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Red Dad Redemption
Sep 29, 2007

Twitter rampage still in progress

https://mobile.twitter.com/AoDespair

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Basebf555
Feb 29, 2008

The greatest sensual pleasure there is is to know the desires of another!

Fun Shoe
I can only imagine how much it makes his blood boil to hear people using The Wire to justify Trump's racism and just completely ignoring what the show was actually about. I'm sure he deals with that kind of sentiment on a regular basis anyway but this week is just dialed up to 11.

banned from Starbucks
Jul 18, 2004






david simon posted:

Don’t live in Hollywood. Don’t work there. Never have. Or in Smolensk or my mama’s basement either. And a pro tip: if you need to advertise yourself as a “purveyor of truth” it signals that you couldn’t find truth if you yourself stashed some of it with your favorite child porn.

Holy poo poo lol

deoju
Jul 11, 2004

All the pieces matter.
Nap Ghost
The man is a poo poo talking virtuoso. His been on a tear for the past few days.

Shut up Meg
Jan 8, 2019

You're safe here.

Barry Foster
Dec 24, 2007

What is going wrong with that one (face is longer than it should be)

That's a Snoop level murder

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

I'd say please Simon, don't hurt 'em.... but gently caress it, hurt 'em, Simon!

Barry Foster
Dec 24, 2007

What is going wrong with that one (face is longer than it should be)
Re-watching with my gf (for me, anyway, her first time) and got up to season 5.

Here are my thoughts on rewatch:

1) Bug in his Batman mask is the most unbearably adorable thing ever
2) Gus is so smart and clever and wise and funny and cool. I wish I was just like him

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

Barry Foster posted:

2) Gus is so smart and clever and wise and funny and cool. I wish I was just like him

I know Simon wanted (and failed) to make the point that Gus was so wrapped up in his navel-gazing that he missed all the actual stories happening, but even taking that into account the scene where Gus totally owns Klebanow while they watch the press conference on television is just embarrassing wish-fulfillment bullshit.

algebra testes
Mar 5, 2011


Lipstick Apathy
https://twitter.com/AoDespair/status/1169064199223500800

I'm not a massive Bosch stan, but it's not a terrible tv show by any stretch.

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

I don't think I ever heard of The Bosch but goddamn that's a pretty loving strong cast it's got there.

Also if you'd asked me if Daniels and Marlo ever had a scene together in The Wire I'd have said,"Of course they did, don't be stupid!" but then I thought about it and realized they never did, Daniels just oversaw the start of the operation against him and was Commissioner when Marlo was arrested, but never had any scenes together with him. That's kind of nuts.

Basebf555
Feb 29, 2008

The greatest sensual pleasure there is is to know the desires of another!

Fun Shoe
I love living in Baltimore and driving in to work each day to this chud rear end in a top hat Ed Norris spouting off his bullshit about how what Baltimore needs is more drug warrant sweeps and to flood the streets with state troopers. I wonder what Simon would have to say if he listened to this rear end in a top hat for a few days.

Jeffrey of YOSPOS
Dec 22, 2005

GET LOSE, YOU CAN'T COMPARE WITH MY POWERS
what is he still mad at bunk or something???

Ginette Reno
Nov 18, 2006

How Doers get more done
Fun Shoe
I find Gus kind of irritating tbh. He's a little too smugly cool for my tastes and he doesn't feel as obviously flawed as the rest of the Wire's characters. Probably doesn't help that Scott Templeton is equally one note.

Season 5 still has a lot of great stuff to it though. The weakest season of the Wire is better than most shows.

MrBling
Aug 21, 2003

Oozing machismo
Bosch is a fun show, Titus Welliver is always fun as a grumpy guy.

The storylines get a bit out there at times, but the cast is so good that you can overlook some of the dumb poo poo.

Goatse James Bond
Mar 28, 2010


I've made a huge mistake.
edit I dum

Goatse James Bond fucked around with this message at 22:48 on Sep 4, 2019

Jeffrey of YOSPOS
Dec 22, 2005

GET LOSE, YOU CAN'T COMPARE WITH MY POWERS

Jeffrey of YOSPOS posted:

what is he still mad at bunk or something???
Oh I just learned that this wasn't a joke and the actor and the character have the same name... Cool.

StashAugustine
Mar 24, 2013

Do not trust in hope- it will betray you! Only faith and hatred sustain.

on my current rewatch and all the bits with prez teaching in the beginning of season 4 are hard to watch with sympathetic embarrassment

Thumposaurus
Jul 24, 2007

Jeffrey of YOSPOS posted:

Oh I just learned that this wasn't a joke and the actor and the character have the same name... Cool.

He's not just an actor he was the Baltimore Police Commissioner for a short stint before he got caught up in some corruption scandal and had to spend a few years behind bars.
I didn't know his radio show was still going.

Shut up Meg
Jan 8, 2019

You're safe here.

