S03E11 · SCENE 19/24 · 37:18
Middle Ground · Western District
Resident Misses Foot Patrol

A resident at a community meeting talks about missing the old foot patrol police officer who knew the neighborhood.

37:18→39:16
in the episode · 1m 58s · S03E11

What happens

37:18–39:16

A resident at a community meeting says she misses the old-style policing where a white officer named Frazier O'Leary would sit on her stoop and talk to her mother. She notes a young black officer recently gave her his card.

WhereWestern District
DriverResident
Positionescalation · escalation
ThreadCarcetti's Investigation

Key lines

from this scene
37:41

Shirts and drawers a little longer, is all.

38:43

That is how it should be.

38:53

Do we need a permit for this?

39:06

Now they do say it is possible to have a snowball stand behind the sidewalk.

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Beats

37:51Colvin tells the story about O'Leary
38:50Carcetti is moved by the story

Scene in the episode

37:18–39:16
A · Omar and Mouzone's Standoff
B · Hamsterdam's Political Struggle
C · Carcetti's Investigation

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The Wire - Stringer Orders Slim Charles To Hit Somebody · allmightantdawgs

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