The beauty of Hamsterdam highlighting that the top brass literally only cared about their stats was by far one of my favourite power moves of the whole series.
@Dan well he could have done it less blatantly, having cops standing around watching drug deals go down is... pretty sketchy, and of course they TOLD the dealers to their face they would allow it. But 'no i didn't legalize drugs, I just prioritized violent crime'...
I agree my friend s*** the look on his face when he thought he was at the county jail booking instead he's right back on the streets just in a different Hood now that's my idea of going to jail baby
When they made this show they asked the police and the gangsters how it was or is on the street,, maybe corporations and the govt ought to ask employees on how to operate
3:09 Props to this Brother over here for some quality acting, the surprised sudden turn to look, the voice,the face, everything is genuine! perfect lol!
Colvin was such a character. and the look of astonishment on the dude's face when they get out of the paddy wagon and then him saying " what the fuck!?" lol
Just started watching this series with my wife and i have been yelling out randomly throughout the day just yelling “ wmd right chyeah right chyeah” since watching this episode
This isn't a terrible idea in terms of harm reduction. Localizing all the action to one area reduces spillover and collateral to the neighbourhood, the fact it's on watch means there's non the violence that comes with the hussle, low levels get to eat and junkies get their fix.
It's what's done here in BC, Canada. I'm not a user, but from what I've heard users don't tend to use those sites for fear of stigma. If their employers catch wind of it, I've heard of people losing their jobs.
@@InVinoVeratas if you’re referring to Hastings Street, it’s only street level users that are down there and you can’t actually buy the shit legally. If the cops see it go down they will arrest you and they’re definitely still trying to make arrests but for the most part yes it’s the largest open air drug market in North America that I know of
@@heroedeleyenda05 Not necessarily, they might have got it from the Rockefeller Drug Laws, or directly from the Rockefeller family. All that matters is that it works.
@@joshuaizly5502 The got the name for the drugs from Jay Z's rock-a-fella records. This is common in the hood. I remember ppl calling drugs "Blue Magic" around the time that American Gangster movie came out lmaooooo
@@xxgg55 i agree it is way better than the system inside US. but there are take care of in a surtain amount. there physical body are take care of but there mental is mostly shatterd because of drugs and other situation. it good but not compleet yet.
I love the camera work in the last scene. You can feel the confusion, the second they step outta the van, the camera starts panning around, moving in and out, trying to get its barrings, and following Johnny until it stops moving, right when Johnny processes what this place is and what it means
Colvin was the one guy Boddie seemed to respect, even fear, in a healthy way. He’d ask questions to Colvin, but all the sarcasm and sassiness was gone. He respected different cops and String, but he seemed sort in awe of Colvin. He sensed Colvin was ‘real police’.
@@jayhollow7966 If that was the case then how come he didn’t respect carver lol.. Y’all just are nonstop with the r@ceba1ting lol… Now I understand why whyte and SOME (whyte identify1ng) non blak peple always accuse blk. peple of r@ceba1ting all the time..y’all are really projecting y’all’s nonsense on to us when in reality y’all are the biggest wh1ners
It's interesting that Herc's a sworn Police officer, only when it's time to crack open somebody's head. And Johnny's hopeless ass...........................
The whole Hamsterdam saga brilliantly highlighted how America’s misguided moral stances shuts down even exploring obvious solutions to its worst problems.
Nope. The reality is and most adults understand is that if a Hamsterdam was set up it would just then spread to the rest of the city it would never stay contained in that area.
@@bighands69 Hamsterdam wouldn’t expand because if it did then it would’ve been on the radar of the bosses sooner. They’d immediately shut it down, and Baltimore crime statics would increase back to its normal levels. If your scenario played out with Hamsterdam somehow successfully expanded throughout the city, it would still be a statical improvement over what was happening before Hamsterdam. Countries like Portugal have shown that it’s worth at least exploring the legalization of hard drugs.
