Major Colvin's speech

[Sylocat]

Bunny Colvin, Cutty Wise, Cedric Daniels and the (non-Sobotka) Stevedores are the only kinds of people this world really needs.

[tommybrown187]

a great moment of civic compromise

[getreadytotube]

Bunny Colvin for President!

[Aivottaja]

Colvin saw the big picture. He is the example of someone trying to both uphold the law and trying to control crime. But he was careless by trusting his career wouldn't take a hit because of his years of service. Truly an example of resourcefulness getting assraped by politics.

[Danfitz2010]

Regardless of your views on drugs and their effect on society any rational human being has to ask the question "is criminalising drug addicts working; cutting the crime, and benefiting our society, considering the many many decades force and prison has been the answer?" you could see the horrors of "Hamsterdam", it wasn't a long term solution, but the different way of thinking had to be addressed.

[uwlwsrpm]

I don't get it, what's the "paper bag" for drugs that he's referring to?

[dpayO2]

@uwlwsrpm Because people were getting busted for drinking in public, they then put paper bags on their drinks so that others couldn't see they were drinking alcohol, and the police would let them go (as a compromise).

There is no "paper bag" for drugs means there is no compromise. Nice speech.

[lou4brew]

Carver will be the next Bunny Colvin

[tabbypappy]

This was a true turning point for both Colvin & the show.Classic scene.

[alec1115]

Out of all the characters in The Wire...Colvin is the best actual person. Maybe the only person that's a true role model.

[goceltics339]

@alec1115 hmmmm Good point. I think Daniels was a role model too. And maybe Lester. And Gus from the paper.

[timytim4prez]

Every “war on drugs” politician should be required to watch this video. Actually, ALL politicians should be required to watch every episode and every season of The Wire.

[slimithy12]

look how carvers taking in everything colvin is saying, while herc is letting it go right over his head. that's why carver is a great police man by the end and herc works for a shady law firm.

[7hezo]

truth, truth, truth. we need it. here and now.

[Sotnas]

I like that the characters hardly ever use the word "cop". Sure, Colvin uses it once here and there may have been other times as well (I can't remember), but overall everyone (including the criminals) says "police". I think that''s great.. It shows that the writers have respect for the profession.

[jpom29]

Bunny Colvin is a force of nature. Fuck did Robert Wisdom not kill in this role?

[Molijn]

This speech is so powerful, too many cops nowadays spend their time on unnecessary things. It's time to go back to real police work; policing that protects neighborhoods, makes people feel safe. The 'civic compromise' Major Colvin discusses is what we as citizens need to pay back.

The world would indeed be so much better if we were not focussed on just statistics. We should be looking at these cases as human beings and try to understand the underlying causes.

[juline91]

@Molijn glad somebody else realizes the bs thats goin on

[illflip]

@Molijn well said bro. this speech is the turning point in carvers career

[Killoea]

@illflip There was a lot of turning points in Carvs career. If you can remember in S1 when Daniels lectured him about being a leader, and later on in this season when Colvin lectured him about "real" police and how they need to be able to talk to the community instead of busting heads all day

[illflip]

@Killoea i think the daniels lecture def put some sense into him. but when daniels and him had a fallout in season 2 he went back to being a "rip and run" detective in the beginning of season 3. i think this speech,plus the lecture about real police that you speak of REALLY hammer home the point of how to "protectf a community"

[danielhiryu]

We need people like Colvin in the real world.

Guaranteed... things would change for the better.

[slimithy12]

@danielhiryu there are plenty of colvins in the real world but there just not high enough on the pyramid to make a real difference

[danielhiryu]

@slimithy12 Ain't that the goddamn truth. Look at our government.

[theman2017inc]

@danielhiryu AMEN to that!!!!

[will434usmc]

Maj. Colvin should've been Police Chief.

[errbarkkill]

Oorah. He was too real, not politicaly correct, so he would have never seen anything pass major. Mayor Kurt Shmoke killed his career when he contemplated the legalization of drugs to curtail the menacing illegal drug trade. Maj. Colvin was a reflection of one of these real life personalities.

[C0smicMonkey]

He based his policies of Rationale and Logic, not Rhetoric, which is why he'd never get promoted into politics.