We Own this City: Intro and Ep. 1: The Knockers: When Performance Policing Breaks the Law

Host Connie Morris introduces a summer book series centered on Justin Fenton’s We Own This City, focusing on chapter one, “The Knockers.”

The episode examines how aggressive, results-driven policing and weak supervision created space for corruption in Baltimore’s Gun Trace Task Force, introduces key players, and highlights the moral and systemic questions behind the scandal.

Connie previews a chapter-by-chapter case-file approach that looks beyond outcomes to the processes, warning signs, and community impact, and teases the next episode.

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