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InMarchof2017,America'sdeadliestcitywasrockedbyoneofthenation'sbiggestPolicecorruptionscandals.Localheroandcage-fightingsuper-copWayneJenkinswasfederallyindictedonracketeeringcharges,alongwithsixothermembersofBaltimore'seliteGunTraceTaskForce.Inacitystokedwithracialtensionandviolence,Jenkinsandhiscrewofplain-clothesdetectiveswerecelebratedforholdingtheThinBlueLine.Buttheywereactuallyterrorizingthecity'sBlackcommunity,workingwithacoke-dealingbail-bondsmantostealandredistributemillionsofdollarsofdrugs,whilebrazenlyplantingevidenceandfalsifyingpolicereportstoframetheirtargetsforcrimestheydidn'tcommit.Theyknewthey'dgetawaywithitbecausenoonewouldbelievetheirvictimsandthePoliceDepartmentwouldalwaysprotectitsown.Buttheydidn'tplanforacampaigningdefenseattorneynamedIvanBatesorasecretFBIwiretapoperationthatwouldunintentionallybringthemdown.Basedonthehighlyacclaimedbook,IGOTAMONSTER,publishedbyStMartin'sPress,thisdocumentarytakesviewersaroundeverytwistandturnofthisreal-lifecat-and-mousegamewherethecopsarealsotherobbersandthosewhoaremeanttoprotectoursafetyturnouttobetheonesjeopardizingit.