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Baltimore More than 10 Years After 'The Wire'

Baltimore More than 10 Years After 'The Wire'

thenorthstar
Apr 27, 2019
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Baltimore More than 10 Years After 'The Wire'
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My first encounter with the city of Baltimore was through David Simon’s HBO series, The Wire. I knew nothing about the city until the series aired in 2002, but its opening scene set the tone for five seasons of grappling with the hard truths in a struggling great American city. Detective Jimmy McNulty arrives at the location of a dice game turned homici…

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