@@bighands69 I don't think you know what a pre indicted corner means. Drug dealers and users wouldn't leave the free zones if all the corners were pre indicted. This was easier to portray in the show because this was only ONE district. This is likely not applicable in every city in every state but probably in certain districts where the popular corners are all pre indicted and police can man those corners without being understaffed. In the ghettos/cities in my state, this wouldn't work because it's way too densely populated and Hamsterdam free zones would be way too overloaded and THAT is when it would actually do what you're referring to. The free zones in Colvin's district in the Wire didn't seem that densely populated for Baltimore so it was a viable approach.
@@parkermudsen1063 not profitable, number one drug users are pharmacy drugs. You got a problem we can fix it with this highly addictive pill. Where most likely the ingredients are from highly addictive opium.
It's interesting because Portugal actually has taken a similar approach where they have decriminalized all drugs. They changed their perspective on the "war" against drugs and now are seeing historic all time lows for overdoses and deaths. Portugal is advocating the rest of the world to follow this system but to no avail. I guess the profits coming in by jailing people seem to be far more important to those capable of making these changes.
Duhya Agreed, prison isn't the solution here but what may seem obvious to you may not be the case for other people. I would imagine when viewers witnessed "Hamsterdam" in the show they were incrudelous and couldn't conceive a reality where this would work. Interestingly enough, we have a real life application of a concept very similar in Portugal.
i think that shit only really works with countries that have better economies; when it comes to poorer countries and areas, youre not just accounting for the deaths but the people and their livelihoods. good i suppose how countries like amsterdam and portugal can kind of allow and in a way regulate drug use to positive ends but then again different contexts will yield different results. baltimore is a city with a large drug problem and comes with that are poor urban areas, more so unlike majority of other cities, i dont think colvin agrees with per se the drug use but understands how compromises have to be made in order to contain the contamination within safer borders. its a point in the series that these people who dont have much shit to begin with will have their lives wrecked even further - as seen with dukie - using drugs if youre a rich guy into drugs, one assumption is you already have a high paying job and it perhaps is stable, i think cultures made in places like amsterdam is since its casually available then one doesnt necessarily have to dive into it - and that for a price, when it comes to these folks, theyre gonna be sticking up people just to get a fix and forget their problems in ways worse than the guys who could afford the drugs like if it were alcohol.
Out of the box? Nah open air markets exist in probably every major city. Its not this straight forward in most cities where a cop actually says yeah go here, but most cities with a big enough drug problem have an are where theres practically no policing. In my city its an area called kensignton, they sell in broad daylight and no one really cares. Its a horrible part of the city.
@@benjaminarias4467 Kensington is a whole other level of filth man. Especially across the street from the Allegheny train station under that El train. The tv show on A&E Philly dope was mostly shot in Kensington.
🗣️"Got that Pandemic, Pandemic!" 🗣️"Got that Plymouth Rock!" 🗣️"Got that WMD right chea, right chea!" 🗣️"Got them Pink Top, Pink Tops, come get ya Pink Tops!" 🗣️"Got that Rocafella yo, that Rocafella over here yo!"
I love every scene with Santengelo. Dude seriously does not give a damn about being a "real Police" even from the start of the show, but he seems like a good guy deep down. He's always just along for the ride wherever it takes him
A lot of cities have open air drug markets so to speak in certain areas where police turn a somewhat blind eye to the drug trade. I think cities should have legitimate drug clinics one can go to where they are able to get their fix plus also get mental health treatment and other things related to their drug problem
body bag vs rockafela vs wmd they all seem like good products, but which one to pick from the three to get the best balance between price/quality word on da street is that wmd is the bomb, but is that infact true?
Bunny Colvin was my favorite character for trying this experiment, taking the weight for it when it crumbled, and how he worked with kids and adopted Namond after retirement.
The Wire was probably the best TV series that had social commentary az it focuzed on so many aspects of Crime from how people get into it (zometimes for good reasons) and how they end up but also how crime is a continuous wheel with the things just being repeated in a different age
The dude with the red had and white shirt played in one of my favorite movies ever.. Kidz. My mom made me watch it when i was 15 and ill forever be grateful ❤
An idea worked beautifully, and of course a city’s structures tore it down to take it back to the old ineffective and dangerous ways. Tremendous metaphor for this BS world.
