Walking The Wire

Journalists @bzdug and @kafkaguy go over #TheWire episode by episode with insightful guests, examining what it got right and what it got wrong.

[Walking The Wire @walkingwirepod]

S1E6 - "The Wire"

Synopsis: The titular wire starts yielding results. Wallace is rattled by his actions. Daniels starts putting the case above his career.

Guest: Jason Goodrick, Exec Dir of the CLE Community Police Commission @216cpc

https://t.co/EAuBMTrFN9

[BZ Douglas @bzdug]

Twitter will not auto complete @kafkaguy if you try to mention him.

Keep up the good work Phil!

[Justine Barron @jewstein3000]

Here's a tantalizing loose end for you:

Why did this author not include in his book clear-as-day video evidence that, after Suiter was shot, his partner walked over to the crime scene and was there for over a minute before backup arrived?

[Walking The Wire @walkingwirepod]

Gang's getting back together to get production back on track.

In the meantime, a new vid on Stringer just dropped from @JustAnObservYT that's going straight to the "Watch Later" playlist.

https://t.co/3WGnLPtYnA

[Walking The Wire @walkingwirepod]

We've been on hiatus due to a lot of life and work taking priority.

Phil's book is in the final stages of editing, and BZ's back in court to cover the next chapter in the tragic story of #LukeStewart.

[State of Injustice @StateInjustice]

Our producer @bzdug has been in court filming week one of the #LukeStewart civil trial.

Tomorrow at 4pm EST we're hosting a recap livestream and Twitter Space with fellow trial watcher, Mariah Crenshaw @ChasingJustice6

https://t.co/v3cUUm2UND

[BZ Douglas @bzdug]

Today I picked pumpkins with the family and watched East Cleveland's law director and city prosecutor face off with Mariah Crenshaw of @ChasingJustice6

https://t.co/YLxXkt0DvX

[Walking The Wire @walkingwirepod]

Our co-host @bzdug first met Dr. Montgomery while conducting research and interviews for @StateInjustice pilot doc series profiling the Euclid PD.

Catch the Dr in parts 2 and 3:
https://t.co/LutoAtUp9E

[State of Injustice @StateInjustice]

Part 2: Landscape of Brutality

We pull back to examine acts of abuse surrounding Luke's death: The vicious arrests of Shajuan Gray, Richard Hubbard III, and Lamar Wright.
https://t.co/56g5pdmwMy

[Walking The Wire @walkingwirepod]

Our S1E4 guest was instrumental in helping bring charges against a vicious cop in Euclid, Ohio.

That cop was convicted of assault and civil rights violations last Friday.

Respect, Dr. Montgomery.

[State of Injustice @StateInjustice]

Dr. Richard Montgomery taking a well-earned victory lap following the conviction of Euclid Police Officer Michael Amiott for the brutal beating of Richard Hubbard III.

[Walking The Wire @walkingwirepod]

We've wrapped every episode saying "Damn, that was the best one yet!", but this one especially slaps.

https://t.co/PNvWCpiLnD

[Justine Barron @jewstein3000]

Crime journalists who don't know what dispatch is should be disqualified

[Walking The Wire @walkingwirepod]

Can't say we're surprised, but definitely disappointed.

Damn near every journalist worth a damn doesn't have the audience they deserve.

Help fix that shit and follow @eyesonpolice @tayasbaltimore and @InvestigativeV

[Justine Barron @jewstein3000]

Hey this is the guy the Independent Review Board thanked for helping them understand what happened to Sean Suiter!!

[DEACTIVATED @thrasherxy]

Baltimore. Does anyone find it odd that Black ppl are 12, 13 percent of the population and are being priced out of every major city while the mayors of most major cities are Black & pro-cop?

[Justine Barron @jewstein3000]

Here's something funny about David Simon: For many years, he has preached that homicide numbers are pure and can be trusted. He wrote an article on his website about it. He tweeted about it often (eg below)!

Until Sean Suiter. Suddenly the ME's office is political.

[The Wire @WireFans]

I been doing this a long time. I ain't never said nothing to no cop. I feel old. I been out there since I was 13. I ain't never fucked up a count, never stole off a package, never did some shit that I wasn't told to do. I've been straight up. But what come back?

[Walking The Wire @walkingwirepod]

Never disappointing to search quality Baltimore journos' timelines for "Simon".

We talked about this in our most recent episode with the exec. dir. of @216cpc, Jason Goodrick, who strongly disagreed with Simon's contention that policing was more decent before the war on drugs.

[Walking The Wire @walkingwirepod]

We highly encourage everyone to check out this report from the @216cpc:

"100 Years of Police Reform in Cleveland"
https://t.co/C9TdBVx6DT

PDF Supplement: https://t.co/NzSuayhJad

[Walking The Wire @walkingwirepod]

S1E6 - "The Wire"

Synopsis: The titular wire starts yielding results. Wallace is rattled by his actions. Daniels starts putting the case above his career.

Guest: Jason Goodrick, Exec Dir of the CLE Community Police Commission @216cpc

https://t.co/EAuBMTrFN9

[BZ Douglas @bzdug]

@BLM_216 I think the operating thesis of @walkingwirepod is that #TheWire never fully did hold up.

Many guests, your VP included, have spoken to the authenticity of the street-side of the show, but the portrayal of police and prosecutors is problematic as hell in subtle ways.