1 00:00:09,500 --> 00:00:12,227 - Who's got the scene ? - Massey and Crutchfield are working it. 2 00:00:12,275 --> 00:00:15,120 Norris is on his way to the morgue. He'll beat the bodies there. 3 00:00:17,100 --> 00:00:18,997 He's getting the full treatment, boss. 4 00:00:20,288 --> 00:00:22,101 We're good there. 5 00:00:22,350 --> 00:00:25,037 Just one witness so far. 6 00:00:26,041 --> 00:00:29,593 You know what that means. Right now it's all BNBG. 7 00:00:29,811 --> 00:00:31,781 It's Andy Kraw's big adventure. 8 00:00:32,369 --> 00:00:35,642 Mayor's office already called twice, worried sick about the man. 9 00:00:35,676 --> 00:00:37,140 You're kidding me. 10 00:00:37,381 --> 00:00:39,322 That's a whole lotta campaign contributions 11 00:00:39,336 --> 00:00:41,321 sitting on the back of that ambo. 12 00:00:41,461 --> 00:00:43,072 So what's the scene say ? 13 00:00:43,224 --> 00:00:46,320 Two shooters. Shotgun, semiauto. 14 00:00:46,357 --> 00:00:49,710 One vic is a West Side soldier with a pretty healthy sheet 15 00:00:50,373 --> 00:00:54,115 the other is a major player in Daniel's wiretap case. 16 00:00:54,200 --> 00:00:56,206 So a hit. Drug related. 17 00:00:56,349 --> 00:00:58,065 With a big time developer in the middle ? 18 00:00:58,079 --> 00:00:59,497 What's the fit ? 19 00:00:59,508 --> 00:01:01,713 Second vic, Russell Bell 20 00:01:02,293 --> 00:01:04,061 owner and co-developer of this here. 21 00:01:05,508 --> 00:01:07,679 And other downtown real estate. 22 00:01:08,483 --> 00:01:11,242 Well propertied man, he was. 23 00:01:13,161 --> 00:01:14,900 But you were aware that Russell Bell 24 00:01:14,960 --> 00:01:17,452 was regarded as a major narcotic violator. 25 00:01:18,697 --> 00:01:21,337 Well, how do you think he made his money ? 26 00:01:21,774 --> 00:01:23,514 I didn't inquire. 27 00:01:23,562 --> 00:01:26,092 You never got a look at either of the gunmen. 28 00:01:26,115 --> 00:01:30,015 I told you. I saw only the one of them. He was black 29 00:01:30,548 --> 00:01:34,288 big, I thought, with a large weapon. 30 00:01:35,956 --> 00:01:37,184 BNBG. 31 00:01:43,599 --> 00:01:45,899 Big negro, big gun. 32 00:02:06,624 --> 00:02:09,155 Two more like it upstairs. 33 00:02:09,161 --> 00:02:10,210 Yeah. 34 00:02:13,697 --> 00:02:18,392 Have ballistics rush comparisons. Drug-relateds for the last six months. 35 00:03:29,845 --> 00:03:31,286 I caught him, Bunk. 36 00:03:33,266 --> 00:03:34,779 On the wire. I caught him. 37 00:03:37,951 --> 00:03:39,472 He doesn't fuckin'know it. 38 00:05:16,773 --> 00:05:18,070 Mission Accomplished 39 00:05:23,712 --> 00:05:25,575 Boxing, yeah. 40 00:05:26,227 --> 00:05:27,437 I know you loved that. 41 00:05:27,627 --> 00:05:31,109 Ugh, I hated it. I hated watching it. 42 00:05:31,202 --> 00:05:32,569 Yeah, I know you did. 43 00:05:32,663 --> 00:05:34,777 So you're doing good, huh ? 44 00:05:35,847 --> 00:05:38,227 Day to day, I am. 45 00:05:38,281 --> 00:05:40,085 'Cause I was thinking maybe... 46 00:05:46,987 --> 00:05:49,819 I'm proud of you, Dennis. Be well. 47 00:06:03,321 --> 00:06:04,960 Shut that fuckin'door. 48 00:06:18,382 --> 00:06:19,441 Man, fuck it. 49 00:06:20,065 --> 00:06:21,155 I'm ready for this shit. 50 00:06:21,183 --> 00:06:23,692 These niggers are snappin'on us. You see ? 51 00:06:23,787 --> 00:06:25,966 Do you believe this fucking shit ? 52 00:06:26,071 --> 00:06:29,067 Some shit like this woulda never happened with the old Barksdale. 53 00:06:30,208 --> 00:06:33,573 Yo, Slim, man. Say the motherfuckin'word. 54 00:06:39,552 --> 00:06:40,435 Shit is on. 55 00:06:48,453 --> 00:06:49,317 'Sup, B ? 56 00:06:57,350 --> 00:06:58,185 You a'ight ? 57 00:06:59,012 --> 00:07:02,000 We gonna bounce back on the motherfucker, no question. 58 00:07:02,081 --> 00:07:03,275 Bounce back on who ? 59 00:07:03,608 --> 00:07:06,346 Marlo, boss. Oh, he gonna fall. 60 00:07:06,397 --> 00:07:08,602 Marlo, Marlo ain't got shit to do with it. 61 00:07:08,782 --> 00:07:10,576 Marlo couldn't get String like that. 62 00:07:10,800 --> 00:07:12,977 String died'cause of some other shit. 63 00:07:14,772 --> 00:07:15,383 What ? 64 00:07:15,454 --> 00:07:17,619 He died because of some other shit, nigger. 65 00:07:19,987 --> 00:07:21,985 I couldn't fix it. I tried. 66 00:07:22,698 --> 00:07:25,158 That nigger String was right about this shit, man. 67 00:07:26,107 --> 00:07:27,092 That nigger was right. 68 00:07:27,114 --> 00:07:31,209 Fuck Marlo. Fuck this fucking war. 69 00:07:31,210 --> 00:07:34,247 All this beef over a couple of fuckin'corners. 70 00:07:36,059 --> 00:07:38,859 Don't matter who did what to who at this point. 71 00:07:38,880 --> 00:07:40,507 Fact is, we went to war 72 00:07:40,522 --> 00:07:42,731 and now there ain't no going back. 73 00:07:42,790 --> 00:07:44,365 I mean, shit 74 00:07:44,445 --> 00:07:46,004 it's what war is, you know. 75 00:07:46,410 --> 00:07:49,289 Once you in it, you in it. 76 00:07:51,495 --> 00:07:54,168 If it's a lie then we fight on that lie 77 00:07:55,023 --> 00:07:56,495 but we gotta fight. 78 00:08:02,746 --> 00:08:05,288 Got this out of his pocket. 79 00:08:08,874 --> 00:08:09,946 I got no idea. 80 00:08:11,423 --> 00:08:12,923 It's a cell chip from a phone. 81 00:08:15,175 --> 00:08:16,573 What elsedid you get off him ? 82 00:08:16,731 --> 00:08:19,843 200 cash, set of keys, license. 83 00:08:20,056 --> 00:08:21,272 President Street address ? 84 00:08:22,651 --> 00:08:25,028 I got Landsman bangin'out a warrant for the place. 85 00:08:27,727 --> 00:08:29,308 Fuck the politics for a minute. 86 00:08:30,267 --> 00:08:31,937 What if the man happens to be right ? 87 00:08:31,954 --> 00:08:33,434 Legalizing drugs ? 88 00:08:33,461 --> 00:08:35,402 Crime is down in his district and 89 00:08:35,416 --> 00:08:37,526 people on that side of town, they're okay with it. 90 00:08:37,546 --> 00:08:40,014 Look, if you don't exist, what happens here ? 91 00:08:40,079 --> 00:08:41,283 If there's no Tommy Carcetti 92 00:08:41,284 --> 00:08:42,960 in this thing, what's likely to happen ? 93 00:08:43,020 --> 00:08:45,240 The mayor and Burrell, they shut this thing down. 94 00:08:45,241 --> 00:08:46,934 I figure the Mayor's trying to find a way 95 00:08:46,942 --> 00:08:49,434 to shuit down to make it look like it was an enforcement plan 96 00:08:49,492 --> 00:08:50,529 in case it goes public 97 00:08:50,633 --> 00:08:53,573 otherwise he'd have moved to end it already. 98 00:08:54,346 --> 00:08:57,258 Makes sense. But no matter what 99 00:08:57,322 --> 00:08:59,315 Colvin's little experiment is finished. 100 00:09:01,108 --> 00:09:02,191 Come on, Tommy. 101 00:09:02,954 --> 00:09:04,312 They dealt you a winning hand 102 00:09:04,313 --> 00:09:06,252 and you're acting like you forgot how to play. 103 00:09:09,949 --> 00:09:13,514 Mr. Mayor, call it legalization and my office can't live with it. 104 00:09:13,585 --> 00:09:15,264 Agreed. No one can. 105 00:09:15,352 --> 00:09:16,609 But harm reduction. 