Thumposaurus posted:

He's not just an actor he was the Baltimore Police Commissioner for a short stint before he got caught up in some corruption scandal and had to spend a few years behind bars.

quote:

In December 2003, Norris was indicted on three charges by U.S. Attorney Thomas DiBiagio. Two of the counts charged Norris had made illegal personal expenditures of over $20,000 from the Baltimore Police Department's supplemental account in order to pay for expensive gifts, personal expenses, and extramarital affairs with at least six women.[3] The third count alleged that he had lied on a mortgage application, stating that approximately $9,000 he received from his father was a gift, when it was actually a loan.

Norris was investigated by the US Attorney of Maryland for abuse of a non-taxpayer funded expense account. While looking for violations, it was discovered that Norris borrowed $9,000 from his father for a home purchase. Norris and his father signed gift letters stating the money was a gift. It was discovered that Norris had returned the money to his father at a later date; at that point the gift became a loan. Norris was then indicted for making a false statement on a mortgage application.

In a plea agreement, the mortgage charge was dropped in exchange for a guilty plea of abusing the expense account, which Norris had denied. On March 8, 2004 Norris pleaded guilty to federal corruption and tax charges.[4] Norris was sentenced to six months in federal prison in Yazoo City, Mississippi and Atlanta, Georgia, to be followed by three years of supervised probation and ordered to perform 500 hours of community service. The case alleged lavish gifts and meals were given to friends and girlfriends.

Despite the guilty plea, Norris has publicly maintained his innocence claiming that the case was politically motivated and the guilty plea was forced because of his mortgage issue. In an October 9, 2006 newspaper article Norris admitted to using the money from the alleged accounts, but said that he paid it back in full before he left office to take the position of Maryland State Police Superintendent.[5]

The got him with The Headshot.

Golden Bee
Dec 24, 2009

I came here to chew bubblegum and quote 'They Live', and I'm... at an impasse.
Just read the biography of the series with all the interviews, all the pieces matter cleared a lot of fun stories, tons of people had their first acting role on the wire and snoop Pearson was a former murderer discovered by Michael K. The show really turned her life around.

mllaneza
Apr 28, 2007

Veteran, Bermuda Triangle Expeditionary Force, 1993-1952




Shut up Meg posted:

The got him with The Headshot.

Game recognizes game. Life imitates art.

deoju
Jul 11, 2004

All the pieces matter.
Nap Ghost
Anybody know what they mean by "number one male?" In context it seems to mean a black guy. Is that because African Americans are the majority of the city? I'm curious about the origin of the term. Do other cities use it? I've never heard it outside the Wire.

deoju fucked around with this message at 08:32 on Oct 18, 2019

Happy Thread
Jul 10, 2005

by Fluffdaddy
Plaster Town Cop
Baltimore Sun has you covered

https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1994-11-09-1994313251-story.html

quote:

Official police jargon for a black man suspected of a crime is "number one male." I don't think we're called that because we're number one in the affections of police. I think we can also rule out that police subscribe to the Nation of Islam belief that the black man is the original man.

"Number one male" probably stems from the idea that a black male is considered by police the most likely description of a suspect in any crime. Or in the case of those of Susan Smith's ilk, we're the first ones they think of blaming whenever they commit a crime. Ms. Smith's story is similar to that of Boston's Charles Stuart, who murdered his pregnant wife in 1989, shot himself in the stomach and blamed a fictional black suspect. The irony is that in both cases, even the police eventually saw through both stories.

Shut up Meg
Jan 8, 2019

You're safe here.

Maybe it's me, but I am picking up just a hint of subjective opinion in that article.

Code 1 Black
Code 2 White
Code 3 Asian/Pacific
Code 4 Native American
Code 5 Multiracial
Code 6 Hispanic

Strawman
Feb 9, 2008

Tortuga means turtle, and that's me. I take my time but I always win.


Shut up Meg posted:

Maybe it's me, but I am picking up just a hint of subjective opinion in that article.

Code 1 Black
Code 2 White
Code 3 Asian/Pacific
Code 4 Native American
Code 5 Multiracial
Code 6 Hispanic

Why do you think code one is black, what caused the police to list races in that order?

Shut up Meg
Jan 8, 2019

You're safe here.

Strawman posted:

Why do you think code one is black, what caused the police to list races in that order?

http://worldpopulationreview.com/us-cities/baltimore-population/

Baltimore demographics perhaps?

Black or African American: 62.80%
White: 30.29%
Asian: 2.56%
Two or more races: 2.32%
Other race: 1.68%
Native American: 0.30%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander: 0.05%

Popo
Apr 24, 2008

Homestuck is a true work of art surpassing all of Shakespeare's works.

So I found this while trying to find out what the deal is;
https://forums.radioreference.com/threads/aaco-police-number-1-male-number-2-male.27674/

This has the same definition of the codes (1 = Black, 2 = White, etc) used in 2006. The 2000 Census for that county in question (Anne Arundel County, Maryland and bordering Baltimore City) shows a population of 81% White with all other neighbouring counties having similar White majorities other than Baltimore City itself. It makes no sense that they're base what appears to be a Sate wide code on Baltimore demographics.

