Throwing Rocks at Tanks

A Mix of Fact and Fiction to Create Reality

A Mix of Fact and Fiction to Create Reality

Picture it: United States of America, 2001. You are an old white man, a former Baltimore Sun reporter, and your writing partner, a former police officer and teacher, are in the HBO offices about to pitch a television series about the drug trade and broader sociopolitical and economic structure of Baltimore through the eyes of predominantly African American people, through all facets of the city, from the drug outfits themselves and the police officers to the dock workers and even the newspaper writers.