Unrest in Baltimore and a tracking device - Bad Cops, Episode 1, BBC World Service podcast

Civil unrest spreads across Baltimore after 25-year-old Freddie Gray dies in police custody. Meanwhile, a detective makes a troubling discovery when he arrests a major heroin dealer. It’s time to call in the FBI. Click here to subscribe to our channel 👉🏽 https://bbc.in/3VyyriM In Baltimore, Maryland, an elite group of plainclothes officers called the Gun Trace Task Force gets hundreds of illegal guns off the streets every year. Secretly, however, these detectives are also robbing people, selling drugs, planting evidence and framing innocent people. When some of the officers go too far, it triggers an FBI investigation that reveals the Gun Trace Task Force as one of the most corrupt police squads in American policing history. Jessica Lussenhop tells the story of the rise and fall of this once-powerful unit of officers, and its leader Sergeant Wayne Jenkins. And she asks: why do good cops go bad? Bad Cops is a podcast from the BBC World Service Written and presented by Jessica Lussenhop Programme mixed by Neil Churchill Additional mixing by James Beard Producer: Ben Crighton Editor: Richard Vadon Trial exhibit photos provided by FBI / United States Attorney's Office (USAO). Watch the series here:    • Bad Cops   Listen/Download: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w13x... #BadCops #podcast #Baltimore #TrueCrime ---------------- This is the official BBC World Service YouTube channel. If you like what we do, you can also find us here: Instagram 👉🏽   / bbcworldservice   Twitter 👉🏽   / bbcworldservice   Facebook 👉🏽   / bbcworldservice   BBC World Service website 👉🏽 https://www.bbc.co.uk/worldserviceradio Thanks for watching and subscribing! #BBCWorldService #WorldService