Heroin King of Baltimore: The Rise and Fall of Melvin Williams

Heroin King of Baltimore: The Rise and Fall of Melvin Williams (2013)

January 1st, 20130h 58min

Documentary, History
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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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