S03E10 · SCENE 37/39 · 44:29
Reformation · COMSTAT meeting room
Colvin presents at COMSTAT

Colvin reveals Hamsterdam at COMSTAT meeting.

44:29→47:12
in the episode · 2m 43s · S03E10

What happens

44:29–47:12

Colvin gives a presentation at COMSTAT showing cleaned up streets. Deputy Commissioner Rawls realizes Colvin has legalized drugs in specific areas. Commissioner Burrell ends the meeting and calls Colvin to his office.

WhereCOMSTAT meeting room
DriverHoward Colvin
Positionact1 · payoff
ThreadPolice Wiretap Struggle

Key lines

from this scene
44:32

That photo was taken at 4:00 p.m., prime time for the street-level dealer.

46:03

where drug enforcement was not a district priority or they face the wrath of every able-bodied soul in my district.

46:24

How were you able to-- Jesus Christ, you nit, don't you see what he's done?

46:45

That's it, gentlemen.

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Scene DNA

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secret exposed0.9
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confession0.1
angry0.1
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Beats

45:04l moved them off the corners.
46:29He's legalized drugs!

Scene in the episode

44:29–47:12
A · Stanfield vs Barksdale War
B · Colvin's Hamsterdam Falls
D · Omar's Hunt & Politics

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Includes this scene · HBO's "The Wire" (Season 3) - Comstat: Legalised Drugs · hesketh7085
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The Wire - Lester Freamon crypts numbers like an old-school hustler · vidiia
The Wire - This drug thing, this ain't police work. · ConcernedCitizen9

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