106 00:09:16,641 --> 00:09:19,689 That could sell provided there's a reduction in the crime rate. 107 00:09:19,736 --> 00:09:22,235 Harm reduction. Sounds good. 108 00:09:22,402 --> 00:09:25,243 Steven, what if we were able to suggest 109 00:09:25,274 --> 00:09:28,282 limiting our street level enforcement 110 00:09:28,303 --> 00:09:32,281 we were concentrating our resources on high-level traffickers. 111 00:09:32,377 --> 00:09:33,380 How would that play ? 112 00:09:33,395 --> 00:09:36,053 Well, if I could show off that kind of casework, yeah, maybe. 113 00:09:36,126 --> 00:09:38,353 But they've been doing street rips for so long now 114 00:09:38,465 --> 00:09:39,875 I don't think a high level exists. 115 00:09:39,876 --> 00:09:42,193 What if we were able to say that no major traffickers 116 00:09:42,244 --> 00:09:44,771 were allowed in the free zone-- 117 00:09:46,626 --> 00:09:49,601 That the major violators were still being targeted, huh ? 118 00:09:49,983 --> 00:09:52,116 Are you suggesting some kind of admissions 119 00:09:52,131 --> 00:09:54,110 criteria for the zones ? How would that work ? 120 00:09:54,138 --> 00:09:55,266 I don't know that it would. 121 00:09:55,293 --> 00:09:57,612 I'm just saying that for the sake of public perception. 122 00:09:57,629 --> 00:09:59,921 Come on, people, work with me on this thing. 123 00:10:00,765 --> 00:10:01,692 Fucked up, ain't it ? 124 00:10:01,767 --> 00:10:04,489 Marlo need to get his ass dropped, him and all his crew. 125 00:10:04,537 --> 00:10:06,224 They gonna fall. You'll see. 126 00:10:06,415 --> 00:10:08,404 All right, let me know. 127 00:10:08,515 --> 00:10:10,774 That's the word on the wire, anyway. 128 00:10:11,029 --> 00:10:14,006 Every mention puts it on Marlo Stanfield's crew 129 00:10:14,107 --> 00:10:17,130 which means the war's gonna ratchet up, no question. 130 00:10:17,369 --> 00:10:18,706 Where's Jimmy ? 131 00:10:18,786 --> 00:10:21,683 He went with Bunk Moreland to rifle Stringer's spot downtown. 132 00:10:21,937 --> 00:10:26,091 - How'd he take it ? - Like Stringer was kin. 133 00:10:28,031 --> 00:10:29,393 - Yeah ? - Bushy Top 134 00:10:29,536 --> 00:10:32,862 - need to pull your coat up. - Hey, what's up, Major ? 135 00:10:32,957 --> 00:10:36,399 I got somethin'for y'all. Mount Vernon Square in about an hour. 136 00:10:36,665 --> 00:10:38,468 I'm there. 137 00:11:03,535 --> 00:11:04,627 This is Stringer's ? 138 00:11:07,509 --> 00:11:08,129 Yeah. 139 00:11:35,911 --> 00:11:37,872 Who in fuck was I chasing ? 140 00:12:05,087 --> 00:12:08,012 What's done is done. 141 00:12:19,353 --> 00:12:22,877 Gay ass gangsters. Please. 142 00:12:34,065 --> 00:12:36,885 I took it for as long as I could. 143 00:12:40,886 --> 00:12:42,137 Let's go, man. 144 00:12:43,936 --> 00:12:44,628 Let's go. 145 00:13:03,675 --> 00:13:07,394 It being your town, I trust you to do it proper. 146 00:13:19,320 --> 00:13:20,703 You off today, boss ? 147 00:13:21,232 --> 00:13:23,233 Every day, at this point. 148 00:13:23,247 --> 00:13:26,247 I told 'em over at COMSTAT about my little experiment. 149 00:13:26,768 --> 00:13:28,741 Bosses went crazy, huh ? 150 00:13:29,378 --> 00:13:31,940 Anyway, that's why I called you. 151 00:13:32,529 --> 00:13:35,250 That there is a wartime lay-up for your man Barksdale. 152 00:13:35,512 --> 00:13:37,108 My sources tell me the man's there 153 00:13:37,146 --> 00:13:38,817 most of the time with a lot of muscle : 154 00:13:38,912 --> 00:13:41,279 sawed-offs, semiautos, Mac-11s. 155 00:13:41,954 --> 00:13:43,955 Whole lot of good shit if you hit it right. 156 00:13:45,173 --> 00:13:47,055 - That's a hell of a tip. - Shit. 157 00:13:48,864 --> 00:13:51,198 That right there might be the last bit of police work 158 00:13:51,217 --> 00:13:52,594 in a long and storied career. 159 00:13:53,435 --> 00:13:55,201 I'll talk to you, Bushy Top. 160 00:14:02,553 --> 00:14:03,955 Which one is Ali ? 161 00:14:05,005 --> 00:14:06,709 In the white trunks, boy. 162 00:14:07,328 --> 00:14:09,174 - Damn, he look young. - He was. 163 00:14:09,247 --> 00:14:11,777 This the Patterson fight right here. Old school. 164 00:14:12,262 --> 00:14:14,171 Who Patterson ? He soft. 165 00:14:14,235 --> 00:14:16,129 Ali whippin'his ass. 166 00:14:16,284 --> 00:14:18,044 He was a champ too. 167 00:14:18,179 --> 00:14:20,939 Look, any man still standing at the end of a round 168 00:14:21,094 --> 00:14:24,133 you can't call him soft. That's a rule, all right ? 169 00:14:30,214 --> 00:14:31,884 From Stringer's place downtown. 170 00:14:32,011 --> 00:14:35,529 B and B shit, college papers, real estate stuff. 171 00:14:35,863 --> 00:14:38,758 There's no phone extension in the place, just these. 172 00:14:38,839 --> 00:14:41,132 Cell phone chips.'Bout 100 of them. 173 00:14:41,197 --> 00:14:43,436 So that's why he wasn't taking any phones 174 00:14:43,451 --> 00:14:44,809 from our man Bernard, huh ? 175 00:14:44,853 --> 00:14:45,987 Stringer had his own phone 176 00:14:46,003 --> 00:14:48,433 he just changed the number every time he changed the chip. 177 00:14:48,452 --> 00:14:51,201 Shamrock too, probably, with whatever phone he used to call Bell. 178 00:14:51,239 --> 00:14:52,076 Cautious man. 179 00:14:53,706 --> 00:14:54,598 Yes and no. 180 00:14:54,915 --> 00:14:58,353 Have a look in here. All different manufacturers. 181 00:15:05,406 --> 00:15:07,189 Before Stringer Bell got aced 182 00:15:08,284 --> 00:15:10,986 he went out of his way to put in his good friend Avon Barksdale. 183 00:15:12,805 --> 00:15:14,253 That's a Barksdale safe house. 184 00:15:16,011 --> 00:15:17,241 Where'd you get this ? 185 00:15:21,776 --> 00:15:22,438 Colvin. 186 00:15:24,042 --> 00:15:26,780 - Calls to the Western. - Where's Daniels ? 187 00:15:27,466 --> 00:15:30,267 He's got this thing downtown. It's for his wife. 188 00:15:30,701 --> 00:15:31,758 You should raise him. 189 00:15:34,292 --> 00:15:36,200 It's not enough to make up for Stringer. 190 00:15:37,626 --> 00:15:38,977 It'll do for now. 191 00:15:41,243 --> 00:15:42,497 Because the neighborhoods 192 00:15:42,557 --> 00:15:44,631 and the residents in this district are among 193 00:15:44,737 --> 00:15:47,653 the poorest in our city. And it is these residents 194 00:15:47,888 --> 00:15:50,727 who most need a strong voice at City Hall. 195 00:15:51,435 --> 00:15:53,174 Time has come for a change. 196 00:15:53,175 --> 00:15:55,946 And I believe I can bring about that change 197 00:15:56,641 --> 00:16:00,217 by providing a strong voice for the new 11th District 198 00:16:01,621 --> 00:16:02,879 if you will do me the honor-- 199 00:16:02,974 --> 00:16:05,932 It's kind of cool, the lieutenant's wife running for office, you know. 200 00:16:07,040 --> 00:16:10,223 Well, as you just heard, West Baltimore City 201 00:16:10,225 --> 00:16:13,247 Council woman Eunetta Perkins is going to have her hands full 202 00:16:13,263 --> 00:16:15,237 in next September's Democratic finals. 203 00:16:16,796 --> 00:16:18,657 Stringer Bell. Damn. 204 00:16:20,239 --> 00:16:21,434 Who could have got to him ? 