based on a real person
Donnie Andrews
died at age 58 after surgery
https://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/15/us/donnie-andrews-basis-for-omar-of-the-wire-dies-at-58.html
“The Wire” was so amazing...
Before I retired I worked in an urban area with a lot of drug trafficking downtown.
After watching the Wire I knew _exactly_ who was doing what and how it all worked.
The cops just ignored the whole thing.