info_outline, Hungary Exploring crime-related stories and the issues surrounding them, the anthology includes: 2023 Warner Bros. Michael A. One thing that we all knew is that there were way too many details in this case that were conflicting. It is revealed that Suiter had been summoned to testify in the now infamous Gun Trace Task Force trial, an elite police unit that proved to be one of the dirtiest in Baltimores recent history. English, Indonesia Adapted from former Baltimore Sun reporter Justin Fenton's 2021 book , the show chronicles the rise and fall of one of the most shocking instances of police corruption in Baltimore's history. He was praised as a positive role model. See the full list of We Own This Citycast and charactershere. African-American police officer Sean Suiter is pronounced dead soon thereafter. Whats the mission?, Exactly. Im not sure the police have proven that.. Watch these additional moments featuring Sean Suiter's family attorney, Jeremy Eldridge. Copyright 2021 NPR. It tells how a shift in policing strategy in 2007 led to the creation of the GTTF amid concern that police had spent too long pursuing drugs rather than guns. In a war, civilians get hurt and nobody does anything. THE SLOW HUSTLE, a feature documentary directed by Sonja Sohn (HBOs Baltimore Rising, The Wire), chronicles the still unsolved death of Baltimore police detective Sean Suiter, fatally shot in the head in 2017 while in the line of duty, and explores the ongoing speculation about what really happened that day. English, Hong Kong Whatever happened to the cast? I can make a movie. It wasnt a very large initiative, just a handful of officers, a single unit, and they went about their work with little fanfare. Wayne Jenkins, who as the real-life head of an elite Baltimore plainclothes unit turned it into a state-run gang. But except for flashbacks, the story is set in the latter 2010s. The Slow Hustle, an HBO original documentary from director Sonja Sohn (HBOs Baltimore Risingand The Wire), chronicles the still unsolved death of Baltimore police detective Sean Suiter, fatally shotin 2017 while in the line of duty, and explores the ongoing speculation about what really happened that day. She comments: Everybody walks away from the film seeing that the suicide implication is pretty serious and, if youre going to imply that, then youd better have really stiff, unshakeable evidence. With candid interviews from members of the Baltimore P.D., Suiters widow and children, journalists, lawyers and political leaders, The Slow Hustle examinesthe continuing mystery surrounding Suiters deathand the multiple theories that emerge in the investigation of the case, including that Suiters death was a calculated murder hit or a suicide. We dont always like what we see but we need to see whats in that mirror if were going to actually present truthfully in the world.. Sonja, thank you for joining us. He noted that the location of the lethal gunshot indicated that it could have been a self-inflicted wound, but later remarked that if Suiter was trying to cover up a suicide, he wouldnt have shot himself in the head; instead, he would have fired at his chest, which would have made it resemble a murder. And so being able to make that connection, I think, to those other cases was in the back of my mind. The Baltimore Animal Rescue and Care Shelter (BARCS) is the largest companion animal shelter in Maryland. THE SLOW HUSTLE is included in a collection of four gripping documentary titles that debut on Tuesdays, beginning November 23. Director Sonja Sohn Stars Umar Burley Jill Carter Kevin Davis Officers tell me that its a new day over there and everybodys wearing body cameras all the time, which wasnt the case until pretty late in the investigation of the gun trace taskforce. Nick. I did not want to initially direct another film that involves law enforcement. And with little apparent will to transform police departments (and their cultures of silence and coercion) or the political institutions that support them, it comes across as a deeply rooted malady for which theres no easy cure. The actor-turned-directors new film The Slow Hustle tells the story of a detective who was killed just before he was set to testify in a corruption case. At this point we are less than 10 min into the documentary. Their solution: They sold the drugs and firearm back onto the street. FLORIDO: Your film really does document the Baltimore Police Department's long history of corruption. FLORIDO: Your film really does document the Baltimore Police Department's long history of corruption. The cast and crew explore Baltimore as a character, touching on the real people and locations portrayed in the series. A 2016 Department of. The six-episode scripted series is at once an extension, an updating and a partial revision of their landmark dramas critique of policing. HBOs We Own This City Production team is proud to be working with many local Baltimore non-profits to create positive change in the communities where we filmed. Sharp Dressed Man is the only program of its kind in the greater Baltimore area. Wood Jr. woke up to find his phone full of thousands of new Twitter notifications. Det James Kostoplis testified that, soon after joining the GTTF, he was asked by Jenkins to go for a ride. The crime drama series is based on Justin Fenton's 2021 nonfiction book of the same name and stars . I was like a serious punk in the 80s, she laughs. Fenton, who worked as a consultant on the six-episode TV drama, says: It really is just absolutely staggering. That revelation leads to speculation that maybe Suiter's killing was an inside job meant to keep him quiet, or that maybe he took his own life. But this type of casual everyday lying, stealing, misrepresenting information, in some cases framing people its hard to prove and for that reason it often went unaddressed., The misconduct continued despite the outcry over Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old African American man who died of neck injuries suffered in police custody in April 2015. Fenton has spoken to many people in Jenkins orbit and made multiple attempts to contact Jenkins in prison but without success. Funding social structures that support the people is just a given. Ex-po. They are joined by longtime collaborators Nina K. Noble as executive producer, and Ed Burns as writer/executive producer. I was sitting up at CBGBs [music club], the only Black girl with shaved hair, screaming, and I had a zine. Theres a whole philosophical debate around human beings, and, you know, are they inherently good or evil? Im still worth something., The Slow Hustle is now available on HBO with a UK date to be announced. Suiter is assigned to a new murder case. Maryland State Senator Jill P. Carter helps