Local Baltimore 'drug dealers' threatened to 'shoot up' set of Apple TV+ production 'Lady in the Lake', starring Natalie Portman, if they didn't stop filming on their block - and then ordered producers to pay them $50,000

Dailymail.Com ^ | 29 August 2022 | Alex Oliveira

[SamAdams76]

Is this based on the Raymond Chandler novel?

[Albion Wilde]

It's right near the Baltimore Harbor tourist area... phew.

[CurlyDave]

...Police confirmed the men were local drug dealers...

OK. Now explain to me exactly why the men are not jailed local drug dealers at this very moment?

[OldMissileer]

“The Lady in the Lake, her arm clad in shimmering samite.....”

"Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony."

[minnesota_bound]

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[dfwgator]

They were costing them a day of dope profits. Very rude.

As Guido the Killer Pimp said in "Risky Business": "Never f___ with another man's livelihood."

[SunkenCiv]

They're just mad that Ozzy doesn't live anywhere near Baltimore.

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[Viking2002]

Will try to jump back on in a couple of days - been basically bedridden with an ongoing medical issue.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Get well soon.