In this city's 2006 mayoral election, Clarence Royce was defeated by Tommy Carcetti [kar-KEH-tee], after a scandal in which rogue police commander in this city decided not to enforce anti-drug laws in special zones dubbed "Hamsterdam."
In 2008, this city's council president was implicated in a sweetheart deal over the relocation of a strip club owned by drug dealer "Fat Face Rick" Hendrix. In 2006, the death of a state's witness in a drug case, who was believed to be murdered but was actually killed by a stray bullet, propelled a councilman from this city to become its first white mayor since its 1960s race riots. In 2008, this city's homeless were targeted by the Red Ribbon Killer, and prosecutor Rupert Bond failed to convict corrupt state senator Clay Davis. In this city's 2006 mayoral election, Clarence Royce was defeated by Tommy Carcetti [kar-KEH-tee], after a scandal in which rogue police commander in this city decided not to enforce anti-drug laws in special zones dubbed "Hamsterdam." For 10 points, name this city, whose early-2000s drug trade was controlled by Avon Barksdale, Marlo Stanfield, "Proposition Joe" Stewart, and Stringer Bell in HBO's The Wire.
In 2008, this city's council president was implicated in a sweetheart deal over the relocation of a strip club owned by drug dealer "Fat Face Rick" Hendrix.
Baltimore, Maryland