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It's mid-August 2016 in Baltimore, Maryland.

Detective Mamadu Gondo appears through the blinds of his second-story apartment window.

Outside he sees a black sedan parked just across the street

and a middle-aged man is sitting behind the wheel.

He's been there for hours, and with every minute that ticks by, Gondo is growing more and

more concerned he's under surveillance. Gondo paces his living room.

For the past few months he's been worried that he and his partner

Jamel Ram are being investigated. And if they are that could be a big problem

because they've stolen significant quantities of drugs and cash over their many

years on the Baltimore Police Force.

For most of that time Gondo felt confident that their crimes were flying under the radar.

He and Rayam serve on one of the department's most elite squads, the Gun Trace Task Force, and their

commanders have always seemed happy with their work.

But a few months ago, their longtime leader abruptly transferred to another unit, and something about the speed of his transfer

struck Gondo as suspicious.

So when Sergeant Wayne Jenkins was brought in to take over the squad, Gondo was wary at first.

He thought Jenkins might be installed by internal affairs to root out wrongdoing.

But if anything, it's been the opposite of that.

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