ioan Grillo, Author of El Narco and Gangster Warlords "At once a page-turning account of the dramatic rise and fall of a criminal enterprise disguised as a police squad and a portrait of a city struggling against entrenched corruption. Woods and Soderberg's meticulous, gripping narrative moves from high-end waterfront condos to the vacant rowhouses of West Baltimore to police headquarters as it unspools a story of extravagant criminality, greed, and betrayal. --Rachel Monroe, author of Savage Appetites: Four True Stories of Women, Crime and Obsession "A masterpiece of reporting" --Laura Wexler, author Fire in a Canebrake "Riveting, propulsive, and illuminating. Woods and Soderberg take readers deep inside the world of police corruption. With exhaustive reporting, trenchant analysis, and lyrical storytelling, this is literary journalism at its best." --Wil S. Hylton, author of Vanished: The Sixty-Year Search for the Missing Men of World War II. "A deeply researched and artfully written look at the blighted and benighted city of Baltimore, as seen through the dismal prism of the last decade. No matter if you're a police drama enthusiast or an activist against racism and law enforcement corruption, this is a book for you. Think The Wire , only all true and with footnotes." --Mike Sager, author of The Devil and John Holmes , contributing editor to Esquire ., "The nearly unbelievable tale of widespread police corruption in a squad whose leader ran it 'like a war machine.' Woods and Soderberg meticulously reveal a group within the Baltimore Police Department that became a criminal enterprise all its own...Few readers will close this page-turner doubting that the Gun Trace Task Force was anything but the most corrupt police group in the U.S." -- Kirkus Reviews " I Got a Monster is a gem, a sobering look at the most corrupt police unit in the most corrupt police department in America--and the miracle it took to bring them down. Baynard Woods and Brandon Soderberg brilliantly guide us through this journey with a diligent on-the-ground reporting style that has become rare, holding up a mirror to our broken system and forcing us to see that the "few bad apples" theory is a myth--crooked cops are supported by crooked prosecutors and crooked politicians. The whole system needs reform. Their research is as remarkable as the way in which this book was crafted--this was the best investigative journalism book I've read in a long time and it's truly a must read." --D. Watkins, New York Times bestselling author of The Cook Up and We Speak For Ourselves "A sobering and unflinching story of corruption, a city plagued by poor leadership, and a citizenry that has always deserved better....A reminder that corruption is the result of people making choices to benefit themselves at the expenses of the general public. It is an important and necessary read." --DeRay McKesson, author of On the Other Side of Freedom: The Case for Hope "The Wire is a Mother Goose fairytale compared to stories revealed by Soderberg and Woods. Baltimore is a favorite punching bag of reactionaries who wouldn't know their way around Fells Point. If you really want to understand both the horror and hope in this remarkable city, you need to read I Got A Monster " --Dave Zirin, The Nation "A deeply researched and artfully written look at the blighted and benighted city of Baltimore, as seen through the dismal prism of the last decade. No matter if you're a police drama enthusiast or an activist against racism and law enforcement corruption, this is a book for you. Think The Wire, only all true and with footnotes." --Mike Sager, author of The Devil and John Holmes , contributing editor to Esquire "I Got a Monster tells a vivid story that cuts through the turbulent events that have shaken Baltimore in recent years. In doing so, it shows everything that is wrong with policing in the inner cities of America." --Ioan Grillo, Author of El Narco and Gangster Warlords "At once a page-turning account of the dramatic rise and fall of a criminal enterprise disguised as a police squad and a portrait of a city struggling against entrenched corruption. Woods and Soderberg's meticulous, gripping narrative moves from high-end waterfront condos to the vacant rowhouses of West Baltimore to police headquarters as it unspools a story of extravagant criminality, greed, and betrayal." --Rachel Monroe, author of Savage Appetites: Four True Stories of Women, Crime and Obsession "A masterpiece of reporting" --Laura Wexler, author Fire in a Canebrake "Riveting, propulsive, and illuminating. Woods and Soderberg take readers deep inside the world of police corruption. With exhaustive reporting, trenchant analysis, and lyrical storytelling, this is literary journalism at its best." --Wil S. Hylton, author of Vanished: The Sixty-Year Search for the Missing Men of World War II
Synopsis
The explosive true story of America's most corrupt police unit, the Gun Trace Task Force (GTTF), which terrorized the city of Baltimore for half a decade. When Baltimore police sergeant Wayne Jenkins said he had a monster, he meant he had found a big-time drug dealer--one that he wanted to rob. This is the story of Jenkins and the Gun Trace Task Force (GTTF), a super group of dirty detectives who exploited some of America's greatest problems: guns, drugs, toxic masculinity, and hypersegregation. In the upside-down world of the GTTF, cops were robbers and drug dealers were the perfect victims, because no one believed them. When the federal government finally arrested the GTTF for robbery and racketeering in 2017, the stories of victims began to come out, revealing a vast criminal enterprise operating within the Baltimore Police Department. Cops planted heroin to cover up a fatal crash that resulted from a botched robbery. They stole hundreds of thousands of dollars, faked video evidence, and forged a letter trying to break up the marriage of one of their victims to keep his wife from paying a lawyer. And a homicide detective was killed the day before he was scheduled to testify against the crooked cops. I Got a Monster is the shocking history of the rise and fall of the most corrupt cops in America from Baynard Woods and Brandon Soderberg., I Got a Monster is the explosive true story of the Gun Trace Task Force (GTTF), America's most corrupt police squad, which terrorized the embattled, deeply-segregated city of Baltimore, robbing dealers of their cash and stealing their stash, putting the drugs back onto the streets. Leading this group of cops-turned-criminals was Sergeant Wayne Jenkins, who was at once a decorated detective and a criminal mastermind, waging war on the city he was supposed to serve and protect. Defense lawyers tried to bring the super cop's misconduct to light, but Jenkins was "untouchable" because of his connections within the department. One defense attorney, Ivan Bates, had been battling Jenkins for years. Then in March 2016, when Jenkins stole over $100,000 from one of Bates' clients, the lawyer believed he finally found a way to bring down the cop who had been called the "prince of the city." When the federal government finally indicted the GTTF in 2017, the stories of their victims began to come out, revealing a criminal enterprise inside the Baltimore Police Department and shedding a cold, hard light on the realities of the justice system.
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