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Baltimore Police internal affairs received a tip that Gun Trace Task Force ringleader Wayne Jenkins was robbing drug dealers more than a year before he was charged by the FBI with committing robberies, according to a new court filing.

Baltimore’s spending board has approved $645,000 to settle two more legal disputes related to the city police department’s disgraced Gun Trace Task Force, bringing the total amount paid out related to the rogue force to more than $16 million.

Baltimore’s spending board is poised to approve $645,000 to settle two legal disputes related to the city’s disgraced Gun Trace Task Force involving plaintiffs who spent time in jail before their charges were vacated.

Six men who were arrested during last year's unrest but cleared of all charges have filed a police brutality lawsuit against the Baltimore Police Department, nearly two dozen officers and the State of Maryland.

Its illegitimacy goes far beyond the war on drugs.

A state commission created to investigate roots of the Baltimore Police Gun Trace Task Force scandal concluded that there were leadership failures at the highest levels.

Baltimore is facing two new federal lawsuits alleging evidence planting by discredited police officers, including a former detective who is serving 18 years in prison for crimes committed on the job. The suits illustrate the continuing fallout from the widespread police corruption that came to light amid revelations about the Baltimore Police Department’s Gun Trace ...

Its illegitimacy goes far beyond the war on drugs.

Convicted Gun Trace Task Force leader Wayne Jenkins is speaking out for the first time, saying in a letter from prison that he was coerced into taking a plea and that he never stole money or planted evidence.

Dolly Alderton’s millennial memoir and Kit de Waal’s acclaimed social care novel are brought to the screen with aplomb, while David Simon’s new Baltimore cop drama is brutally compelling