205 00:16:21,649 --> 00:16:23,702 I mean, if it wasn't y'all on it. 206 00:16:24,107 --> 00:16:26,024 You know Avon's gonna put it on you, right ? 207 00:16:26,312 --> 00:16:28,142 Shit, let him take it on my jacket. 208 00:16:28,324 --> 00:16:29,645 Don't make me no never mind. 209 00:16:30,043 --> 00:16:32,734 I'm thinkin'it might be what you call one of them good problems. 210 00:16:34,174 --> 00:16:35,081 Yeah. 211 00:16:40,978 --> 00:16:43,253 I heard Colvin's in deep shit downtown. 212 00:16:44,144 --> 00:16:45,688 Looking at this right here 213 00:16:47,868 --> 00:16:49,253 he might not be the only one. 214 00:16:51,170 --> 00:16:52,651 Anything comes up, I'm on the radio. 215 00:16:55,261 --> 00:16:58,237 My man, my man, my man. Yo, you think I could get like $5 ? 216 00:16:58,348 --> 00:17:01,116 - I need like $5 to get on the bus. - I look like a tourist to you ? 217 00:17:01,245 --> 00:17:03,521 - Man, I swear to God. - Lookin'like that 218 00:17:03,576 --> 00:17:05,134 walking into an open-air drug market 219 00:17:05,171 --> 00:17:07,171 why the hell would I think you'll spend my $5 220 00:17:07,201 --> 00:17:08,380 on bus fare ? 221 00:17:09,696 --> 00:17:12,226 Shit,'cause I already got my blast, man. 222 00:18:05,188 --> 00:18:10,550 All night you been drinking like your ass is candy. 223 00:18:11,812 --> 00:18:12,985 That's shameful shit. 224 00:18:19,679 --> 00:18:21,009 12-gauge pumpkin balls. 225 00:18:24,264 --> 00:18:27,334 Last time I saw that kind of load was the Pimlico double 226 00:18:27,799 --> 00:18:31,842 and I fuckin'know that motherfucker was in the middle of that mess. 227 00:18:33,084 --> 00:18:34,903 And if I remember your boy 228 00:18:34,921 --> 00:18:37,755 he had no love for the Barksdale people. 229 00:18:37,965 --> 00:18:40,386 Execution style, that don't play like Omar Little. 230 00:18:42,024 --> 00:18:45,430 Besides, the word on our wire is that Marlo's people did Stringer. 231 00:18:46,024 --> 00:18:48,635 - Marlo Stanfield ? - The heir apparent. 232 00:18:49,306 --> 00:18:50,674 This city's going to hell, man. 233 00:18:53,285 --> 00:18:55,947 We're gonna push past 300 murders before New Year's. 234 00:18:56,120 --> 00:18:58,920 Shit is fucked. 235 00:19:02,659 --> 00:19:05,311 Oh, hey, Cheryl. 236 00:19:05,955 --> 00:19:09,536 No ? My guess is she's, uh, picking up a prisoner. 237 00:19:09,902 --> 00:19:12,074 Yeah, I spoke to her about ten minutes ago. 238 00:19:12,336 --> 00:19:15,002 Yeah, well, they make you check your stuff. 239 00:19:15,687 --> 00:19:18,711 Cell phone, money, weapon. 240 00:19:19,181 --> 00:19:21,694 Well, she'll call when she gets the message. 241 00:19:22,244 --> 00:19:24,218 Not at all. 242 00:19:25,070 --> 00:19:27,233 I need more, Jimmy. 243 00:19:42,584 --> 00:19:43,729 More ! 244 00:19:45,433 --> 00:19:46,928 Motherfucker. 245 00:19:47,326 --> 00:19:48,201 I'm tired, Bunk. 246 00:19:59,325 --> 00:20:00,122 Let's go. 247 00:20:03,066 --> 00:20:04,508 I heard the vanguard met. 248 00:20:05,179 --> 00:20:07,803 Heard they voted to have a civilian review board look at it. 249 00:20:07,833 --> 00:20:11,759 It wasn't unanimous. And there were people there speaking for you. 250 00:20:12,094 --> 00:20:13,287 I heard that too. 251 00:20:14,505 --> 00:20:18,946 So six out of ten black officers think I'm just an asshole racist. 252 00:20:19,359 --> 00:20:21,214 On the other hand 253 00:20:21,754 --> 00:20:24,572 four out of ten think you're just an asshole. 254 00:20:27,913 --> 00:20:32,035 It's an administrative charge. You can fight it and win 255 00:20:32,067 --> 00:20:33,197 if you want. 256 00:20:33,396 --> 00:20:36,706 Failure to properly identify myself as a police officer. 257 00:20:38,703 --> 00:20:41,341 Sounds like what I was guilty of most of my career, actually. 258 00:20:44,671 --> 00:20:46,613 I'm not sure I was supposed to be a police. 259 00:20:49,000 --> 00:20:50,178 Not really. 260 00:20:52,105 --> 00:20:53,813 What were ya supposed to be, huh ? 261 00:21:01,793 --> 00:21:03,289 This is from Major Colvin's CI ? 262 00:21:03,902 --> 00:21:05,382 What's the corroboration ? 263 00:21:05,796 --> 00:21:09,154 Well, the source knew that Barksdale had a waterfront condo in his own name 264 00:21:09,265 --> 00:21:11,476 gave the accurate location, and title info 265 00:21:11,501 --> 00:21:12,964 down to deed of transfer. 266 00:21:13,634 --> 00:21:16,496 Well, that's good, but it puts him on the legitimate side of things. 267 00:21:16,785 --> 00:21:19,107 What corroboration is there for illegal activities ? 268 00:21:20,269 --> 00:21:21,830 Sorry I'm late. 269 00:21:21,988 --> 00:21:23,245 I had to stop in at a friend. 270 00:21:23,341 --> 00:21:25,457 The source knew that Barksdale was shot last month 271 00:21:25,458 --> 00:21:26,524 wounded in the shoulder. 272 00:21:26,755 --> 00:21:29,238 - Emergency room ? - No, no hospital reports. 273 00:21:30,484 --> 00:21:31,598 We're gonna need better. 274 00:21:31,662 --> 00:21:34,813 Either Colvin goes back to the CI or we sit on this address for a while. 275 00:21:34,925 --> 00:21:37,279 - we can see. - Well, fuck it, then. 276 00:21:37,955 --> 00:21:40,260 Let's name the source. Put him right in the affidavit. 277 00:21:40,287 --> 00:21:42,692 - It's Colvin's call, isn't it ? - It's Stringer Bell. 278 00:21:44,973 --> 00:21:46,898 Lester figured it out from the DNRs. 279 00:21:47,608 --> 00:21:49,740 Bell was snitching out Barksdale. 280 00:21:50,226 --> 00:21:52,660 - You're sure of this ? - Maybe that explains the murder. 281 00:21:52,740 --> 00:21:53,870 What's in the wire ? 282 00:21:54,467 --> 00:21:56,328 Loose talk about how it was Marlo's people 283 00:21:56,345 --> 00:21:58,223 but nothing past rumor. 284 00:21:58,301 --> 00:22:00,976 With Bell gone, Barksdale might have to come down a notch 285 00:22:00,999 --> 00:22:03,928 to oversee the day to day, and maybe that puts him in contact 286 00:22:03,943 --> 00:22:06,284 with some of our monitored cell phones. 287 00:22:06,443 --> 00:22:09,261 If he's as cautious as Stringer, maybe not. 288 00:22:10,008 --> 00:22:12,362 My guess is Barksdale never touches a cell phone. 289 00:22:12,952 --> 00:22:14,655 Safe house might be our best shot. 290 00:22:16,263 --> 00:22:17,170 All right. 291 00:22:18,196 --> 00:22:20,199 We stay on the wires until this batch of burners 292 00:22:20,200 --> 00:22:22,406 goes dead, hoping we have Barksdale 293 00:22:22,540 --> 00:22:24,068 but meanwhile, we get a warrant 294 00:22:24,085 --> 00:22:25,910 for that safe house and wait on him there. 295 00:22:35,501 --> 00:22:37,808 Thanks for the cover last night. 296 00:22:43,240 --> 00:22:46,503 This is Greggs, Major Case Unit. Who's the shift leader ? 297 00:23:18,217 --> 00:23:20,928 Holy Christ. 298 00:23:35,314 --> 00:23:37,343 - They're all over it, Commissioner. - Right 299 00:23:39,413 --> 00:23:41,143 That was Foxtrot. 300 00:23:41,253 --> 00:23:43,799 The cameras have found our little shit pile. 301 00:23:43,919 --> 00:23:46,684 Your fuckin'councilman took his sweet time, didn't he ? 