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Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski
So thinking about the Wire, and cops and pols, and who wasn't ultimately "bad."
Every pol was crooked, so that's easy.
Good cops? Bunk, Kima, Daniels besides whatever happened at the past precinct, Bunny of course. Was Carver ever bad? Any other good cops?
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Was Carcetti ever affirmatively crooked? I don't think Tony Gray was shown to be crooked either, just horribly naive.
Carver was at least supposed to be looked down upon in the early days of the unit, and was part of the bad scene in the projects at night with Herc and Prez. I think there might also have been some hints of him being on the take in his early precinct days too, but I don't recall for sure.
Sydnor was good, I think, although he never had all that much of a part. Most of the bit-player homicide cops were never really implicated, but they also just weren't a big part of the show.
But that's one of the things that makes the show compelling. Pretty much all of the characters live in a world of grays, and some that would look to the outside as particularly bad were also among the most compelling (Omar, of course, and Bubbles).