And working wonders. Last year, the city had 499 murders, the most in 30 years. So far this year, statistics show Philadelphia is on track to hit more than 600 homicides.
Definitely one of the best scenes of The wire.. with the whole got the cops going to get fiends, with the wmd right here, right here, I hear the wmds the bomb etc... imagine police rounding up a bunch of addicts and bringing them to the spot LMAO... in real life there would be no violence if they made that deal well not zero violence but it would drastically go down for an open drug market
This was a real growth time for Carver. Here, he got to see the value of being a part of a community instead of a feux soldier losing his street instincts over time.
This is probably the best idea I've ever seen to solve inner city crime and drugs, this way everyone could be monitored and helped if they OD, would show the drug sellers and users that's someone's actually caring about them.
Montreal, Canada. Expo 67. Every bum, crackhead, homeless or vagrant was moved to 5 star resorts outside of the island for the whole event. Quoted as the best time they ever had
This is insane that junkie's confused look while the cop was smiling he must have thought he been tripping for a year now or he's dead and in limbo or something
deadly three days in Baltimore have pushed the 2021 homicide count to 107, far ahead of last year’s pace as the city’s mayor and police commissioner vow to continue seeking ways to quell the violence.
Yeah bro, go to an open-air drug city, you walk down a block where you even look like you might use, you'll have at least 5-6 kids hollering at you, hoping you approach them.
Honestly what Florida is with weed atm, try buying anything its 4 dudes driving over to serve for 2 for 15 but where tourists are its 2 for 25 or 30 for the same shit. Gotta love Florida is like a 3rd world country overpricing the tourists
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The beauty of Hamsterdam highlighting that the top brass literally only cared about their stats was by far one of my favourite power moves of the whole series.
The brass was also worried about lawsuits and federal indictments for allowing such an absurdly illegal scheme to go on under their noses.
@Dan Colvin basically took it upon himself to legalize drugs. So at the time it was very illegal lol
@@SimarioDoesGaming A lawyer can said he did not legalized it. He simply neglect to arrest anyone in that spot because no once call the police.
@@Account.for.Comment yea more like a fireable offense than an illegal one
@Dan well he could have done it less blatantly, having cops standing around watching drug deals go down is... pretty sketchy, and of course they TOLD the dealers to their face they would allow it. But 'no i didn't legalize drugs, I just prioritized violent crime'...
Hamsterdam was the peak of the series for me.
Meme Iselfaneye
Yh this was the moment you knew that the Wire went to another level
Facts
Meme Iselfaneye fr
for sure
Definitely
That first brotha out that back of the van expression....😂😂😂. He was all ready for jail, “but dreams do come true”😂😂😂
"Fuck I took?"
That double take that actor did made me chuckle
Someone get that man more acting jobs cause he fuckin KILLED that scene 🤣
life could be a dream
man, can you imagine hahaha. ready to head to county and then you walk into that
“I heard the WMD is the bomb”
GOAT line
Dan Padovani Santalego was one of my favorite bit characters. He was such a wiseass.
Especially during the time this came out. When America first invaded the middle east George Bush was looking for WMD or Weapons of Mass Destruction.
@Loveme Hateme I know I was just breaking down the punchline
Out of principle he should buy it just because it was endorsed by the police
Glad others noticed
GOT DAT WMD RIGHT CHYEAH RIGHT CHYEAH
I hear it's the bomb...
hahaha
Pandemic!
'It WILL mass destruct yo' ass!'
DID IRAQIS SAID THAT?
The police just took them to fiend Disneyland
Lol
Bruh 😂🤣
Finland I mean Fiendland
Vikings Paradise
😅😅😅
The writing in this show is so well thought out and realistic, it makes me want to write stories of my own.
Same
I read where Wendell Price (Bunk) said that Burns and Simon would argue for hours over the smallest of details.
I hope y’all do
I agree my friend s*** the look on his face when he thought he was at the county jail booking instead he's right back on the streets just in a different Hood now that's my idea of going to jail baby
When they made this show they asked the police and the gangsters how it was or is on the street,, maybe corporations and the govt ought to ask employees on how to operate
3:09 Props to this Brother over here for some quality acting, the surprised sudden turn to look, the voice,the face, everything is genuine! perfect lol!
