Snot Boogie's Murder
This is the location for the opening scene of season one, where a man known only as Snot Boogie is shot and killed, setting the tone for the rest of the series as a serious drama that takes a realistic approach to documenting the drug trade in inner city Baltimore. The end of this scene may be the most chilling comment in the whole series when the nameless man explains the situation to McNulty by saying: “…this is America, Man”. Commenting not only on the murder itself, but the state of the country as well, which is characterized by death, social division and institutional dysfunction.