302 00:23:49,060 --> 00:23:50,890 Everyone's a critic. 303 00:23:51,279 --> 00:23:53,976 If this doesn't go, what line of work are you gonna try next ? 304 00:23:56,661 --> 00:23:57,969 We're here in West Baltimore-- 305 00:24:03,136 --> 00:24:05,814 For more than a month, police from Baltimore's Western District. 306 00:24:05,834 --> 00:24:07,632 It's just an outrageous development. 307 00:24:14,483 --> 00:24:17,665 It's something I never thought I'd see from this or any other administration. 308 00:24:18,104 --> 00:24:20,301 Frankly, this is one of the reasons we need a change 309 00:24:20,330 --> 00:24:21,456 in leadership in this city. 310 00:24:21,484 --> 00:24:23,907 Did the Mayor know ? What about the Police Commissioner ? 311 00:24:23,936 --> 00:24:26,386 These are questions for the Mayor and Police Commissioner. 312 00:24:26,414 --> 00:24:28,367 These are central issues of crime and safety. 313 00:24:28,386 --> 00:24:30,282 The Royce administration is simply bankrupt. 314 00:24:30,320 --> 00:24:32,395 You still gonna announce for mayor next month ? 315 00:24:32,474 --> 00:24:34,178 Standing here today looking at this ? 316 00:24:34,312 --> 00:24:36,852 I can't see I can do anything but put it out there right now. 317 00:24:36,881 --> 00:24:39,262 All I can tell you is that for more than four weeks now 318 00:24:39,301 --> 00:24:41,140 the Baltimore Police Department surrendered 319 00:24:41,159 --> 00:24:43,214 portions of the police district to the drug trade 320 00:24:43,234 --> 00:24:44,872 and the Council was not informed. 321 00:24:44,999 --> 00:24:49,121 Fuck me. I fuckin' had this story all to myself a week ago. 322 00:24:50,004 --> 00:24:52,344 Police officers for weeks have turned a blind eye... 323 00:24:52,408 --> 00:24:54,397 What the fuck was I thinking ? 324 00:24:56,266 --> 00:24:58,065 ..sanctioning open-air drug markets. 325 00:24:58,876 --> 00:24:59,620 'Scuse us. 326 00:24:59,621 --> 00:25:05,131 ...in the so called free zones, drug dealers routinely ply... 327 00:25:05,163 --> 00:25:07,152 Mr. Mayor, Commissioner Burrell is here. 328 00:25:07,200 --> 00:25:09,841 Tell the Commissioner the Mayor will be with him shortly. 329 00:25:09,936 --> 00:25:12,293 And young children run the streets alone. 330 00:25:13,144 --> 00:25:15,181 The inhabitants of what has come to be known 331 00:25:15,197 --> 00:25:18,706 as Hampsterdam have little to say for the camera. 332 00:25:18,770 --> 00:25:20,823 But channel 5 has learned that the police were... 333 00:25:23,217 --> 00:25:23,838 Yeah ? 334 00:25:23,919 --> 00:25:25,080 What are you seein'? 335 00:25:25,224 --> 00:25:28,025 Coupla people in and out. No sign of Barksdale, though. 336 00:25:28,277 --> 00:25:29,384 It's quiet here too. 337 00:25:29,648 --> 00:25:30,697 Okay. 338 00:25:31,605 --> 00:25:32,830 Need to look at the back. 339 00:25:33,244 --> 00:25:35,790 Our friend Carcetti's gonna run wild with this. 340 00:25:36,745 --> 00:25:39,785 And from the sound of things, Gray is gonna run with him. 341 00:25:39,952 --> 00:25:43,039 Tony Gray thinks he's gonna get my chair behind this bullshit 342 00:25:43,946 --> 00:25:45,688 We're throwin'you out of the boat, Ervin. 343 00:25:45,698 --> 00:25:47,059 This shit is on you alone. 344 00:25:50,059 --> 00:25:51,506 Not necessarily. 345 00:25:51,657 --> 00:25:54,030 Not if I talk about how we were under pressure 346 00:25:54,122 --> 00:25:55,401 to keep the crime down 347 00:25:55,402 --> 00:25:57,583 to juke the stats district by district... 348 00:25:57,782 --> 00:25:58,856 You never said that. 349 00:25:58,896 --> 00:26:02,039 About how Colvin under pressure, lost his way 350 00:26:02,106 --> 00:26:03,792 about how I came to you weeks ago... 351 00:26:03,994 --> 00:26:05,587 - Days ago. - Weeks ago 352 00:26:05,604 --> 00:26:07,992 to tell you what he had done and to assure you that 353 00:26:08,082 --> 00:26:09,886 we were on top of the situation 354 00:26:09,901 --> 00:26:13,106 that Colvin would be relieved and his plan aborted. 355 00:26:13,297 --> 00:26:14,920 You lyin'motherfucker. 356 00:26:15,015 --> 00:26:18,246 But you heard about the drop in Colvin's felony rate 357 00:26:18,389 --> 00:26:20,108 and you sent me packing. 358 00:26:20,443 --> 00:26:24,021 Brought in your liberal-ass do-gooders to seriously consider 359 00:26:24,022 --> 00:26:25,661 this horseshit 360 00:26:25,883 --> 00:26:28,256 while Colvin's mistake grew and grew. 361 00:26:28,835 --> 00:26:31,756 My hands were tied, Mr. Mayor 362 00:26:32,004 --> 00:26:34,439 my department thwarted. 363 00:26:35,241 --> 00:26:38,249 I was a prisoner of the goddamn politicians. 364 00:26:39,078 --> 00:26:40,035 Or... 365 00:26:44,456 --> 00:26:48,529 I leave your office right now willing to say a lot less than that. 366 00:26:48,874 --> 00:26:51,850 I put what I can on crazy-ass Bunny Colvin 367 00:26:52,203 --> 00:26:57,554 and I take the hit. And if Carcetti or Gray holds hearings 368 00:26:58,130 --> 00:27:01,751 I'm the wall between them and you. 369 00:27:02,448 --> 00:27:05,929 In which case, I am your commissioner 370 00:27:06,079 --> 00:27:08,983 for the full five-year term. 371 00:27:18,795 --> 00:27:21,032 Unit one to unit two. 372 00:27:21,342 --> 00:27:25,097 - Unit two standing by. - Deal's made. 373 00:27:27,124 --> 00:27:30,555 Unit two to sector three, move on the Winchester Homes. 374 00:27:30,679 --> 00:27:32,330 Ten-four. We're moving. 375 00:27:32,500 --> 00:27:34,135 Unit two to sector two. 376 00:27:34,359 --> 00:27:35,766 Move on the Koppers plant. 377 00:27:35,871 --> 00:27:36,945 Roger that. 378 00:27:40,253 --> 00:27:42,217 Over the top, gentlemen. 379 00:28:03,026 --> 00:28:04,643 'Bout fucking time. 380 00:28:15,977 --> 00:28:18,667 Man, g outaigo re-up. 381 00:28:19,113 --> 00:28:21,739 - Where Tuckie at ? - I don't know. 382 00:28:26,043 --> 00:28:28,174 - Yo, where Tuckie at, man ? - He rolled out. 383 00:28:28,255 --> 00:28:30,148 - He said the police comin'. 384 00:28:35,480 --> 00:28:38,432 - D'oh. - Here they come. Let's roll. 385 00:29:04,079 --> 00:29:05,956 Hold it right there 386 00:29:13,021 --> 00:29:15,265 White jacket ! Stop right there ! Stop ! 387 00:29:22,149 --> 00:29:24,281 Freeze ! Police, don't move ! 388 00:29:27,004 --> 00:29:29,361 Outstanding, red team. Oustanding. 389 00:29:29,803 --> 00:29:31,475 Give you a case of beer for that one. 390 00:29:51,639 --> 00:29:54,010 Son, this nigga Stringer Bell, man 391 00:29:54,527 --> 00:29:56,388 was beggin'Chris, yo, for real. 392 00:29:56,718 --> 00:29:57,793 Like know what I mean ? 393 00:29:57,821 --> 00:30:00,418 Diggin'in his pockets, talkin' 'bout how much cheese 394 00:30:00,518 --> 00:30:03,336 he gonna give us, I mean, if we just let him walk. 395 00:30:03,390 --> 00:30:06,212 My man Chris holler, "Man, bitch, you gonna die." 396 00:30:06,487 --> 00:30:08,619 This nigga just dropped to his fuckin' knees like 397 00:30:08,635 --> 00:30:11,380 a little cocksucker, man, start cryin'. 