He's perfectly acting what the audience is thinking imo
'The fuck?!'
Hahahah the fuck
Wut tha ffffFUCK?!?
Did a double take and all that
"I hear that WMD is the bomb" funny to catch that
Hard to miss
"It will self destruct yo ass"
Riy cheuh, Riy cheuh!
I can’t believe I didn’t get that until I saw it written here. That’s hilarious lol.
Well done for quoting a video you just watched
Carver's sergeant flex on Herc is one of all my all time favorites
Exactly since herc's dumb ass did it to him
@@aissetousillah3283 you right bro. He did it before his dumb ass even passed the test
I like how that hopper respected the flex.
When I was in the Army, tapping your arm with three fingers like that meant "one of the higher ups is nearby so stop fucking around" lol
@@sjtv6565 cool story, bro
This entire setup was hilarious.
WHAT'S FUNNY IS IT HAPPENED IN B'MORE TO AN EXTENT DURING SMOLTZ'S TIME AS MAYOR OF THE CITY.
@@terryg995 no shyt? It's based on a real place??
Makes more sense than fighting a pointless drug war
Smoltz? His last name was Schmoke.
I say this with zero negativity but you should get your facts right before presenting it a fact.
@@Ronniemc1999 wahhhhh wahhhhh drugs war prays on minorities!!! wahhhh wahhhh
Colvin was such a character. and the look of astonishment on the dude's face when they get out of the paddy wagon and then him saying " what the fuck!?" lol
That’s tully from kids
@@shootermcgavin214 no fucking way i thought the same but couldnt tell only his voice and general body language
americans say paddy waggon?
@@deebo5474 yes
Hamsterdam is probably gentrified by now. Nothing but vegan Cafe's, pet boutiques, and hot yoga clubs
Mr Pink and thats a bad thing?
Sir Frey 42 i dont know, you tell me. Did i insinuated that it was a bad thing, or was that they way you read it?
Guess it was just the way i read it, my bad brother.
Considering the alternative, I'd rather be addicted to soy lattes.
From personal experience it's bad Bc they run all the poor out of the area with strategic takeover other than that it's good
2:40 Love that interaction. He's just like "dumbass didn't even let me commit the crime before arresting me... wtf?"
Just started watching this series with my wife and i have been yelling out randomly throughout the day just yelling “ wmd right chyeah right chyeah” since watching this episode
😆😆😆
I bet your wife just looks at you and thinks… “um, who did I marry?” 😅
For me “The game’s the game. Indeed”
Recently “The game the same just got more fierce”
Chyeah= Cajun lingo!!
paaaandemic
This isn't a terrible idea in terms of harm reduction.
Localizing all the action to one area reduces spillover and collateral to the neighbourhood, the fact it's on watch means there's non the violence that comes with the hussle, low levels get to eat and junkies get their fix.
that's peak reformism right there, don't fight the system, be content with the crumbs
It's what's done here in BC, Canada. I'm not a user, but from what I've heard users don't tend to use those sites for fear of stigma. If their employers catch wind of it, I've heard of people losing their jobs.
It's how Tijuana handles prostitution, keep it all in one area controlled away from the regular citizens.
@@InVinoVeratas if you’re referring to Hastings Street, it’s only street level users that are down there and you can’t actually buy the shit legally. If the cops see it go down they will arrest you and they’re definitely still trying to make arrests but for the most part yes it’s the largest open air drug market in North America that I know of
I mean, they know that shit gone take place anyway.
Whoever came up with the name for rock-a-fella could have had a promising career in marketing
Worked for Jay Z
@@joshuaizly5502 is that where they got it from?
@@heroedeleyenda05 Not necessarily, they might have got it from the Rockefeller Drug Laws, or directly from the Rockefeller family. All that matters is that it works.
@@joshuaizly5502 The got the name for the drugs from Jay Z's rock-a-fella records. This is common in the hood. I remember ppl calling drugs "Blue Magic" around the time that American Gangster movie came out lmaooooo
It works on so many levels
Have to admit, this was a crafty idea!
Ingenious.
