Topic: Baltimore Police

2 chapters across the catalog

62: Pink Elephant
• 3:05:15 - 3:13:00

62: Pink Elephant

The Wire and the "Hamsterdam" Predictive Programming

Mo references the HBO series "The Wire" and its "Hamsterdam" plotline, where a police major legalizes drugs in specific abandoned blocks to lower crime rates elsewhere. He argues this 20-year-old show served as predictive programming for current policies in Baltimore and Chicago, where certain neighborhoods are effectively sacrificed to contain the drug trade and violence.

41: Third Wave
• 1:26:35 - 1:29:18

41: Third Wave

Baltimore Police Slowdown and the Blue Flu

Following the 2015 riots, Baltimore experienced a massive surge in murders as police officers engaged in a "coordinated slowdown" or "blue flu." The hosts suggest this cycle of bad actors, rioting, and police withdrawal is a structured process used to justify future crackdowns.