398 00:30:11,460 --> 00:30:13,593 That shit was worse than fuckin' pathetic. 399 00:30:16,098 --> 00:30:20,045 - Yo, that's Marlo. - Get on yo'burner, man. 400 00:30:27,510 --> 00:30:30,215 - Got a line on him. - The number one ? Where at ? 401 00:30:30,278 --> 00:30:32,578 Tall man says to tell y'all to soldier up. 402 00:30:32,653 --> 00:30:35,709 They up at the rim shop. 403 00:30:37,928 --> 00:30:40,762 - Boss, you okay ? - What you want ? 404 00:30:40,857 --> 00:30:43,253 Slim said they got their eye on Marlo. 405 00:30:44,473 --> 00:30:47,784 I'm just sayin', you know, all the boys, they all waitin'on you. 406 00:30:48,983 --> 00:30:50,494 Go ahead, man. 407 00:30:51,090 --> 00:30:52,132 I'm behind you. 408 00:31:15,449 --> 00:31:17,403 What else you need from us, Deputy ? 409 00:31:17,418 --> 00:31:19,282 City Hall wants the bulldozers through here 410 00:31:19,301 --> 00:31:21,552 at dawnand then fencing all around the site. 411 00:31:21,658 --> 00:31:23,951 Winchester Homes and the Koppers plant as well. 412 00:31:24,404 --> 00:31:25,805 We got it. 413 00:31:27,667 --> 00:31:29,576 Come tomorrow, the television reporters 414 00:31:29,671 --> 00:31:32,011 get nothing they can stand in front of. 415 00:31:32,104 --> 00:31:35,337 'Scuse me, Deputy, sir, we found a body. 416 00:31:46,031 --> 00:31:47,131 Any trauma ? 417 00:31:47,751 --> 00:31:50,089 Can't tell for sure with all the rat bites. 418 00:31:50,861 --> 00:31:53,170 Take him to OCME in a jail wagon. 419 00:31:53,240 --> 00:31:56,041 I don't want the fuckin' reporters seeing any ambos. 420 00:31:57,864 --> 00:31:58,960 Shit. 421 00:32:09,824 --> 00:32:12,577 He just landed. Him plus one. 422 00:32:12,832 --> 00:32:14,518 Got it. Sit tight. 423 00:32:14,566 --> 00:32:15,681 That makes how many ? 424 00:32:18,068 --> 00:32:20,518 Including Barksdale, Sydnor counted ten in 425 00:32:20,599 --> 00:32:22,667 and one comin'out, so that's ten at least. 426 00:32:27,278 --> 00:32:28,886 2301 to KGA. 427 00:32:29,622 --> 00:32:31,040 Go ahead, 2301. 428 00:32:31,829 --> 00:32:35,707 We need QRT to meet us at our 20 for a search and seizure. 429 00:32:35,770 --> 00:32:39,624 Location has multiple suspects and may contain automatic weapons. 430 00:32:39,660 --> 00:32:40,675 Ten-four. 431 00:32:49,283 --> 00:32:50,637 Word travels fast, huh ? 432 00:32:51,969 --> 00:32:52,642 Shit. 433 00:32:55,189 --> 00:32:57,614 Burrell called Johns Hopkins personally this morning. 434 00:33:01,702 --> 00:33:03,323 Dragged your name into the gutter. 435 00:33:03,324 --> 00:33:05,557 Johns Hopkins doesn't need the notoriety. 436 00:33:05,618 --> 00:33:08,652 The chief academic officer of a major research university 437 00:33:08,776 --> 00:33:10,664 doesn't want to hear that some new hire 438 00:33:10,665 --> 00:33:12,482 makes up the rules as he goes along. 439 00:33:18,425 --> 00:33:19,544 Yeah, Colvin. 440 00:33:25,749 --> 00:33:27,243 COMSTAT tomorrow. 441 00:33:33,372 --> 00:33:33,835 I'm up. 442 00:33:41,226 --> 00:33:42,351 Y'all taking a door ? 443 00:33:43,064 --> 00:33:44,012 Where's tactical ? 444 00:33:45,220 --> 00:33:46,453 I called for QRT. 445 00:33:47,027 --> 00:33:48,004 You ain't heard ? 446 00:33:48,056 --> 00:33:50,744 They're a little busy tonight tearin'down Colvin's fuck up. 447 00:33:50,926 --> 00:33:53,775 With all that goin'on, you're lucky you even got us. 448 00:33:53,895 --> 00:33:56,949 - Who he hittin' on this ? - Avon Barksdale and crew. 449 00:33:57,132 --> 00:34:00,650 I fuckin' told you he was out. Did i fuckin' tell you ? 450 00:34:01,159 --> 00:34:03,228 I fuckin' told her. 451 00:34:03,363 --> 00:34:06,807 For more than four weeks, the Baltimore Police Department... 452 00:34:08,201 --> 00:34:11,081 By tomorrow, the story goes national and Washington reacts. 453 00:34:13,174 --> 00:34:15,170 Save the best questions for Tony Gray. 454 00:34:16,181 --> 00:34:18,390 He needs to shine even more than you. 455 00:34:27,663 --> 00:34:29,259 I can't believe he wants us to knock. 456 00:34:29,297 --> 00:34:31,111 Well, you can' flush guns, now, can you ? 457 00:34:31,177 --> 00:34:33,193 Well, fuck that. What if they open up on us ? 458 00:34:33,259 --> 00:34:35,244 These guys are at war with another crew. 459 00:34:35,342 --> 00:34:37,952 We go chargin'in there, chances are we will get lit up. 460 00:34:52,738 --> 00:34:53,808 Yo, B. 461 00:34:54,631 --> 00:34:57,241 Sham sayin'that Charles sayin'they still up at the rim shop. 462 00:34:57,384 --> 00:35:00,376 Marlo, his boy Chris, and Vinson, they still eatin' 463 00:35:00,455 --> 00:35:03,018 but the rest of the muscle, they rolled out. 464 00:35:12,234 --> 00:35:12,892 Police ! 465 00:35:14,655 --> 00:35:15,219 No. 466 00:35:16,372 --> 00:35:17,446 Not the police. 467 00:35:17,470 --> 00:35:20,349 - Narco's out back too. - Shit. 468 00:35:20,810 --> 00:35:24,261 Let us in ! We know you're in there. 469 00:35:27,132 --> 00:35:29,341 Open the door, you fucking cocksuckers ! 470 00:35:29,369 --> 00:35:30,366 Fucked up, man. 471 00:35:30,441 --> 00:35:32,179 Y'all ask me 472 00:35:32,911 --> 00:35:34,854 y'all ugly ass niggers shouldn't be in here 473 00:35:34,855 --> 00:35:36,658 fucking around with all these guns and shit 474 00:35:39,187 --> 00:35:40,083 Open it. 475 00:35:44,696 --> 00:35:47,814 Come on, Avon. Enough with this shit. Open the fucking door. 476 00:35:51,064 --> 00:35:54,164 Open the fucking door, you cocksuckers. 477 00:35:54,979 --> 00:35:55,881 Police ! 478 00:36:00,689 --> 00:36:02,281 - Search warrant ! - I'm clean, man. 479 00:36:02,892 --> 00:36:05,343 Open the fucking door. 480 00:36:08,619 --> 00:36:09,448 Get down ! 481 00:36:09,449 --> 00:36:11,519 Face that shit tight. Greggs. 482 00:36:11,598 --> 00:36:12,998 I'm opening up. 483 00:36:19,754 --> 00:36:21,458 That'd be mine. 484 00:36:21,481 --> 00:36:23,264 In fact, all that's mine. 485 00:36:23,336 --> 00:36:25,978 You got a law degree ? 486 00:36:28,469 --> 00:36:29,599 Take him. 487 00:36:30,378 --> 00:36:33,974 You fall on the parole violation. No matter whatever else happens 488 00:36:34,006 --> 00:36:35,955 you do every day of what's left of your seven 489 00:36:35,973 --> 00:36:36,875 without seeing a jury. 490 00:36:36,884 --> 00:36:39,020 Maybe even conspiracy to murder. 491 00:36:39,035 --> 00:36:42,696 We take this federal, see if we can get you ten to life... no parole. 492 00:36:42,871 --> 00:36:44,980 Whatever. 493 00:36:45,309 --> 00:36:48,301 Shit, you only do two days no how. 494 00:36:48,516 --> 00:36:51,810 - That's the day you go in. - And the day you come out. 495 00:36:52,104 --> 00:36:54,237 Yeah, well, here's the warrant. 496 00:37:00,951 --> 00:37:02,060 You read it slow. 497 00:37:04,392 --> 00:37:06,788 In between them two days, give you something to think on. 498 00:37:26,312 --> 00:37:26,980 Damn. 499 00:37:27,557 --> 00:37:28,894 Missed our shot. 500 00:37:30,592 --> 00:37:31,232 Roll, man. 501 00:37:34,421 --> 00:37:36,431 You bend over for us, or I swear to God 502 00:37:36,459 --> 00:37:38,163 I will spend what's left of my career 503 00:37:38,194 --> 00:37:40,709 shitting on every last supervisor in your district. 