The wire
Season 3.Episode 11
Middle ground.
-Academic:- Look, I'm not a politician, I'm an academic. From a public health perspective there are remarkable things happening in the free zones .Needle exchanges, on-site blood testing, condom distribution.
We're interacting with an at-risk community that is largely elusive. We're even talking some of them into drug treatment.
That's just what UM and Bon Secours have brought to the table.
If this were sanctioned, my department could put public resources into play.
We're interacting with an at-risk community that is largely elusive. We're even talking some of them into drug treatment.
That's just what UM and Bon Secours have brought to the table.
If this were sanctioned, my department could put public resources into play.
-Odell Watkins:- You people can't see the forest here.
-Mayor Royce:- Odell?
-Odell Watkins: -When the story breaks, the ministers will surely be against you. And most of the City Council will be walking sideways away from your administration. And my guess is the governor and the legislature will use this opportunity to piss on the city from a great height. And Washington? Oooh. Can you imagine how far the United States Department of Justice is gonna crawl up your ass behind this?
-Mayor Royce:-Crime is down, Odell. Medical people are telling me this could work. I mean, a 14% decline in felonies citywide, I might be untouchable on this. Look, we need to think.