contextualize some of the social and political misdeeds that have led to an environment that so easily breeds institutional misconduct. The documentary focuses on Michael Dowd, a former police officer of 10 years, who was arrested in 1992, leading to one of . His report, published in January this year, ran to 515 pages and sought to explain how a scandal of such proportions could begin and continue for years without being detected. The Slow Hustle, which debuts Tuesday night on HBO and HBOMax, looks at the death of Baltimore Police Detective Sean Suiter, who lived in Prince George's County and who was shot in the head in late 2017, the day before he was due to testify in a federal probe of police corruption. The Slow Hustle starts with shocking footage of Suiters body being discovered (Oh, my god!, Sean, no! Washingtonian spoke with Sohn last week about her new joint. And that case right there has a connection to many other cases that were in the public eye at the time. As of late March, 76 people had been murdered so far this year, up from 65 over the same period in 2021. THE SLOW HUSTLE debuts TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7 (8:00-9:30 p.m. ET/PT). As Nicole Steele, a civil-rights-division attorney, Wunmi Mosaku does all she can to create a character who feels her mission deeply and who chafes at her departments resistance to real change. A protest of Sean Suiters death in The Slow Hustle. He also learns a sense of entitlement; the seriess title comes from a speech in which he tells his cronies that as long as we put those numbers up by making arrests, they can do what they want. English, Taiwan Former Baltimore Police Gun Trace Task Force detective sentenced to 10 years in prison. Her first feature documentary Baltimore Rising portrayed the city in the aftermath of Freddie Grays death and THE SLOW HUSTLE continues her work focusing on Baltimore and its inherent racial and socio-economic problems. Its her second documentary since 2017sBaltimore Rising, which chronicled the uprising in Charm City that followed Freddie Grays death. HBO doc The Slow Hustle examines the mysterious death of Baltimore cop Sean Suiter, who was set to testify against police corruption and then was found with a bullet in the head. I need a unit medic right now. Supervisors had no incentive to report misconduct by their underlings because, given the culture of the police department, that would put them in a bad odour in the rest of the department.. The film is about one of the nation's biggest police corruption scandals. In a war, you have enemies. I said, Where were you? Local hero and cage-fighting super-cop Wayne Jenkins was federally indicted on racketeering charges, along with six other members of Baltimore's elite Gun Trace Task Force. And I think that's quite a journey that we're all on here, you know, in this country. I dont know about the soul, because Nicole is the soul of the film, or maybe Nicole is the heart. HBO doc "The Slow Hustle" examines the mysterious death of Baltimore cop Sean Suiter, who was set to testify against police corruption and then was found with a bullet in the head. Focusing on the 1980s, the documentary tells the story of Michael Dowd, a former. WJZ has covered the real-life Gun Trace Task Force investiga. She grew up in Newport News, Virginia, had a stint in New York as a slam poet and recorded an album in London. He and members of the GTTF framed the two men that Jenkins had been pursuing by planting drug evidence. April 24, 2022 Let us stipulate that it is unfair to compare any series to "The Wire," even if it is about policing, even if it is set in Baltimore, even if it happens to be made by two of the. The more I looked into it, the stranger it seemed. (And even Pryzbylewski eventually redeemed himself.). We Own This City: Created by George Pelecanos, David Simon. But they also have a brash, cocky face: Sgt. THE SLOW HUSTLE includes insightful commentary from journalists who remain determined to speak truth to power, including Justin Fenton, author of We Own This City: A True Story of Crime, Cops and Corruption and D. Watkins, author of We Speak for Ourselves: How Woke Culture Prohibits Progress who believes the shooting death of Suiter could have been an inside job. As he notes, despite numerous different mayors and police commissioners, nothing much has changed in Baltimore over the years aside from the names of those engaging in criminal activity. English, Pakistan SONJA SOHN: I think the one thing that I had to zero in on or hone in on was the fact that there - that this was a Black man who appeared to be murdered, whose murder was unsolved and quite possibly could have been at the hands of law enforcement. The authoritative record of NPRs programming is the audio record. Two former Baltimore Police officers sentenced to a combined 454 years in federal prison for shaking down citizens in the early 2000s had their prison terms reduced to 20 years each by a. That is the rumour that sweeps like a wildfire through the city and the fact thats the first theory that erupts says something on a larger scale about what could happen if the police dont get their act together and regain the trust of the people., Sohn adds: To me, what Nicole [Suiters widow] and the family are going through is the microcosmic example of what is happening to all of us, that when public institutions and structures dont get their act together, the people suffer and, in this instance, the family suffers.. NPR's Adrian Florido speaks with director and actor Sonja Sohn about her new film, The Slow Hustle. Fenton commented: Every officials talking about reform, reform, reform and you think that all eyes are on the police department and everybodys behaving their best and yet this is going on. English, Philippines Actor Darrell Britt-Gibson (Jemell Rayam) and technical adviser Detective Andres Severino sit down together to talk about the friendship they formed while making We Own This City, and how working together opened their eyes to new perspectives. SOHN: First and foremost, it speaks to the lack of trust that the people of the city have in law enforcement not only in Baltimore, but across the country. He was law enforcement. HBO documentary about Baltimore Police and Detective Sean Suiter's death set to debut in December By Alex Mann Baltimore Sun Nov 12, 2021 at 11:03 am A documentary film profiling. Sonja Sohn directed "The Slow Hustle." And Josh Charles (The Good Wife) plays impressively against type as Daniel Hersl, a bullet-headed task-force thug who makes Jenkins look like a diplomat. And I felt that the rumors, you know, also have some validity because there is a history of corruption, though rumors, you know, can't always be proven. 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