504 00:37:40,756 --> 00:37:43,421 From shift commanders down to sector sergeants, not one of them 505 00:37:43,450 --> 00:37:46,923 will have any rank at all if we hear so much as a bark out of you. 506 00:37:47,090 --> 00:37:49,669 Look, my people saw this as a tactical deployment only. 507 00:37:49,995 --> 00:37:51,530 The responsibility is mine alone. 508 00:37:51,531 --> 00:37:53,432 Well, you won't fall alone 509 00:37:54,020 --> 00:37:57,522 unless you're willing to fall exactly as we want you to. 510 00:37:58,023 --> 00:38:00,905 After COMSTAT, you go to retirement services 511 00:38:00,960 --> 00:38:03,681 and drop papers, going out at a lieutenant's grade 512 00:38:03,721 --> 00:38:06,983 That's right, you're busted back. We can't take your EOD away 513 00:38:07,150 --> 00:38:09,330 but you're not going out on a major's pay. 514 00:38:09,331 --> 00:38:11,289 I can retire before you bust me. 515 00:38:11,703 --> 00:38:13,581 I got vacation time enough to make my 30. 516 00:38:13,708 --> 00:38:15,880 Fuck your vacation time. 517 00:38:16,612 --> 00:38:19,556 You're out today, at the lower grade. 518 00:38:19,597 --> 00:38:21,760 That's against the goddamn contract. 519 00:38:21,881 --> 00:38:23,972 What part of bend over didn't you understand ? 520 00:38:27,450 --> 00:38:28,882 Avon locked up ? 521 00:38:28,947 --> 00:38:30,617 With most of his muscle, yeah. 522 00:38:30,633 --> 00:38:33,100 Good day to get back out on them corners, ain't it ? 523 00:38:34,612 --> 00:38:36,713 Make some money. 524 00:38:36,728 --> 00:38:38,066 You bet. 525 00:38:48,574 --> 00:38:50,858 It's not just the 17 millions in federal funding 526 00:38:50,992 --> 00:38:53,497 for Baltimore law enforcement that you've jeopardized. 527 00:38:53,521 --> 00:38:56,500 Take off another 200 million of federal money in your operating budget 528 00:38:56,527 --> 00:38:59,051 another 75 in capital expenditures, 529 00:38:59,472 --> 00:39:02,545 plus untold millions in pass-through federal dollars from Annapolis. 530 00:39:03,498 --> 00:39:05,457 All told, we're talking about 531 00:39:05,926 --> 00:39:08,615 half a billion a year that Baltimore will be doing without. 532 00:39:08,712 --> 00:39:11,449 Furthermore, the U.S. Attorney here will use all the resources 533 00:39:11,536 --> 00:39:13,740 of the Justice Department to interdict and destroy 534 00:39:13,785 --> 00:39:15,425 any attempt to establish 535 00:39:15,443 --> 00:39:19,087 a geographic entity where drugs are legal. 536 00:39:19,597 --> 00:39:22,207 Washington should know that what happened in West Baltimore 537 00:39:22,350 --> 00:39:25,407 in no way reflects the policies of my administration. 538 00:39:25,717 --> 00:39:27,387 That was an aberration, Mr. Talmadge. 539 00:39:27,388 --> 00:39:29,680 The work of one misguided police official. 540 00:39:29,854 --> 00:39:31,684 We understand your concerns 541 00:39:31,732 --> 00:39:34,994 but for the deputy drug czar 542 00:39:35,115 --> 00:39:37,628 to take the time out to drive 30 miles north 543 00:39:37,644 --> 00:39:40,095 to deliver that message, hardly necessary. 544 00:39:41,973 --> 00:39:43,548 Rest assured. 545 00:39:47,710 --> 00:39:49,094 What up, G ? 546 00:39:49,835 --> 00:39:51,959 Where the older ones at ? 547 00:39:52,329 --> 00:39:54,366 Marlo got his package back out. 548 00:40:05,584 --> 00:40:08,608 Fire Burrell. This nonsense began in his shop 549 00:40:08,815 --> 00:40:11,535 without him knowing it. Fire the man and move on. 550 00:40:11,783 --> 00:40:14,185 Odell, I respect your opinion. 551 00:40:15,204 --> 00:40:16,049 But right now 552 00:40:16,986 --> 00:40:19,970 Tony Gray, Carcetti maneuvering 553 00:40:20,018 --> 00:40:22,374 now is not the time. 554 00:40:23,702 --> 00:40:27,016 We get past the primary, then I'll drive a stake in his heart. 555 00:40:27,117 --> 00:40:28,652 But right now I need him where he is 556 00:40:28,672 --> 00:40:29,997 for no other reason than to 557 00:40:30,132 --> 00:40:32,178 well, to take the hit for this thing right here. 558 00:40:32,196 --> 00:40:33,967 But I tell you what I'm gonna do, though. 559 00:40:34,127 --> 00:40:36,753 I'm gonna shine on that new girl you like in the 11th. 560 00:40:38,139 --> 00:40:40,274 Give her a spot on the ticket. Cut Eunetta loose. 561 00:40:40,301 --> 00:40:41,362 Eunetta's had her day. 562 00:40:43,382 --> 00:40:46,278 I respect the fact that you stood by me, Odell. 563 00:40:46,319 --> 00:40:47,625 I respect loyalty. 564 00:40:49,684 --> 00:40:52,771 And did so without properly informing his superior officers 565 00:40:53,446 --> 00:40:56,598 and without regard to the criminal statutes he was sworn to enforce 566 00:40:57,067 --> 00:40:59,931 thereby disgracing himself and his command. 567 00:41:02,684 --> 00:41:05,002 Is any of that subject to any contradiction 568 00:41:05,003 --> 00:41:07,368 or argument whatsoever, Major Colvin ? 569 00:41:07,698 --> 00:41:08,270 No, sir. 570 00:41:08,684 --> 00:41:09,988 No argument at all, Bunny ? 571 00:41:10,793 --> 00:41:12,160 Not much you can say, is there ? 572 00:41:12,161 --> 00:41:13,847 Not to real police. 573 00:41:14,715 --> 00:41:16,924 - Get on with it,motherfu-- - 'Scuse me, major ? 574 00:41:19,076 --> 00:41:21,319 Is the admin lieutenant present ? 575 00:41:23,126 --> 00:41:25,178 Major Colvin is relieved of duty. 576 00:41:25,267 --> 00:41:28,353 You are now the acting commander of the Western District. 577 00:42:02,802 --> 00:42:05,001 - Hey, Bunk. - Hey, Freamon. 578 00:42:05,066 --> 00:42:07,642 - Who is that ? Crutchfield ? 579 00:42:07,643 --> 00:42:09,266 - Naw, Norris. 580 00:42:09,291 --> 00:42:10,945 Sleeping on a stakeout. 581 00:42:11,028 --> 00:42:13,425 Damn, Bernard, didn't I tell you about these guys ? 582 00:42:16,254 --> 00:42:18,688 Yeah, that's everyone we heard on the wire. 583 00:42:18,749 --> 00:42:20,824 McNulty's over there in number one with Pearlman. 584 00:42:20,852 --> 00:42:22,484 Why don't you say hey ? 585 00:42:26,819 --> 00:42:29,142 You got to be the stupidest motherfucker 586 00:42:29,190 --> 00:42:31,037 that I've ever gone out with. 587 00:42:31,340 --> 00:42:33,170 I can't wait to go to jail. 588 00:42:34,116 --> 00:42:35,739 What ? What you say ? 589 00:42:35,795 --> 00:42:38,373 What the fuck did you say, Bernard ? 590 00:42:49,561 --> 00:42:50,882 Hey, Donald. 591 00:42:55,981 --> 00:42:57,917 - You heard the tapes. - Look, he came to me 592 00:42:58,035 --> 00:43:00,659 and said we could sell drugs if we move down to Vincent Street 593 00:43:00,668 --> 00:43:02,039 and that's where I moved my crew. 594 00:43:02,058 --> 00:43:04,940 And you know I did because you the one that popped me with the G-pack 595 00:43:04,941 --> 00:43:07,416 on my way to the spot, and let me go, remember ? 596 00:43:07,742 --> 00:43:10,321 You were selling drugs in Major Colvin's free zone ? 