Much like The Wire, We Own The City weaves several seemingly disparate storylines-Jenkins’ rise and fall as the GTTF ringleader the federal investigation into BPD corruption that did not begin with Jenkins, but eventually ensnared him and others and the damning examination of the broader department by the DOJ after Freddie Gray’s death that led to the current consent decree.Įven those viewers familiar with the recent history of the Baltimore Police Department and the Gun Trace Task Force scandal may struggle initially to follow the narrative, but eventually, the pieces come together.
Wunmi Mosaku ( Lovecraft Country) stars as a composite Department of Justice attorney leading the investigation into the BPD that became the police department’s current operating consent decree with the DOJ. Both Herschel and Jenkins, among other Gun Trace Task Force officers, remain incarcerated. Jon Bernthal ( The Walking Dead) is in the lead role as the corrupt and brutal GTTF leader Wayne Jenkins. Baltimore native Josh Charles ( The Good Wife) plays former rogue GTTF officer Daniel Herschel. There’s also Jamie Hector portraying former detective Sean Suiter-whose controversial death, one day before he was scheduled to testify in front of a grand jury about police corruption, was ruled a suicide. Also returning from The Wire are numerous actors, most notably Delaney Williams, who portrays former police commissioner Kevin Davis. Developed by David Simon and George Pelecanos, and directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green, the series brings the horrific corruption within the Baltimore Police Department to the screen, going all the way back to The Wire era and follows the disastrous prosecution of the drug war all the way forward.įormer BPD homicide investigator Ed Burns and former Sun assistant city editor Bill Zorzi-both Wire alum-joined Simon and Pelecanos in the writers’ room for We Own This City, along with New York Times best-selling author D. Based on the 2021 book by former Sun, now Baltimore Banner, reporter Justin Fenton which chronicled the crimes and trials of the BPD’s infamous Gun Trace Task Force, HBO’s six-episode series We Own This City launches April 25.
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