{"product_id":"i-got-a-monster-baynard-woods-9781250221827","title":"I Got a Monster: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Corrupt Police Squad","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe explosive true story of America's most corrupt police unit, the Gun Trace Task Force (GTTF), which terrorized the city of Baltimore for half a decade. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Baltimore police sergeant Wayne Jenkins said he had a monster, he meant he had found a big-time drug dealer--one that he wanted to rob. This is the story of Jenkins and the Gun Trace Task Force (GTTF), a super group of dirty detectives who exploited some of America's greatest problems: guns, drugs, toxic masculinity, and hypersegregation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the upside-down world of the GTTF, cops were robbers and drug dealers were the perfect victims, because no one believed them. When the federal government finally arrested the GTTF for robbery and racketeering in 2017, the stories of victims began to come out, revealing a vast criminal enterprise operating within the Baltimore Police Department. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCops planted heroin to cover up a fatal crash that resulted from a botched robbery. They stole hundreds of thousands of dollars, faked video evidence, and forged a letter trying to break up the marriage of one of their victims to keep his wife from paying a lawyer. And a homicide detective was killed the day before he was scheduled to testify against the crooked cops. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eI Got a Monster\u003c\/i\u003e is the shocking history of the rise and fall of the most corrupt cops in America from Baynard Woods and Brandon Soderberg.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Baynard Woods, Brandon Soderberg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 125022182X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250221827\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martin's Griffin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/14\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.68lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.31h x 5.53w x 0.92d","brand":"Baynard Woods","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44050055037183,"sku":"9781250221827","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2f5d1518-2b2c-492c-8b85-9f31495e0760.jpg?v=1685004946","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/i-got-a-monster-baynard-woods-9781250221827","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}