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

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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.

Cast

D

DJ Fontane

Melvin Williams

D

DeAndre Wilton

Young Melvin

J

Jacqueline Sanders

Melvin's Mother

D

David Cooperman

District Attorney

Derick Thomas

Attorney

David Simon

Himself

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