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The Wire : Bunk should have taken down Omar for Stringer
Posted on 7/14/22 at 4:25 pm
Posted on 7/14/22 at 4:25 pm
Doing a Wire rewatch in S4 Omar gets arrested for murder after Marlo and Chris set him by killing a delivery lady in Andre's store/stash house, having Andre finger Omar (some how this isn't snitching i guess by i digress). In jail Omar calls bunk for help since there is bounty on Omar. At first Bunk angrily tells him if he didn't this he did others and mentions other bodies including Stringer. Omar guilts Bunk by saying that if Omar didn't kill the delivery lady the real killer is still out there. The Bunk is suit and tier wearing, humble mutha fricka with big arse dick, but he's also natural po-leese and Omar knows he'd rather solve the case than take the easy clearance.
But this got me thinking, why didn't Bunk go after Omar for Stringer? He mentions they had shot guns shells at the scene, so he suspects Omar. He knows Omar was involved in the shoot out at the Barksdale stash house where one of Omar's girl was killed but the witness recanted. They kill Stringer in broad daylight in construction house. Its not the hood, looks like a busy street, there are people walking by when Omar and Brother are waiting. But more importantly, he shoots Stringers body guard in front of a witness that Omar leaves. The guy clearly sees him. I know the dude doesn't give a good description but Omar is pretty easy to id with his scar and Bunk did "fat finger" a couple of line up cards. But is there no body else or a camera somewhere that would put Omar at the scene? Seems like the Bunk would have wanted to nail Omar after the shoot out witness recanted.
As a side note i like the Bunk more and more with each rewatch, drunk Bunk is some funny shite.
ETA: at the start of the next episode the witness describes Omar as BNBG
But this got me thinking, why didn't Bunk go after Omar for Stringer? He mentions they had shot guns shells at the scene, so he suspects Omar. He knows Omar was involved in the shoot out at the Barksdale stash house where one of Omar's girl was killed but the witness recanted. They kill Stringer in broad daylight in construction house. Its not the hood, looks like a busy street, there are people walking by when Omar and Brother are waiting. But more importantly, he shoots Stringers body guard in front of a witness that Omar leaves. The guy clearly sees him. I know the dude doesn't give a good description but Omar is pretty easy to id with his scar and Bunk did "fat finger" a couple of line up cards. But is there no body else or a camera somewhere that would put Omar at the scene? Seems like the Bunk would have wanted to nail Omar after the shoot out witness recanted.
As a side note i like the Bunk more and more with each rewatch, drunk Bunk is some funny shite.
ETA: at the start of the next episode the witness describes Omar as BNBG
This post was edited on 7/14/22 at 11:41 pm
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Posted on 7/14/22 at 4:47 pm to H-Town Tiger
I remember he taped up the books for body armour around his torso. Then someone came at him with a knife and he stabbed dude in the a-hole with it and kissed him in front of everyone
Made the rest of them think twice.
Made the rest of them think twice.
Posted on 7/14/22 at 5:38 pm to H-Town Tiger
Posted on 7/14/22 at 6:29 pm to H-Town Tiger
This is a good question. I thought I remembered Bunk mentioning the Stringer hit in that conversation, something like it was his MO with a shotgun, or maybe it was another conversation between Bunk and Omar.
Omar should have a least been a person of interest in the Stringer killing, especially since they had info from the S1 wiretap and also a non-admissible statement from Wallace (RIP) that Stringer was there and ordered the killing of Omar's boyfriend. Its probably a little bit of plot armor, but at the same time a lot of murders do go unsolved.
Omar should have a least been a person of interest in the Stringer killing, especially since they had info from the S1 wiretap and also a non-admissible statement from Wallace (RIP) that Stringer was there and ordered the killing of Omar's boyfriend. Its probably a little bit of plot armor, but at the same time a lot of murders do go unsolved.
Posted on 7/14/22 at 6:32 pm to NOLALGD
Omar schooled Levy in Season 2 and the jury loved him. No way he'd be convicted. Bunk would have known this.
Posted on 7/14/22 at 6:59 pm to H-Town Tiger
They went to the same high school. Loyalty
Posted on 7/14/22 at 7:17 pm to SCLibertarian
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Omar schooled Levy in Season 2 and the jury loved him. No way he'd be convicted. Bunk would have known this.
a) Bunk would not pass up solving a case and getting a clearance for fear the suspect may talk his way around a conviction to the jury b) Omar’s goat level testimony plays a lot different as a witness than as a defendant. The RE guy would absolutely bury Omar if he testified. Omar is a shaky witness given his uh umm “profession” he was able to turn that around on Levy, his candor is not as helpful to his own defense ETA Omar would also be stuck with a public defender
This post was edited on 7/14/22 at 7:22 pm
Posted on 7/14/22 at 7:33 pm to H-Town Tiger
Omar was Robin Hood some people wouldn’t want to tell on him
Posted on 7/14/22 at 9:00 pm to jamsmiley
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Omar was Robin Hood some people wouldn’t want to tell on him
I’m pretty sure a top real estate developer in Baltimore is not one of those people
Posted on 7/14/22 at 10:10 pm to H-Town Tiger
I think he realized that Omar was relative small potatoes. The real prize was the drug co-op and all of its players.
