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I Got A Monster

The explosive story of America's most corrupt police unit, the Gun Trace Task Force, which terrorized the city of Baltimore.

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Kevin Abrams

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Box Office

$7,971

Production

Alpine Labs,Act III Productions

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[birds chirping] - I Got A Monster

[birds chirping]

[pensive music playing] - I Got A Monster

[pensive music playing]

[Ivan] You only really have one shot
to get it right to tell the story. - I Got A Monster

[Ivan] You only really have one shot to get it right to tell...

This is not necessarily my story per se. - I Got A Monster

This is not necessarily my story per se.

It's the story of all the people - I Got A Monster

It's the story of all the people

We've heard similar storylines
before on the big screen - I Got A Monster

We've heard similar storylines before on the big screen

The sergeant who ran
a multimillion-dollar drug enterprise. - I Got A Monster

The sergeant who ran a multimillion-dollar drug enterprise.

[Ivan] So, our purpose is
to tell the story - I Got A Monster

[Ivan] So, our purpose is to tell the story

Did those in power
turn a blind eye to corruption - I Got A Monster

Did those in power turn a blind eye to corruption

I want you to investigate
the police department. - I Got A Monster

I want you to investigate the police department.

So, we now know what happened
with the Gun Trace Task Force. - I Got A Monster

So, we now know what happened with the Gun Trace Task Force.

[Ivan] You know,
having a front row seat to the terror, - I Got A Monster

[Ivan] You know, having a front row seat to the terror,

The state now looking
to put together a team of legal experts - I Got A Monster

The state now looking to put together a team of legal expert...

How could the system
have failed this badly for this long? - I Got A Monster

How could the system have failed this badly for this long?

That I hope the victims
are eventually compensated. - I Got A Monster

That I hope the victims are eventually compensated.

That we will have real changes
to the systemic problems and issues - I Got A Monster

That we will have real changes to the systemic problems and ...

And that hopefully Baltimore City
can be a model - I Got A Monster

And that hopefully Baltimore City can be a model

[dramatic music playing] - I Got A Monster

[dramatic music playing]

I wanna thank the committee, - I Got A Monster

I wanna thank the committee,

I have been an attorney
in the criminal justice system - I Got A Monster

I have been an attorney in the criminal justice system

It was in 2003
that I first witnessed an officer - I Got A Monster

It was in 2003 that I first witnessed an officer

I witnessed a law enforcement agency - I Got A Monster

I witnessed a law enforcement agency

Right now, I'll be speaking
on my personal experiences - I Got A Monster

Right now, I'll be speaking on my personal experiences

[Baynard] Ivan Bates and Wayne Jenkins - I Got A Monster

[Baynard] Ivan Bates and Wayne Jenkins

But in 2016, when Wayne Jenkins
arrested Oreese Stevenson - I Got A Monster

But in 2016, when Wayne Jenkins arrested Oreese Stevenson

This was an important case to me - I Got A Monster

This was an important case to me

[Baynard] March 22nd, 2016, - I Got A Monster

[Baynard] March 22nd, 2016,

His friend walks out of a house
and starts to walk over to the van, - I Got A Monster

His friend walks out of a house and starts to walk over to t...

Immediately, a short, White
bulldog-looking man jumps out, - I Got A Monster

Immediately, a short, White bulldog-looking man jumps out,

What, if anything, caused you
to take official action that day? - I Got A Monster

What, if anything, caused you to take official action that d...

On this day, I observed an individual - I Got A Monster

On this day, I observed an individual

[Wayne] I was with Detective Taylor, - I Got A Monster

[Wayne] I was with Detective Taylor,

The police pulled the individuals
out the vehicle - I Got A Monster

The police pulled the individuals out the vehicle

I looked down between his feet,
inside the book bag, - I Got A Monster

I looked down between his feet, inside the book bag,

These guys are sitting there, - I Got A Monster

These guys are sitting there,

Jenkins handcuffs them - I Got A Monster

Jenkins handcuffs them

Could you describe
your interaction with Mr. Stevenson? - I Got A Monster

Could you describe your interaction with Mr. Stevenson?

Based on what I saw
and what was recovered in the vehicle, - I Got A Monster

Based on what I saw and what was recovered in the vehicle,

My nature was, I wanted to find out
where Mr. Oreese lived at - I Got A Monster

My nature was, I wanted to find out where Mr. Oreese lived a...

He advised me he had kilograms of cocaine, - I Got A Monster

He advised me he had kilograms of cocaine,

[Baynard] So Jenkins says,
"Look, I'm gonna call a guy - I Got A Monster

[Baynard] So Jenkins says, "Look, I'm gonna call a...

Stepp was his burglary friend
and his drug dealing friend. - I Got A Monster

Stepp was his burglary friend and his drug dealing friend.

So he goes,
"Stepp, get over to the Heathfield house - I Got A Monster

So he goes, "Stepp, get over to the Heathfield house

He says, "Donny,
there's a quarter of a million dollars - I Got A Monster

He says, "Donny, there's a quarter of a million do...

When I come around through the alley
after he gave me the address, - I Got A Monster

When I come around through the alley after he gave me the ad...

