<description>&lt;p&gt;Baltimore, Maryland likes to call itself Charm City. But you have to wonder: Is the nickname ironic?&amp;nbsp; Consider one of the city's star cops, a sergeant so accomplished that he earned his own nickname, the Golden Boy.&amp;nbsp; But Golden Boy led a double life. Said one of those who encountered him in the street.&amp;nbsp; "I was robbed by the Baltimore City Police&amp;hellip;.with a gun &amp;hellip; armed robbery."&amp;nbsp; 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. &lt;em&gt;Are these guys&amp;nbsp; gangsters?&lt;/em&gt; And then &amp;hellip; an insider turned witness. "Like Rambo said, burn it down. And that's what I did."&amp;nbsp; Welcome to Charm City, where it was sometimes difficult to tell the protectors from the predators.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;A podcast from Orbit Media reported and produced by the BBC and hosted by Jessica Lussenhop.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener"&gt;omnystudio.com/listener&lt;/a&gt; for privacy information.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

The Burden

Orbit Media

Introducing - Bad Cops

JUN 24, 20261 MIN
The Burden

Introducing - Bad Cops

JUN 24, 20261 MIN

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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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.