Dey being Racist, yo.

ShaneMacGowansTeeth
May 22, 2007



I think this is it... I think this is how it ends
Here's how British police describe ethnicity of suspects via the radio:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IC_codes

And here's The Bunk talking about Death Of A Salesman, being The Bunk, acting, and also maybe putting the fear of god in a journalist

https://twitter.com/WendellPierce/status/1185266682387927043

deoju
Jul 11, 2004

All the pieces matter.
Nap Ghost
That was a good read. Thanks for sharing.

Happy Thread
Jul 10, 2005

by Fluffdaddy
Plaster Town Cop
The part about him beating up a Bernie supporter during 2016 was unexpected, yikes

Harold Stassen
Jan 24, 2016
I get that the posters who somehow, amazingly, genuinely don't get that the code terminology is deliberately racist are not evil, just ignorant but god drat

Shut up Meg
Jan 8, 2019

You're safe here.
This is a show where the racial tensions in the city is a major, reoccurring plot point.

Where significant decisions are made where the characters are acutely sensitive of these issues.

And you seriously think that the police force, which is 50% black, with a black commissioner, under a black mayor, decided to use a radio code for the black population of 'Black people R crims. LOL'?

Rather than assigning the first numeral in a numerical list to the most populous demographic of the city?

CharlestheHammer
Jun 26, 2011

YOU SAY MY POSTS ARE THE RAVINGS OF THE DUMBEST PERSON ON GOD'S GREEN EARTH BUT YOU YOURSELF ARE READING THEM. CURIOUS!
Yes? Do you think black cops don’t internalize? A cop is a cop.

deoju
Jul 11, 2004

All the pieces matter.
Nap Ghost
Officer Walker be evil, yo.

Popo
Apr 24, 2008

Homestuck is a true work of art surpassing all of Shakespeare's works.

Shut up Meg posted:

This is a show where the racial tensions in the city is a major, reoccurring plot point.

Where significant decisions are made where the characters are acutely sensitive of these issues.

And you seriously think that the police force, which is 50% black, with a black commissioner, under a black mayor, decided to use a radio code for the black population of 'Black people R crims. LOL'?

Rather than assigning the first numeral in a numerical list to the most populous demographic of the city?

So you're just going to ignore that the code is clearly not specific to the city of Baltimore? You're just going to stick with the completely illogical notion that Baltimore PD developed its police code in pure isolation at the point after the black population became the local ethnic majority in the 70's? What did they do before that, because I'm sure this code goes back before then? Do you really think if, by some means, Hispanics suddenly became the majority ethnicity the police would update the code?

You even identify that a major theme of The Wire is racial tensions. Where do you think those tensions come from? It's probably not because a system targeted them based on fair and objective census data.

And the logic that a police force having black members, even a majority, can't therefore still be racist is rather mistaken. To quote Ice Cube on "gently caress tha Police"
"But don't let it be a black and a white one,
'Cause they'll slam ya down to the street top,
Black police showin' out for the white cop"

And yes, citing NWA lyrics in a discussion about institutionalised racism might be the whitest thing I'll ever do. Black Police is a whole debate within the community that draws into issues of class and so on.*

*I say as a white Brit going on second hand observations

Shut up Meg
Jan 8, 2019

You're safe here.

Popo posted:

So you're just going to ignore that the code is clearly not specific to the city of Baltimore?

http://www.bearcat1.com/radiomd.htm

deoju
Jul 11, 2004

All the pieces matter.
Nap Ghost
Former Baltimore mayor Tommy D'Alesandro died. He was in office during the riots in 1968. That former mayor who told Carcetti about the silver bowls of poo poo might have been based on him. Carcetti says something about how he got a raw deal because he was the mayor in 68, if I'm remembering correctly.


https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/20/politics/nancy-pelosi-brother-thomas-dalesandro-iii-dies/index.html

Popo
Apr 24, 2008

Homestuck is a true work of art surpassing all of Shakespeare's works.

So this site, with a total of 58k hits going by it's myspace era hit counter, covers numerous counties of Maryland and shows a general similarity in how the codes are managed across the state with minor variation. 10-20 is consistently "Give Location" for example while less common orders are varied, though still have some consistencies, like 10-40 which is either "Use Landline" or "Go silent." At no point is there anything about describing suspects which makes sense because these are mostly dispatch codes and not the codes used in active pursuit of a suspect. As far as this is concerned race doesn't even exist which is oddly progressive for a site that looks like it was made 20 years ago.

The best this site shows for your argument is that there are some variance in Police codes but even then shows that important subjects are kept consistent. It says nothing about suspects so ultimately says nothing about anything in this discussion.

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hhhmmm
Jan 1, 2006
...?
There are several legitimate concerns over police conduct, in particular with respect to racism.

Focusing on possible racism in a number thingy might distract from that though.

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