Heroin King of Baltimore: The Rise and Fall of Melvin Williams
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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2013•58 min•DocumentaryHistory
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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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