@@xxgg55what ??? There's homeless people in Amsterdam haha
@@xxgg55 Was in NY once, saw a lot more homeless than here in the Netherlands. But still we have homeless people of course
@@xxgg55 there are homeless People there.
But just a few compare to other nations
@@xxgg55 i agree it is way better than the system inside US.
but there are take care of in a surtain amount.
there physical body are take care of but there mental is mostly shatterd because of drugs and other situation.
it good but not compleet yet.
I love the camera work in the last scene. You can feel the confusion, the second they step outta the van, the camera starts panning around, moving in and out, trying to get its barrings, and following Johnny until it stops moving, right when Johnny processes what this place is and what it means
Colvin was the one guy Boddie seemed to respect, even fear, in a healthy way. He’d ask questions to Colvin, but all the sarcasm and sassiness was gone. He respected different cops and String, but he seemed sort in awe of Colvin. He sensed Colvin was ‘real police’.
@@jayhollow7966 If that was the case then how come he didn’t respect carver lol..
Y’all just are nonstop with the r@ceba1ting lol…
Now I understand why whyte and SOME (whyte identify1ng) non blak peple always accuse blk. peple of r@ceba1ting all the time..y’all are really projecting y’all’s nonsense on to us when in reality y’all are the biggest wh1ners
@@jayhollow7966 like carv right?
Natural poo-lice
Even the kids in school in the next season knew he was police just by the way he carried himself.
wmd right chair
Ahahah!
😂😭💀
2:07 I love that little acknowledgement of how awkward the situation is. Kid is unusually empathetic for a drug dealer.
It's interesting that Herc's a sworn Police officer, only when it's time to crack open somebody's head. And Johnny's hopeless ass...........................
Kamryn's world ...and you forgot to mention how Herc stole drug money when his detail raided the Barksdale stash house in season 1
Herc is a hypocrite
He may be a sworn officer (aren't they technically all "sworn in"?), don't mean he's good po-lice like Bunk, McNulty or Lester
lmao the look between Carver and the kid after he ranks Herc is priceless. Also Santangelo just remains a gem
The whole Hamsterdam saga brilliantly highlighted how America’s misguided moral stances shuts down even exploring obvious solutions to its worst problems.
Nope.
The reality is and most adults understand is that if a Hamsterdam was set up it would just then spread to the rest of the city it would never stay contained in that area.
@@bighands69 Hamsterdam wouldn’t expand because if it did then it would’ve been on the radar of the bosses sooner. They’d immediately shut it down, and Baltimore crime statics would increase back to its normal levels. If your scenario played out with Hamsterdam somehow successfully expanded throughout the city, it would still be a statical improvement over what was happening before Hamsterdam. Countries like Portugal have shown that it’s worth at least exploring the legalization of hard drugs.
@@bighands69 I don't think you know what a pre indicted corner means. Drug dealers and users wouldn't leave the free zones if all the corners were pre indicted. This was easier to portray in the show because this was only ONE district. This is likely not applicable in every city in every state but probably in certain districts where the popular corners are all pre indicted and police can man those corners without being understaffed. In the ghettos/cities in my state, this wouldn't work because it's way too densely populated and Hamsterdam free zones would be way too overloaded and THAT is when it would actually do what you're referring to.
The free zones in Colvin's district in the Wire didn't seem that densely populated for Baltimore so it was a viable approach.
@@parkermudsen1063 not profitable, number one drug users are pharmacy drugs. You got a problem we can fix it with this highly addictive pill. Where most likely the ingredients are from highly addictive opium.
@@parkermudsen1063 They did this in San Francisco. It didn't stay contained to the designated area, it moved everywhere.
It's interesting because Portugal actually has taken a similar approach where they have decriminalized all drugs. They changed their perspective on the "war" against drugs and now are seeing historic all time lows for overdoses and deaths.
Portugal is advocating the rest of the world to follow this system but to no avail. I guess the profits coming in by jailing people seem to be far more important to those capable of making these changes.
Well it's obvious jailing drug users doesn't work, and if helping people is what the US government wanted, they would have stopped by now.
Duhya Agreed, prison isn't the solution here but what may seem obvious to you may not be the case for other people.
