S03E07 · SCENE 24/39 · 22:55
Back Burners · Hamsterdam
Hamsterdam Fight and Carver's Rule

A brawl breaks out in Hamsterdam, and officers break it up while the sergeant lays down the zone's one rule.

22:55→24:03
in the episode · 1m 08s · S03E07

What happens

22:55–24:03

Police break up a fight. Carver warns the dealers about violence, and Colicchio notes children are unemployed as lookouts. Carver proposes a weekly fee to fund the children.

WhereHamsterdam
DriverSgt. Carver
Positionact2 · escalation
ThreadBarksdale phone network investigation

Key lines

from this scene
22:56

Push it back. Get back, push it back.

23:01

-Should we cuff them, Sarge? -No, cut them loose.

23:19

Break it up, break it up, break it up.

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Scene DNA

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social rule violation1.0
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rapid back and forth

Beats

23:11Carver lays down the only rule

Scene in the episode

22:55–24:03
A · Homicide weapon recovery
B · Carcetti witness protection politics
C · Western district Hamsterdam experiment
D · Barksdale phone network investigation

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