Heroin King of Baltimore: The Rise and Fall of Melvin Williams (2013)
• January 1st, 2013 • 0h 58min
Documentary, History
Overview
Baltimore City officials asked drug kingpin Melvin Williams to stop the riots happened following Martin Luther King's assassination. After helping the authorities out, Williams was then labeled a threat, framed and incarcerated by a hypocritical society.
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