Police Corruption in Baltimore | Benched | 2

American Scandal

Wondery

True Crime, Exhibit C, Society & Culture, History, Documentary, History Daily, American History Tellers, Lindsay Graham

4.6 • 18.7K Ratings

🗓️ 30 January 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Following a series of questionable arrests, plainclothes detective Wayne Jenkins finds himself relegated to the desk duty. But when Baltimore is roiled by protests following the death of Freddie Gray at the hands of police, Jenkins seizes an opportunity to get back in the action - and bring more crooked cops into his orbit.

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0:00.0	Wundry Plus subscribers can binge new seasons of American scandal early and ad free right now.
0:05.7	Join Wundry Plus in the Wundery app or on Apple Podcasts. It's February 2014 in Baltimore, Maryland.
0:17.0	It's February 2014 in Baltimore, Maryland.
0:24.0	Molly Webb is marching down the hallway of the state attorney's office,
0:28.0	carrying a Manila folder in one hand and a USB drive in the other.
0:32.0	Webb is an assistant state's attorney, and it's her job to prosecute cases built by the
0:36.1	Baltimore Police Department.
0:38.0	But recently, while preparing for an upcoming case, Webb received a piece of evidence that
0:42.2	made her question both the validity of the charges
0:45.2	and the integrity of the officers who filed them. But before Webb takes any kind of formal action,
0:51.2	she needs to get a second opinion, and that's why she's heading to the office of of her When Webb arrives outside her supervisor's door, she takes a deep breath and steals herself.
1:05.0	If she's right about the video on this USB drive, her boss is not going to be happy.
1:14.0	Webb knocks on the door and her supervisor tells her to come in and have a seat.
1:18.0	Good afternoon, sir.
1:19.0	Thanks for making the time to meet with me.
1:21.0	No problem. What's this about?
1:22.0	Walter Price case. Walter Price. time to meet with me. No problem, what's this about?
1:22.6	The Walter Price case.
1:24.2	Walter Price, remind me.
1:25.9	Drug possession.
1:26.8	Price was arrested by two plainclothes officers,
1:29.9	Sergeant Wayne Jenkins and Detective Ben Freeman.
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