Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions Two-faced federal prosecutors, a state prosecutor who needs to chill on Netflix, and an iconic naked baby. Reason · Dec 22, 2023
Legal settlements totaling $645,000 push Baltimore’s Gun Trace Task Force payments to $16 million with 5 claims remaining BALTIMORE — Baltimore’s spending board approved $645,000 on Wednesday 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 unit to more than $16 million. Tribune News Service · Dec 22, 2022
The week in TV: Everything I Know About Love; We Own This City; My Name Is Leon; Avoidance 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 The Guardian - UK · Jun 12, 2022
How I started writing for TV Making the leap to scripted TV with HBO's "We Own This City" took years of unglamorous and difficult work Salon · May 2, 2022
Jon Bernthal channels ex-Baltimore police sergeant as HBO’s ‘We Own This City’ re-creates rise and fall of GTTF BALTIMORE — Jon Bernthal once did knuckle pushups outside on the sidewalk. Tribune News Service · Apr 25, 2022
Cómo sobrevivió y prosperó un policía corrupto durante una década de comportamiento criminal BALTIMORE— Mucho antes de la detención y condena del ex agente de policía de Baltimore, Daniel Hersl, por cargos federales de crimen organizado, este ya tenía una mala reputación por brutalidad y conducta nociva—entre los ciudadanos, los abogados defensores e incluso sus compañeros. Tribune News Service · Jan 20, 2022
How a corrupt Baltimore officer survived, and thrived, during a decade of criminal behavior BALTIMORE — Long before former Baltimore Police officer Daniel Hersl’s arrest and conviction on federal racketeering charges, he had an outsize reputation for brutality and misconduct — among citizens, defense attorneys, and even fellow officers. Tribune News Service · Jan 18, 2022