I would imagine when viewers witnessed "Hamsterdam" in the show they were incrudelous and couldn't conceive a reality where this would work. Interestingly enough, we have a real life application of a concept very similar in Portugal.
Dude you hit the nail right on the head, ive been telling people this in my country for years
i think that shit only really works with countries that have better economies; when it comes to poorer countries and areas, youre not just accounting for the deaths but the people and their livelihoods. good i suppose how countries like amsterdam and portugal can kind of allow and in a way regulate drug use to positive ends but then again different contexts will yield different results. baltimore is a city with a large drug problem and comes with that are poor urban areas, more so unlike majority of other cities, i dont think colvin agrees with per se the drug use but understands how compromises have to be made in order to contain the contamination within safer borders. its a point in the series that these people who dont have much shit to begin with will have their lives wrecked even further - as seen with dukie - using drugs
if youre a rich guy into drugs, one assumption is you already have a high paying job and it perhaps is stable, i think cultures made in places like amsterdam is since its casually available then one doesnt necessarily have to dive into it - and that for a price, when it comes to these folks, theyre gonna be sticking up people just to get a fix and forget their problems in ways worse than the guys who could afford the drugs like if it were alcohol.
Zishan Amin War against drugs IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST money making schemes in this world. After the WAR itself.
The WMD pitchman is just too cool 😆. I love when checks out the money and with no eye contact he’s like, Yo gimme tew yo!
Bunny, a man ahead of his time.
Naive as fuck
@@damien5138 Not naive whatsoever, just born in the wrong time.
I hear that WMD is da bomb. LOL!
Lmao!!😂😂
Big if true
I bet he got slipped a bit of money to send the man customers
Richhea
The Creator of this show is a genius. Writers' this is what call thinking outside of the box.
Out of the box? Nah open air markets exist in probably every major city. Its not this straight forward in most cities where a cop actually says yeah go here, but most cities with a big enough drug problem have an are where theres practically no policing. In my city its an area called kensignton, they sell in broad daylight and no one really cares. Its a horrible part of the city.
@@benjaminarias4467 Kensington is a whole other level of filth man. Especially across the street from the Allegheny train station under that El train. The tv show on A&E Philly dope was mostly shot in Kensington.
@@benjaminarias4467 what city do you live in? Where I am from (London), Kensington is one of the nicest places
The creator lived it as a reporter for the B'more Sun, so it's realer than you think
@@JoeCasanovax kensington is in Philly
"I heard the WMD was the bomb!" I don't know why but that part always ticked me! 😂😂😂😂😂😂
I only just now figured out why it's so hilarious: *The corny line was the perfect capstone to show how absurd and surreal the situation was.* 😆
police officer: "I heard that WMD is the bomb!"
Hahahah. Always LOVED "got dat WMD right chya!! WMD right chya!!!
"I hear that WMD is the bomb"
"It will mass destruct your ass"
Sal is the best, he takes the fall in the 1st season but ends up being happy the rest of the series.
🗣️"Got that Pandemic, Pandemic!"
🗣️"Got that Plymouth Rock!"
🗣️"Got that WMD right chea, right chea!"
🗣️"Got them Pink Top, Pink Tops, come get ya Pink Tops!"
🗣️"Got that Rocafella yo, that Rocafella over here yo!"
I hear that WMD is the bomb
You still got that body bag ?
rockefeller* lmao
Death row 🗣 “I ain’t up.”
Yall boogie, y’all crackhead a
I love every scene with Santengelo. Dude seriously does not give a damn about being a "real Police" even from the start of the show, but he seems like a good guy deep down. He's always just along for the ride wherever it takes him
3:10 Dafuq? XD
Most hilarious moment in the entire series for me, lolol
List
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Never gets old 🤣🤣🤣🤣
He had 10 seconds of screen time and he killed it lol
This is still one of the all time greatest TV shows. I might watch it through again for about the 10th time..
