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‘The Wire’ creator returning to Baltimore for new HBO series ‘We Own This City’

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The Wire creator David Simon is set to share a new limited series for HBO, tackling police corruption in Baltimore.We Own This City is based on the book A True Story Of Crime, Cops And Corruption by investigative journalist Justin Fenton.

It will see Simon reuniting with Wire producer George Pelecanos.The book and series is based in Baltimore in 2015, in the aftermath of the suspicious death of African-American 25-year-old Freddie Gray while in police custody.With protests erupting following Gray’s death, Sergeant Wayne Jenkins is tasked with getting guns and drugs off the street in the city, as part of the plainclothes Gun Trace Task Force.Instead, though, Jenkins uses the power to carry out corrupt dealings, taking money from drug raids,.

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