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

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

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 1, 2013

Runtime

0h 58m

Genres

Documentary, History

Original Title

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

Production Companies

Da Vision Pictures

Director

Derick Thomas

Description

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.