Dead Soldiers

The Wire 3×3

Donette: Why we got to keep hitting up the Barksdale people? Ain't like this whole motherfucking city ain't got stashes all over it.
Omar Little: True that.
Donette: So why?
Omar Little: Because.
Donette: Because?
Omar Little: Indeed.

Off. James 'Jimmy' McNulty: One of the most heavily armed cities in the gun-loving world. Why should those ignorant motherfuckers care about one goddamn semi-auto, more or less?

Joseph 'Proposition Joe' Stewart: You wanna know what kills more police than bullets and liquor? Boredom. They just can't handle that shit. You keep it boring, String. You keep it dead fucking boring.

Maj. Marvin Taylor: So, Stan, what's your plan for the Southeast? How you gonna give Rawls his numbers?
Maj. Stanislaus 'Stan' Valchek: I don't know. Flex squads on the corners, foot patrols in the Perkins Homes, overtime out the ass. And if that don't work, cheat on the stats. So what say you?
Maj. Marvin Taylor: Shit, me? I'm going to 12-hour shifts on the weekend, man. What about you, Bunny?
Maj. Howard 'Bunny' Colvin: Uh, I don't know. I thought I might legalize drugs.

Russell 'Stringer' Bell: That's like a 40-degree day. Ain't nobody got nothing to say about a 40-degree day. 50, bring a smile to your face. 60, shit, niggers is damn near barbecuing on that motherfucker. Go down to 20, niggers get they bitch on. Get they blood complaining. But 40? Nobody give a fuck about 40. Nobody remember 40, and y'all niggers is giving me way too many 40-degree days!

Det. Shakima 'Kima' Greggs: How come... they know you're police when they hook up with you and they know you're police when they move in, and they know you're police when they decide to start a family with you, and all that shit is just fine until one day it ain't. One day it's, "You should have a regular job." "You need to be home at five o'clock." "You need to call more..."
Off. James 'Jimmy' McNulty: "You need to stop fucking waitresses."

Sgt. Jay Landsman: Jimmy, Jimmy, Jimmy... Shit is fucked. You fuckin' wake up like any other day. You fuckin' eat and think about bills and dry-cleaning and shit and... fucking vacation and your fuckin' retirement plan, and what? Like that. Like that.

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