Colvin was such a genius revolutionary. People could learn from him after watching this show 20 years later
A lot of cities have open air drug markets so to speak in certain areas where police turn a somewhat blind eye to the drug trade. I think cities should have legitimate drug clinics one can go to where they are able to get their fix plus also get mental health treatment and other things related to their drug problem
WMD Right Chair Right Chair lol
i hear that the WMD is the bomb
Sir, can I buy some bomb ass adirondack chairs?
This show needs to be in a pop culture archives museum or something!!! I love this show!!!
“Man needs customers” carv definitely wanted to have some fun transporting the junkies to the dope boys.
When tf will he ever get to do that again ? I would too
3:18 gets me every time lmao
body bag vs rockafela vs wmd
they all seem like good products, but which one to pick from the three to get the best balance between price/quality
word on da street is that wmd is the bomb, but is that infact true?
It's just really the same product marketed under different names.
u five o?
A crack needle? Lmao
Jake Ackermann he thinks they’re buying crack
top fucking kek xD Should do some sort of research paper on the subject.
Of every television show this would be the one I would love for them to bring back
This scene is so goddamn beautiful
Remember the kid screaming “pandemic”, welcome to 2020
I was think that just watched for the first time a couple weeks ago
“Don’t sleep on the pandemic”
Got dem Astra Zenica, yo.
Crazy thing about this is...that this really did happen
Kevin Smith when where
Jamal watkins when in the 90s...where deez nutz...google it nigga
😂😂😂😂
@@9800MacMal vancouver Canada downtown East Side look it up.
MAYOR SMOLTZ OF B'MORE LEGALIZED DRUGS BY DIRECTING THE POLICE TO FOCUS ON OTHER CRIMES.
Bunny Colvin was my favorite character for trying this experiment, taking the weight for it when it crumbled, and how he worked with kids and adopted Namond after retirement.
The Wire was probably the best TV series that had social commentary az it focuzed on so many aspects of Crime from how people get into it (zometimes for good reasons) and how they end up but also how crime is a continuous wheel with the things just being repeated in a different age
This scene spoke volumes.
"I hear the W.M.D. is the bomb." One of the greatest lines ever!
This is Kensington, Philadelphia now.
Hamsterdam!! Still watching in 2022. 🇬🇭 X 🇺🇸 X 🇳🇬
They really was Protecting And Serving The Communities😂☠️
this is one of the greatest seasons of telefision ever produced
I love when Carver flex’s his stripes on Herc 😂
I love how creative the hoppers get with the names💀
Got that wmd right chair right chair
LMFAO.
The dude with the red had and white shirt played in one of my favorite movies ever.. Kidz. My mom made me watch it when i was 15 and ill forever be grateful ❤
3:56 Did he say Roc-a-fella :DD
that's what I kept hearing lol
yes rockafella is what they called that particular batch of heroin probably cause it will rock you fella
R.Y.1/O MaruPhoenix that shit was fire back in the day
Rockefeller died of AIDS, that was the end of his chapter, and that's the guy y'all chose to name ur company after?
@@hapaharley1706company was named rocafella, not rockerfeller, so they really didnt name their company after him😕
Lmfao imagine being arrested for buying drugs only for the cops to drive you to another one
Johnny calling Herc a rookie will always be funny
Guy in the red shirt is the real Avon barksdale
I love how herc was against it but still had his boys back
The looks at 2:05 to 2:09 are worth an Emmy.
this was ingenious
An idea worked beautifully, and of course a city’s structures tore it down to take it back to the old ineffective and dangerous ways. Tremendous metaphor for this BS world.
00:25 Batman and Robin looking hard af
"they call him head, dick head"
Wow that's crazy, I can't believe that they just recorded Kensington in Philly and put it on TV.
And working wonders. Last year, the city had 499 murders, the most in 30 years. So far this year, statistics show Philadelphia is on track to hit more than 600 homicides.
That’s exactly what I thought of when i saw this
Definitely one of the best scenes of The wire.. with the whole got the cops going to get fiends, with the wmd right here, right here, I hear the wmds the bomb etc... imagine police rounding up a bunch of addicts and bringing them to the spot LMAO... in real life there would be no violence if they made that deal well not zero violence but it would drastically go down for an open drug market
Just got to Massachusetts Avenue in Boston place is hell
This was a real growth time for Carver. Here, he got to see the value of being a part of a community instead of a feux soldier losing his street instincts over time.
