{"id":33417,"date":"2022-02-15T23:51:02","date_gmt":"2022-02-16T04:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=33417"},"modified":"2022-02-15T23:51:02","modified_gmt":"2022-02-16T04:51:02","slug":"hbo-limited-series-we-own-this-city-from-george-pelecanos-and-david-simon-and-directed-by-reinaldo-marcus-green-debuts-april-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2022\/02\/15\/hbo-limited-series-we-own-this-city-from-george-pelecanos-and-david-simon-and-directed-by-reinaldo-marcus-green-debuts-april-25\/","title":{"rendered":"HBO Limited Series &#8220;We Own This City,&#8221; from George Pelecanos and David Simon, and Directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green Debuts April 25"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33418\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/we-own-this-city.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"555\" height=\"370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/we-own-this-city.jpg 555w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/we-own-this-city-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 555px) 100vw, 555px\" \/>The six-episode limited series WE OWN THIS CITY, debuts Monday, April 25 on HBO and will be available to stream on HBO Max.<\/p>\n<p>Based on the book by Baltimore Sun reporter Justin Fenton, WE OWN THIS CITY chronicles the rise and fall of the Baltimore Police Department&#8217;s Gun Trace Task Force and the corruption and moral collapse that befell an American city in which the policies of drug prohibition and mass arrest were championed at the expense of actual police work.<\/p><div id=\"morty-91379882\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Main cast: Jon Bernthal, Wunmi Mosaku, Jamie Hector, McKinley Belcher III, Darrell Britt-Gibson, Josh Charles, Dagmara Dominczyk, Rob Brown, Don Harvey, David Corenswet, Larry Mitchell, Ian Duff, Delaney Williams, and Lucas Van Engen.<\/p>\n<p>Guest stars include: Treat Williams, Gabrielle Carteris, Tray Chaney, Domenick Lombardozzi, Thaddeus Street, Jermaine Crawford, Nathan E. 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Focused on creating a voluntary, monitored federal consent decree aimed at reform, Steele&#8217;s work centers on the systemic reasons police corruption and bad behavior are excused by Baltimore City prosecutors, judges and the police department itself.<\/p><div id=\"morty-3815742639\" class=\"morty-content_2\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Jamie Hector as Sean M. Suiter, a Baltimore City Homicide detective who was caught up in the GTTF case and called to testify before a federal grand jury. Tragically, Suiter finds he can&#8217;t outrun his past.<\/p>\n<p>McKinley Belcher III as Momodu &#8220;G Money&#8221; Gondo, an 11-year BPD veteran and member of the Gun Trace Task Force, implicated in robberies, overtime fraud and other corrupt acts. He was involved in protecting a heroin operation run by Antonio &#8220;Brill&#8221; Shropshire. Gondo served as an information line and protector to Shropshire, and took little effort to hide this connection.<\/p>\n<p>Darrell Britt-Gibson as Jemell Rayam, one of the most brazen offenders caught up in the GTTF probe. Rayam committed racketeering, extortion, overtime fraud, robberies and unlawful detainments; entered residences without a warrant; and was involved in three shootings that resulted in one fatality. 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When confronted by the federal investigation and charged with the rest of the unit, he was among the first to cooperate unequivocally with prosecutors.<\/p>\n<p>Don Harvey as John Sieracki, a second-generation city cop assigned to the public corruption task force and working out of the FBI&#8217;s office in Woodlawn. Sieracki provided the federal investigation key knowledge of the BPD and access to its databases.<\/p>\n<p>David Corenswet as David McDougall, a veteran investigator with the Harford County Narcotics Task Force. McDougall and Detective Scott Kilpatrick, his colleague in neighboring Baltimore County&#8217;s Narcotics Unit, began the casework on drug overdoses that set the GTTF probe in motion.<\/p>\n<p>Larry Mitchell as Scott Kilpatrick, a veteran investigator with the Baltimore County Narcotics Task Force. 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