597 00:43:10,488 --> 00:43:12,986 - You can prove that. - Ask him. He know. 598 00:43:13,774 --> 00:43:15,938 This must be one of them contrapment things. 599 00:43:16,018 --> 00:43:17,638 You mean entrapment. 600 00:43:17,639 --> 00:43:20,037 Kid's got a point. 601 00:43:27,110 --> 00:43:29,481 19 in bracelets from Barksdale on down. 602 00:43:29,489 --> 00:43:31,208 Another eight wanted on warrants. 603 00:43:31,216 --> 00:43:35,020 Any way you can tie your case to this mess with Colvin ? 604 00:43:35,021 --> 00:43:38,161 Make it like what he was doing led to your thing ? 605 00:43:38,162 --> 00:43:39,149 I don't see it. 606 00:43:39,341 --> 00:43:43,532 Well, it's good work nonetheless, Major Daniels. 607 00:43:46,789 --> 00:43:48,922 Call came in from the Mayor's office 608 00:43:48,978 --> 00:43:51,954 half hour ago approving your promotion. 609 00:43:52,033 --> 00:43:54,813 And now with Colvin, there's a new vacancy. 610 00:43:57,404 --> 00:43:59,823 - What about my wife ? - What about her ? 611 00:43:59,943 --> 00:44:02,425 The Mayor. Eunetta's seat. 612 00:44:02,442 --> 00:44:04,697 - Why would the Mayor... - Good police work maybe. 613 00:44:08,576 --> 00:44:11,027 Not everything is politics. 614 00:44:15,579 --> 00:44:17,584 Hey, I'll take two. Western alumni. 615 00:44:17,624 --> 00:44:18,992 All right, you got it. 616 00:44:19,804 --> 00:44:20,604 Major. 617 00:44:23,282 --> 00:44:24,031 I heard. 618 00:44:26,251 --> 00:44:27,581 How's your family take it ? 619 00:44:33,340 --> 00:44:36,113 Lolita done dropped herself 30 pounds and got herself 620 00:44:36,145 --> 00:44:37,493 a real estate license 621 00:44:38,862 --> 00:44:40,684 so I guess she's fixin'to leave me. 622 00:44:49,556 --> 00:44:52,540 I just wanted you to know that last tip you gave me 623 00:44:52,541 --> 00:44:53,886 was a winner. 624 00:44:54,370 --> 00:44:55,612 Yeah, I heard. 625 00:44:56,130 --> 00:44:57,024 That's good work. 626 00:45:00,976 --> 00:45:03,697 Also, I don't know if you know, Stringer Bell was shot to death 627 00:45:03,697 --> 00:45:04,780 two days ago. 628 00:45:06,705 --> 00:45:09,936 So anyway, I put his name on the paper 629 00:45:10,110 --> 00:45:11,181 to tighten the PC. 630 00:45:13,286 --> 00:45:15,657 I figured what the fuck once he's aced, right ? 631 00:45:19,301 --> 00:45:21,513 You always did cut them corners, didn't you ? 632 00:45:27,171 --> 00:45:29,224 Seems like you cut a few yourself, Major. 633 00:45:33,313 --> 00:45:35,256 However it ends, you're good police. 634 00:45:35,598 --> 00:45:37,159 I just did what I did. 635 00:45:38,996 --> 00:45:39,941 It felt right. 636 00:45:42,776 --> 00:45:43,790 I'm fine with that. 637 00:46:27,342 --> 00:46:28,821 I don't understand. 638 00:46:32,032 --> 00:46:33,027 Drink your wine. 639 00:46:39,854 --> 00:46:40,877 You and me in public. 640 00:46:43,031 --> 00:46:45,253 - But your wife. - She wins without me. 641 00:46:48,962 --> 00:46:52,145 On the Mayor's ticket, she wins. 642 00:46:52,206 --> 00:46:53,368 And you make major ? 643 00:46:56,334 --> 00:46:58,964 I think she was waiting for this day more than I ever was. 644 00:47:01,183 --> 00:47:02,453 And now she's not here. 645 00:47:04,067 --> 00:47:04,653 No. 646 00:47:06,396 --> 00:47:07,166 She's not. 647 00:47:15,031 --> 00:47:16,389 From out of nowhere, huh ? 648 00:47:17,767 --> 00:47:18,765 Nowhere is right. 649 00:47:20,960 --> 00:47:21,739 Why me ? 650 00:47:24,040 --> 00:47:25,524 I guess you don't live right. 651 00:47:31,147 --> 00:47:33,503 - Kari, what was that ? - Nothing. 652 00:47:33,534 --> 00:47:35,075 - What broke ? - Nothing, Mama. 653 00:47:42,073 --> 00:47:43,011 So... 654 00:47:43,807 --> 00:47:44,634 Yeah. 655 00:47:45,884 --> 00:47:47,715 You just drive over here. 656 00:47:48,280 --> 00:47:48,963 I did. 657 00:47:50,539 --> 00:47:53,021 Why tonight ? What happened ? 658 00:47:56,060 --> 00:47:58,407 I was in my old district tonight 659 00:47:58,427 --> 00:48:00,840 which is where I used to feel pretty good, I think. 660 00:48:01,761 --> 00:48:03,658 I wasn't so angry when I was there anyway. 661 00:48:05,351 --> 00:48:07,511 I don't know, someone said something, I guess 662 00:48:09,513 --> 00:48:10,863 and, uhit doesn't make sense. 663 00:48:14,542 --> 00:48:15,942 I guess I finished something today. 664 00:48:16,772 --> 00:48:17,475 A case ? 665 00:48:18,800 --> 00:48:19,644 More than that. 666 00:48:21,893 --> 00:48:23,660 It's like everything I poured into a glass 667 00:48:23,764 --> 00:48:25,275 came out the bottom 668 00:48:25,936 --> 00:48:28,100 and I just kept on pouring. 669 00:48:28,451 --> 00:48:30,431 Like the thing had a hole in it, you know. 670 00:48:32,030 --> 00:48:33,745 Things that make me right for this job 671 00:48:33,746 --> 00:48:35,772 maybe they're the same things that make me wrong 672 00:48:35,790 --> 00:48:37,339 for everything else. 673 00:48:38,898 --> 00:48:40,794 Do you want to come inside for a drink ? 674 00:48:45,150 --> 00:48:45,912 Not tonight. 675 00:48:49,792 --> 00:48:51,655 But if it's not too late, I wouldn't mind 676 00:48:52,037 --> 00:48:52,887 meeting your kids. 677 00:49:52,007 --> 00:49:55,135 Major Colvin misled his officers. 678 00:49:55,181 --> 00:49:58,943 They thought that his initiative was a tactical deployment 679 00:49:59,191 --> 00:50:01,304 to entrap narcotics traffickers. 680 00:50:01,664 --> 00:50:04,068 There was no mention whatsoever 681 00:50:04,123 --> 00:50:06,796 of the initiative to any superior officer. 682 00:50:06,836 --> 00:50:09,691 And for five weeks, all evidence 683 00:50:09,692 --> 00:50:12,685 of what he was doing managed to elude the entire command staff. 684 00:50:14,109 --> 00:50:15,476 Are you kidding, Commissioner ? 685 00:50:15,504 --> 00:50:16,988 I take full responsibility 686 00:50:17,308 --> 00:50:20,157 and indeed, after I first learned of the matter 687 00:50:20,316 --> 00:50:22,326 I informed the Mayor, and together 688 00:50:22,385 --> 00:50:23,785 we moved immediately 689 00:50:23,881 --> 00:50:26,873 to relieve Major Colvin 690 00:50:26,998 --> 00:50:28,506 I'm under the impression that 691 00:50:28,507 --> 00:50:30,729 this administration gave serious consideration 692 00:50:30,742 --> 00:50:32,319 with Colvin's initiative. 693 00:50:32,366 --> 00:50:33,495 No, sir. 694 00:50:33,503 --> 00:50:36,097 Major Colvin informed you of his effort at a COMSTAT meeting 695 00:50:36,193 --> 00:50:37,434 more than a week ago. 696 00:50:37,442 --> 00:50:39,678 His free zones stayed up for six days after that. 697 00:50:39,741 --> 00:50:42,304 That's my responsibility, Councilman. 698 00:50:42,359 --> 00:50:44,652 We needed the time to conclude an ongoing investigation 699 00:50:44,670 --> 00:50:46,843 by the Major Crime Unit, a wiretap case 700 00:50:46,844 --> 00:50:48,844 that would have been disrupted 701 00:50:48,853 --> 00:50:51,956 Correct, Mayor Royce was aware of the pending case 702 00:50:52,012 --> 00:50:55,194 and allowed us to delay our response accordingly. 