Real life Avon in the red Enyce shirt. Didn't catch it first time around.
Good catch.
HighlyPotent34 thank God he cut those braids out and stopped wearing old pimp suits but then again maybe he didn't
HighlyPotent34 Avon only by name; the Preacher melvin fits the profile of the character much better.
Melvin is a another retired player with a role on the show. Avon is Avon
The best TV Series - even better than the Sopranos or Deadwood - and I loved both of them
0:45 that’s the real Avon Barksdale
Wow sad
School Life : I CHOOSE THIS it’s always like that the biggest players in the game always turn too crackheads
King Chino Avon Barksdale in real life was The Deacon
Thats not the real life Avon
The Deacon was Little Melvin Williams and the guy in red is Nate Barksdale.
This is probably the best idea I've ever seen to solve inner city crime and drugs, this way everyone could be monitored and helped if they OD, would show the drug sellers and users that's someone's actually caring about them.
Lol the way the fiends came out the van looking around like they’re in fiend heaven
btw the buyer was the lead (telly) in the movie KIDS 1995,
The way Carv looks at Herc and taps his upper arm with his three fingers just made me lose it :D
Telly is the buyer from ‘Kids’ 😅, his voice aint changed a bit
I thought I was the only person that recognized him!
I’m cultured as fuck my guy
Guy in the red is the real Avon Barksdale if y’all didn’t know.
wasn’t the pastor the real avon barksdale?
@@DigitalBath306 Yeah, most of the actors were part of the old drug trades in the 50s through the 90s
No hes not
@@DigitalBath306 Avon is a mix of the Pastor (Melvin Williams) and Bodie Barksdale.
No it's not. Looks nothing like Nathan Barksdale.
One of the most interesting parts of the series for me
nice quality
hamsterdam look like east trenton
Kevin b facts
Kevin b Kensington in Philadelphia.
Or Camden
Hilarious the confusion of the fiends when they get off the van.
Hamsterdam is the only unrealistic part of the Wire. But still so cleverly put together
Not really somewhere in Portugal they did this and it was really effective
this is like when you go to a weed legal state., just looking around marveling
Montreal, Canada. Expo 67. Every bum, crackhead, homeless or vagrant was moved to 5 star resorts outside of the island for the whole event. Quoted as the best time they ever had
This reminds me of that strip in fallout new vegas where it's all abandon buildings and junkies
Lmao this is like free side
This is insane that junkie's confused look while the cop was smiling he must have thought he been tripping for a year now or he's dead and in limbo or something
This show is so great.
The confusion in that mans face just made my day 🤣
Baltimore is about to make this real
deadly three days in Baltimore have pushed the 2021 homicide count to 107, far ahead of last year’s pace as the city’s mayor and police commissioner vow to continue seeking ways to quell the violence.
They should do this in every major American city.
True. This show made me a believer.
2:14 Westside's shittest lookout
He ain't a lookout. He's just playing Narco polo
The man looks like he just ended a shift a dunkin donuts.
Yeah, he shouts Narco after the police arrive at the corner to see everything. lol
I couldn't help but keep thinking about this when I was just recently up kensington
normally its customers harrasin the dealers and the dealers tryna get paid and away from their asses. here its vice versa lmao
Youd be surprised, in areas where territory isnt run by gangs they just try to out business each other trying to get your dough first
Yeah bro, go to an open-air drug city, you walk down a block where you even look like you might use, you'll have at least 5-6 kids hollering at you, hoping you approach them.
Honestly what Florida is with weed atm, try buying anything its 4 dudes driving over to serve for 2 for 15 but where tourists are its 2 for 25 or 30 for the same shit.
Gotta love Florida is like a 3rd world country overpricing the tourists
For Anyone that doesnt think this is a real thing. "Kensington avenue" in Philadelphia is literally this on one loooooong street.
I love when normalcy meets common sense. Normalcy always gets turned on its head.
Someone needs to make an edit of this where the junkies leave the paddywagon and the dealers start soliciting, then the Jurassic park theme plays.