Any of the cops could have taken down Omar several times, but why do that when you can use him to get Avon, Stringer, Marlo, etc.
Any of the cops could have taken down Omar several times, but why do that when you can use him to get Avon, Stringer, Marlo, etc.
Posted on 7/14/22 at 11:38 pm to DBG
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Any of the cops could have taken down Omar several times, but why do that when you can use him to get Avon, Stringer, Marlo, etc.
Except they never used Omar for even info on any of those guys after he testified against Bird. Your theory works for them not looking at Omar for Stinkum (who he did kill) but after the Bird trail there’s nothing he has that can help them anyway.
This post was edited on 7/14/22 at 11:40 pm
Posted on 7/15/22 at 8:05 am to H-Town Tiger
But they didn’t necessarily know that. He was a valuable asset that could have been used at any time
Posted on 7/15/22 at 9:00 am to H-Town Tiger
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But this got me thinking, why didn't Bunk go after Omar for Stringer?
Because Omar was a witness in one of Bunk's cases against a Stringer employee. That throws a lot of stink back on the department when a clearly bias witness comes up in murder case a year or so later. Bird probably walks after a retrial
Not to mention all they have is a shotgun casing and they know Omar likes to use a shotgun. brother has Omar get rid of the guns.
So maybe the witness IDs him and he has a case, or maybe its just another dead drug dealer in a city full of dead drug dealers.
This post was edited on 7/15/22 at 9:02 am
Posted on 7/15/22 at 9:35 am to Dire Wolf
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Not to mention all they have is a shotgun casing and they know Omar likes to use a shotgun. brother has Omar get rid of the guns.
Good points. Unless they have nearby camera footage and another witness at the scene its not a slam dunk case. And if charged Omar's PD would never let him testify because Omar would probably admit it on the stand because he hated stringer that much.
I will add they did have an eyeball witness at the Stringer hit. However his statement to police after the shooting was not very helpful. We didn't get to see it on screen but the detectives said it was essentially...."B - N - B - G".
Posted on 7/15/22 at 10:17 am to DBG
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But they didn’t necessarily know that. He was a valuable asset that could have been used at any time
they do know he’s an independent stick up guy and that he’s had beef with Barksdale at least but I don’t think you let a guy skate on murders because he Might be an assent down the line. If anything wouldn’t it make more sense to pick him and use the charge to get info out of him.
I went back and watch the start of the next episode and someone else Lee just mentioned it but the RE guy just says big black guy with a big gun which Bunk says BNBG
Also the detail says the word/rumor on the wire was it was Marlo’s people that did it, Snoop is bragging about about to some guys, so that’s what’s on the street. Avon knows it was not Marlo and tells Slim Charles but Slim says if it’s a lie we fight on that lie.
Anyway at the end of S3 they do have reasons to not think it was Omar mostly the witness BNBG, but I think Bunk suspects Omar and tells Omar that when he meets him in jail but with the witness as no help he really has nothing . When he gets Omar out he does tell him no more bodies which he knows Omar will take seriously since “a man must have a code”
Posted on 7/15/22 at 10:23 am to Dire Wolf
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Because Omar was a witness in one of Bunk's cases against a Stringer employee. That throws a lot of stink back on the department when a clearly bias witness comes up in murder case a year or so later. Bird probably walks after a retrial
I don’t see this being a factor. Omar flat out says he robs drug dealers as a profession and when asked why they should believe him he says that’s up to the jury. I don’t know that him later being arrested for killing Stringer would give Bird grounds for a retrial just because he worked for Stringer. Obviously Omar was lying about being there, THAT is more of an issue for the department.
The rest of your points are valid, they couldn’t tie the guy since he got rid of and the witness was no help
Posted on 7/15/22 at 10:30 am to H-Town Tiger
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Avon knows it was not Marlo and tells Slim Charles but Slim says if it’s a lie we fight on that lie.
fricking great line. Love Slim Charles.
Posted on 7/15/22 at 10:59 am to DBG
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I think he realized that Omar was relative small potatoes. The real prize was the drug co-op and all of its players. Any of the cops could have taken down Omar several times, but why do that when you can use him to get Avon, Stringer, Marlo, etc.
This and like the above poster said they went to the same high school. Have a level of loyalty with him.
Posted on 7/15/22 at 6:50 pm to H-Town Tiger
Because Omar only dealt with those in "The Game."
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