703 00:50:55,249 --> 00:50:57,478 But the Mayor was unequivocal 704 00:50:57,692 --> 00:51:00,637 in his opposition to what Major Colvin did. 705 00:51:00,835 --> 00:51:03,497 What we have here, I'm afraid, is nothing more complicated 706 00:51:03,498 --> 00:51:06,556 than a solitary police commander who, under great pressure 707 00:51:06,574 --> 00:51:10,920 proved to be amoral, incompetent, and unfit for command. 708 00:51:11,373 --> 00:51:12,058 No. 709 00:51:13,752 --> 00:51:14,850 It's about more than that. 710 00:51:14,905 --> 00:51:17,421 This is more important than who knew what when 711 00:51:17,627 --> 00:51:19,442 or who falls on his sword 712 00:51:19,546 --> 00:51:21,709 or whether someone can use this disaster 713 00:51:21,734 --> 00:51:23,484 to make a political point or two. 714 00:51:23,531 --> 00:51:24,423 Mr. Chairman-- 715 00:51:24,494 --> 00:51:27,343 We can forgive Major Colvin who, out of his frustration 716 00:51:27,510 --> 00:51:29,924 and despair, found himself condoning something which 717 00:51:29,925 --> 00:51:33,422 can't possibly be condoned. We can do that much. 718 00:51:34,536 --> 00:51:37,417 But, gentlemen, what we can't forgive, 719 00:51:37,576 --> 00:51:40,237 what I can't forgive ever 720 00:51:41,260 --> 00:51:42,454 is how we... 721 00:51:44,729 --> 00:51:47,637 you, me, this administration, all of us 722 00:51:48,860 --> 00:51:52,646 how we turned away from those streets in West Baltimore. The poor, the sick 723 00:51:52,895 --> 00:51:56,404 the swollen underclass of our city trapped in the wreckage of neighborhoods 724 00:51:56,435 --> 00:51:59,189 which were once so prized. Communities which 725 00:51:59,522 --> 00:52:02,228 we've failed to defend, which we have surrendered 726 00:52:02,253 --> 00:52:04,433 to the horrors of the drug trade. 727 00:52:04,575 --> 00:52:07,631 And if this disaster demands anything of us as a city 728 00:52:07,973 --> 00:52:09,788 it demands that we say enough. 729 00:52:09,796 --> 00:52:12,772 Enough to the despair which makes policemen even think about surrender. 730 00:52:12,780 --> 00:52:15,214 Enough to the fact that these neighborhoods are not saved 731 00:52:15,334 --> 00:52:18,723 or are beyond the saving. Enough to this administration's 732 00:52:18,779 --> 00:52:21,016 indecisiveness and lethargy 733 00:52:21,387 --> 00:52:23,546 to the garbage which goes uncollected 734 00:52:23,594 --> 00:52:25,997 the lots and row houses which stay vacant 735 00:52:26,165 --> 00:52:28,281 the addicts who go untreated 736 00:52:28,306 --> 00:52:30,052 the working men and women who every day 737 00:52:30,053 --> 00:52:31,886 are denied a chance at economic freedom. 738 00:52:34,715 --> 00:52:36,475 Enough to the crime, which every day 739 00:52:36,476 --> 00:52:38,954 chokes more and more of the life from our city. 740 00:52:40,825 --> 00:52:41,670 And... 741 00:52:42,562 --> 00:52:46,063 the thing of it is, if we don't take responsibility and step up 742 00:52:46,113 --> 00:52:48,449 not just for the mistakes and the miscues 743 00:52:48,639 --> 00:52:51,506 but for whether or not we're gonna win this battle for our streets 744 00:52:51,534 --> 00:52:52,537 if that doesn't happen 745 00:52:52,771 --> 00:52:55,973 we're gonna lose these neighborhoods and ultimately this city forever. 746 00:52:56,011 --> 00:52:57,854 If we don't have the courage 747 00:52:57,878 --> 00:53:00,914 and the conviction to fight this war they way it should be fought 748 00:53:00,915 --> 00:53:03,473 the way it needs to be fought, using every weapon 749 00:53:03,489 --> 00:53:06,497 that we can possibly muster, if that doesn't happen 750 00:53:08,549 --> 00:53:10,127 well, then we're staring at defeat. 751 00:53:12,925 --> 00:53:14,884 And that defeat should not and cannot 752 00:53:14,979 --> 00:53:16,913 and will not be forgiven. 753 00:53:25,192 --> 00:53:26,254 It was a good case 754 00:53:26,891 --> 00:53:27,962 I'm not denying that 755 00:53:28,959 --> 00:53:30,582 but I need to trust my people. 756 00:53:31,578 --> 00:53:34,235 Unless you can give your word, there's no way-- 757 00:53:34,435 --> 00:53:36,519 That's more than fair. 758 00:53:36,997 --> 00:53:38,542 Thanks. 759 00:53:39,010 --> 00:53:41,525 But it's better for me if I do something else. 760 00:53:45,695 --> 00:53:47,318 Detective. 761 00:53:49,925 --> 00:53:51,107 It's not you, it's me. 762 00:53:53,286 --> 00:53:55,695 - But where-- - The western, I think. 763 00:53:56,957 --> 00:53:59,384 Western feels like home. 764 00:54:13,738 --> 00:54:15,894 You showed something today. 765 00:54:16,231 --> 00:54:18,063 Just felt like it needed to be said. 766 00:54:21,434 --> 00:54:23,388 Sounds like you're running for something. 767 00:54:27,378 --> 00:54:28,167 Eunetta. 768 00:54:29,227 --> 00:54:29,941 Been a while. 769 00:54:45,239 --> 00:54:46,646 Thought y'all was in training. 770 00:55:02,534 --> 00:55:05,041 So what time you want us to be there tomorrow, coach ? 771 00:55:06,400 --> 00:55:07,607 3:30 would be good. 772 00:55:08,396 --> 00:55:10,405 - Hope to see you all then. - A'right. 773 00:55:27,347 --> 00:55:29,265 What the fuck y'all standing around for ? 774 00:55:30,059 --> 00:55:31,049 Man, get to work. 775 00:56:35,584 --> 00:56:37,135 That's a seed. 776 00:56:38,803 --> 00:56:39,525 Yeah. 777 00:59:59,050 --> 01:00:00,608 What do you see right here? 778 01:00:01,268 --> 01:00:03,688 It's bulk metal. 10¢ a pound. 779 01:00:04,080 --> 01:00:04,493 Here. 780 01:00:05,294 --> 01:00:06,246 Aluminum. 781 01:00:06,393 --> 01:00:08,732 Right you are. 30¢ a pound 782 01:00:09,440 --> 01:00:11,302 no problem. 783 01:00:12,217 --> 01:00:15,878 in these modern times a man gotta keep one eye on the ground 784 01:00:15,996 --> 01:00:17,843 pick up what he find, feel me ? 785 01:00:18,567 --> 01:00:20,731 There's money to be made if you know where to look. 786 01:00:22,457 --> 01:00:25,126 I hope you listenin','cause I'm tryin'to school you here. 787 01:00:26,514 --> 01:00:28,324 Yeah, you don't want to know. 788 01:00:28,325 --> 01:00:30,560 You see, You think you brown, but you still green. 789 01:00:39,127 --> 01:00:39,961 How ya doin'? 790 01:00:45,900 --> 01:00:46,956 That's somethin', huh ? 791 01:00:47,497 --> 01:00:50,410 It's like they took a big eraserand rubbed across it. 792 01:00:51,971 --> 01:00:52,476 Yaeh ! 793 01:00:55,668 --> 01:00:58,182 Yeah, but before a dope fiend come down here 794 01:00:58,417 --> 01:01:01,976 cop a little somethin', ain't nary a soul hassle him. 795 01:01:02,681 --> 01:01:05,488 Hoppers and police, they just let him be. 796 01:01:09,732 --> 01:01:11,096 Was a good thing, huh ? 797 01:01:15,306 --> 01:01:16,581 I'm just sayin'. 798 01:01:17,826 --> 01:01:20,211 You probly don't know, but it's rough out there, baby. 799 01:01:20,671 --> 01:01:24,321 Cops be back bangin'on you. Hoppers be messin' with you. 800 01:01:28,648 --> 01:01:29,502 Thank you. 801 01:01:30,969 --> 01:01:31,614 Aw, shit. 802 01:01:32,214 --> 01:01:33,948 That's a dime here. That's a seed. 803 01:01:36,459 --> 01:01:37,057 Come on, boy.