S03E04 · SCENE 23/32 · 38:12
Hamsterdam · School gym
Colvin addresses dealers in gym

Colvin tries to explain the free zones to rounded-up dealers in a school gym.

38:12→40:24
in the episode · 2m 12s · S03E04

What happens

38:12–40:24

Colvin has the young drug dealers rounded up in a school gym. He tries to inform them of the free zones, but the dealers are uncontrollable. The principal takes over the microphone and calms them down, but when she leaves, they are unwilling to listen again.

WhereSchool gym
DriverMajor Colvin
Positionact2 · complication
ThreadPolice Investigation

Key lines

from this scene
38:49

All right, go ahead.

39:00

Yo, faggy, why you touch my butt?

39:48

lt's yours, Major.

40:08

The new way that we're going to do things on the corners.

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Scene DNA

weights 0–1
escalation1.0
chaotic1.0
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Beats

38:13Dealers are brought to the gym
39:59Colvin tries to explain free zones

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38:12–40:24
A · Politics and Ambition
C · Western District Reform
D · Barksdale Organization

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