I said, "I'm not going.
There's somebody there." - I Got A Monster

I said, "I'm not going. There's somebody ther...

So, he sits a block away with binoculars - I Got A Monster

So, he sits a block away with binoculars

So, as I'm watching in binoculars, - I Got A Monster

So, as I'm watching in binoculars,

Just could feel like,
"Man, what is he up to?" - I Got A Monster

Just could feel like, "Man, what is he up to?"

Jenkins immediately grabs
two kilos of cocaine - I Got A Monster

Jenkins immediately grabs two kilos of cocaine

[Donny] When he come back
through that door three minutes later, - I Got A Monster

[Donny] When he come back through that door three minutes la...

I watched him go straight
to the trunk of the car, - I Got A Monster

I watched him go straight to the trunk of the car,

[car engine revving] - I Got A Monster

[car engine revving]

Jenkins steals 100,000 dollars
out of the safe. - I Got A Monster

Jenkins steals 100,000 dollars out of the safe.

[Baynard] Tells Taylor to pull out
a cellphone and start filming it - I Got A Monster

[Baynard] Tells Taylor to pull out a cellphone and start fil...

- Hendrix has the other tool. And…
- [clattering] - I Got A Monster

- Hendrix has the other tool. And… - [clattering]

[Jessica] They had found this safe
in the basement, - I Got A Monster

[Jessica] They had found this safe in the basement,

[Jessica] They did this little,
cute acting job - I Got A Monster

[Jessica] They did this little, cute acting job

He could be stealing from other units, - I Got A Monster

He could be stealing from other units,

And, uh… that badge and that gun, man,
cut him loose. - I Got A Monster

And, uh… that badge and that gun, man, cut him loose.

[Ivan] When I became a defense attorney,
it was June 22nd, 2002. - I Got A Monster

[Ivan] When I became a defense attorney, it was June 22nd, 2...

I was a prosecutor, um, first, - I Got A Monster

I was a prosecutor, um, first,

I didn't have any thoughts or illusions
about what it would be. - I Got A Monster

I didn't have any thoughts or illusions about what it w...

And I really enjoyed it - I Got A Monster

And I really enjoyed it

I'd known about Wayne Jenkins - I Got A Monster

I'd known about Wayne Jenkins

He loved running around,
being a police officer, - I Got A Monster

He loved running around, being a police officer,

[Ivan] He was very smart.
He knew the law, - I Got A Monster

[Ivan] He was very smart. He knew the law,

- [indistinct chatter]
- [bell ringing] - I Got A Monster

- [indistinct chatter] - [bell ringing]

I mean, we know he did this MMA fighting - I Got A Monster

I mean, we know he did this MMA fighting

[Jessica] Even if mixed martial arts
sort of faded into the background, - I Got A Monster

[Jessica] Even if mixed martial arts sort of faded into the ...

Like, other cops,
when they heard his name, - I Got A Monster

Like, other cops, when they heard his name,

From there, I was placed
into the special enforcement team. - I Got A Monster

From there, I was placed into the special enforcement team.

I was then placed into the VRO, - I Got A Monster

I was then placed into the VRO,

And then I was placed
in Gun Trace Task Force - I Got A Monster

And then I was placed in Gun Trace Task Force

[tense music playing] - I Got A Monster

[tense music playing]

His father was a Marine, - I Got A Monster

His father was a Marine,

[Donny] I went to school
with Wayne's brother, - I Got A Monster

[Donny] I went to school with Wayne's brother,

Didn't know that much about Wayne,
except that he was a super cop. - I Got A Monster

Didn't know that much about Wayne, except that he was a...

Obviously was on TV at a frequent basis, - I Got A Monster

Obviously was on TV at a frequent basis,

So, eventually, - I Got A Monster

So, eventually,

And, you know, I just…
I love to make money. - I Got A Monster

And, you know, I just… I love to make money.

So, I agreed to go ahead
and start taking his drugs. - I Got A Monster

So, I agreed to go ahead and start taking his drugs.

I knew that him being a cop - I Got A Monster

I knew that him being a cop

But they have access to some
of the most clandestine equipment - I Got A Monster

But they have access to some of the most clandestine equipme...

He could go anywhere in the city,
any jurisdiction, - I Got A Monster

He could go anywhere in the city, any jurisdiction,

Wayne had capitalized
in using these informants, - I Got A Monster

Wayne had capitalized in using these informants,

To me, it just opened up a different world
of what was going on. - I Got A Monster

To me, it just opened up a different world of what was going...

I knew the stakes were much, much bigger
but I was always a gambler. - I Got A Monster

I knew the stakes were much, much bigger but I was always a ...

And the case that gave me a pause - I Got A Monster

And the case that gave me a pause

[tires screeching] - I Got A Monster

[tires screeching]

I Got A Monster poster

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The explosive story of America's most corrupt police unit, the Gun Trace Task Force, which terrorized the city of Baltimore.

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Director: Kevin Abrams

Writer: Brandon Soderberg, Baynard Woods

Production: Alpine Labs,Act III Productions

Genre: documentary

Year: 2023

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 6.6

BoxOffice: $7,971

Released: 10 Mar 2023

Awards: N/A

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