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The Wire: Season 3, Episode 3

Dead Soldiers (3 Oct. 2004)

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The brutality at police headquarters continues over the perceived failure of department commanders to reign in the city's crime stats. Another hit by Omar on the Barksdale stash houses goes horribly wrong. Proposition Joe summons Stringer Bell to a meeting and tells him that the cops have screwed up. Daniels reassigns his detail after the wire on Stringer Bell goes dead. Written by Anonymous

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police funeral | wiretapping | police officer killed | reference to george washington carver

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When referring to what should be done about a suspect Bunk says "Kofi Bryant and the UN should get a call". Kobe Bryant is the basketball player, and Kofi Annan was the General Secretary of the UN. See more »

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Det. William 'Bunk' Moreland: [types in "Peanut" in database] 89? And that's just the ones with Westside addresses.
Det. Vernon Holley: Man, you got to narrow that shit down. Find some way to work with all them "Peanuts."
Det. William 'Bunk' Moreland: Motherfucker, do I look like George Washington Carver?
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References The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) See more »

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