INTRODUCING: The Burden | Bad Cops
About this episode
The episode explores police corruption in Baltimore, focusing on a notorious cop known as the Golden Boy and the shocking allegations against him.
Baltimore, Maryland likes to call itself Charm City. But you have to wonder: Is the nickname ironic? Consider one of the city's star cops, a sergeant so accomplished that he earned his own nickname, the Golden Boy. But Golden Boy led a double life. Said one of those who encountered him in the street. "I was robbed by the Baltimore City Police….with a gun … armed robbery." No one believed the allegation. Then a GPS tracker was discovered where it shouldn't have been; next, a wiretap went up on a cop's phone. An FBI agent couldn't believe what she was hearing. Are these guys gangsters? And then … an insider turned witness. "Like Rambo said, burn it down. And that's what I did." Welcome to Charm City, where it was sometimes difficult to tell the protectors from the predators. A podcast from Orbit Media reported and produced by the BBC and hosted by Jessica Lussenhop. ** Listen to Bad Cops: https://podcasts.apple.com/am/podcast/the-burden/id1734312219 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
People in this episode
Host: Jessica Lussenhop
Topics covered
- police corruption
- true crime
- Baltimore
- law enforcement
- insider witness
- crime investigation
Keywords
- Baltimore
- police
- corruption
- FBI
- Golden Boy
- true crime
- insider witness
- law enforcement
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: BBC, Orbit Media
Places: Baltimore, Maryland
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