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Originally Posted by AltaGuy
Doesn't have much to do with anything important, but it still boggles my mind that I see almost all of this through the lense of the Wire. Somehow, the writers of that show nailed almost every one of these issues in a freaking television show nearly twenty years ago and nothing has changed. Unfortunately, the Wire is so real that it offers little in the way of solutions: much more a perfect description rather than prescription.
I'd link an apropos Wire clip, but there're too many.
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The writers on The Wire didn't just coincidentally get all that stuff right. David Simon, the show's creator, was a veteran crime journalist from the Baltimore Sun who spent many years forming relationships with local police officers for his stories. Co-creator of the show and Simon's writing partner was Ed Burns, a Baltimore cop of 20 years.