West Baltimore drug trade

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The West Baltimore drug trade is the violent, economically driven narcotics underworld depicted in The Wire, characterized by rival crews, street-level dealing, and deep entanglement with the community and institutions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional criminal enterprise ⓘ
narcotics distribution network ⓘ
organized crime depiction ⓘ
appearsIn The Wire ⓘ
basedOn real-life Baltimore drug trade ⓘ
characterizedBy corruption of public institutions ⓘ
hierarchical crew structure ⓘ
open-air drug markets ⓘ
territorial disputes ⓘ
use of lookouts and runners ⓘ
use of pagers and cell phones ⓘ
use of pay phones ⓘ
violent enforcement ⓘ
witness intimidation ⓘ
createdBy David Simon ⓘ
depictedInSeason Season 1 of The Wire ⓘ
Season 2 of The Wire ⓘ
linked to: The Wire

Season 3 of The Wire ⓘ
linked to: The Wire

Season 4 of The Wire ⓘ
linked to: The Wire

Season 5 of The Wire ⓘ
linked to: The Wire
developedWithInputFrom Ed Burns ⓘ
distributionModel cooperative wholesale purchasing (New Day Co-Op) ⓘ
corner-based retail system ⓘ
high-rise tower dealing ⓘ
entangledWith Baltimore Police Department (fictional depiction) ⓘ
Baltimore docks and stevedores (fictional depiction) ⓘ
Baltimore political institutions (fictional depiction) ⓘ
Baltimore public schools (fictional depiction) ⓘ
local economy of West Baltimore (fictional depiction) ⓘ
hasEnforcerCharacter Chris Partlow ⓘ
Snoop Pearson ⓘ
Wee-Bey Brice ⓘ
hasLeaderCharacter Avon Barksdale ⓘ
Marlo Stanfield ⓘ
Stringer Bell ⓘ
hasNotableCrew Barksdale Organization ⓘ
Hamsterdam dealers ⓘ
New Day Co-Op ⓘ
Stanfield Organization ⓘ
hasParticipantCharacter Bodie Broadus ⓘ
D'Angelo Barksdale ⓘ
Dukie Weems ⓘ
Michael Lee ⓘ
Namond Brice ⓘ
Poot Carr ⓘ
hasRivalCharacter Brother Mouzone ⓘ
Omar Little ⓘ
lawEnforcementResponse Hamsterdam legalization experiment ⓘ
Major Crimes Unit investigations ⓘ
buy-and-bust operations ⓘ
wiretaps ⓘ
locatedInFictionalUniverse Baltimore, Maryland ⓘ
narrativeFunction to critique the war on drugs ⓘ
to explore systemic urban poverty ⓘ
to show institutional dysfunction ⓘ
partOf The Wire ⓘ
portrayedAs deeply embedded in community life ⓘ
economically driven ⓘ
intergenerational ⓘ
resistant to simple law-enforcement solutions ⓘ
primaryActivity street-level drug dealing ⓘ
wholesale narcotics distribution ⓘ
primaryProduct cocaine ⓘ
heroin ⓘ
setIn West Baltimore ⓘ

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Stringer Bell → setting → West Baltimore drug trade ⓘ
Marlo Stanfield → fictionalUniverse → Baltimore drug trade in The Wire ⓘ
linked to: West Baltimore drug trade
Brother Mouzone → partOf → Barksdale–Prop Joe drug conflict (fictional) ⓘ
linked to: West Baltimore drug trade