We Own This City
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SWAT teams, tactical squads, stop and frisk, strip searches.
A complete gutting of the Fourth Amendment.
Its like were fighting terrorists on foreign soil.
It would be hard enough to implement changes in a hostile department without also slashing jobs and resources.
These guys cannot turn on each other fast enough.
But once theyre under questioning, theyre in a rush to implicate each other.
Jenkins and his crew arent artists like Robert De Niro inHeat.
Theyre smash-and-grab guys common crooks.
And despite their arrogance, despite feeling above the law, they cannot be surprised when it happens.
The first line of this episode is Gondo saying that Jenkins just didnt care if he saw another sunrise.
Theyd all set their lives on an irreversible course, one they couldnt retreat from if they tried.
Their only play now is to backstab each other into lesser sentences.
But Suiter took the path of least resistance, which isnt the same thing as a clean break.
It was easier for him to play along uncomfortably with Jenkins while looking for the exit.
In the minds of Wonder Bread Americans, these people arent really victims.
David Simon absolutely detests former mayor (and failed Democratic presidential candidate) Martin OMalley.
Justice is elusive, but an effort must be made.
