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11. Crazy that we celebrate a show that glamorizes the drug war that has brutalized young black men

Mon Sep 6, 2021, 11:40 PM

Sep 2021

for several generations. Gun violence, gang violence, drug violence, yet people love watching it, our society is broken.

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Actor Michael K. Williams (The Wire, Boardwalk Empire, Lovecraft Country) has died [View all] tenderfoot Sep 2021 OP

The Chalky White character? Brilliant actor. NewHendoLib Sep 2021 #1

One of our favorite actors. blm Sep 2021 #2

He was one of my favorite actors. Solly Mack Sep 2021 #3

RIP iemanja Sep 2021 #4

. crickets Sep 2021 #5

What a loss True Dough Sep 2021 #6

Remarkable talent. Kid Berwyn Sep 2021 #7

Omar Comin'! fishwax Sep 2021 #8

I once watche a rather bad movie Retrograde Sep 2021 #9

Sorry.... Omar was multi-layered. albacore Sep 2021 #10

You obviously did not watch 'The Wire' tenderfoot Sep 2021 #12

Vigilante gun violence, killing and robbing black drug dealers madville Sep 2021 #13

If you bothered to watch the show tenderfoot Sep 2021 #14

LOL tenderfoot Sep 2021 #16