The Wire - Decoding (Sn1Ep7 

Never should’ve gave him back his gun

Chasing an armed black suspect you have never seen before while a plane clothes black officer you have never seen before is also chasing said mystery suspect….

It just shows that not everyone is meant to work on the street, not all crimes are solved by busting people on the street. Prez clearly had no business being on the street, his specialty was behind a desk, there is nothing wrong with that. Just think about how many cops you have seen that clearly have no people skills and have no business pulling people over, detaining them or arresting them.

He should have stood in the office at the precinct

Yeah and he also pistol whipped that kid

I just commented that on another video drug dealers use to be genius

Always harder to crack than create

*Avon's crew

This code was from a real Baltimore drug kingpin back in the day. He was actually a consultant on this show.

Head to the local library, they'll have books about codes. You don't have to invent anything.

What the fuck

lester + prezbo, team lezbo!

Naw Herc said "12 for the time" so he was on point in that scene. Herc had his moments, as rare as they were, he had a few lol

Nah, Herc said 12 for the time definitely.

too bad he screwed up and a little too trigger happy for his own good

Ehh. Part of being natural police is being able to stay cool under pressure and he mostly lacked that. As a cop at least. He’s more of a natural teacher I’d say.

@@811chelseafc Definitely NOT "natural po-lice". Prez is a fuck up...with somewhat of a good heart. Funny how he brags on spending 5 hours cracking the teenage boys' code but emerges feeling like HE is the one who's smart and that the kids are "mopes" and "dumb".

@@wanderlustly313 I think you you missed the part. He is most definitely smarter than them but that is because he had good mentor in Lester. He was happy as long as he worked with Lester because both understood each other better than people give credit in my opinion.

@@torniketsirekidze1525 No. I think YOU missed the "part". How does having a mentor make you smart??? How does getting outsmarted all season by some kids make him smarter than THEY? Prez was an idiot. He got outsmarted by teens on the street and then in the classroom. Sorry if he was your hero. Generally speaking the street players were smarter than the cops. Prez wasn't even smart for a cop, he was one of the dumbest.

Yeah, we don't understand low IQ ebonics slang. The lower life forms try to communicate with us, but it's too primitive and rudimentary to fully comprehend. It's all clicks and whistles, pun intended.

The lyrics didnt help, but tells how he can spend hours listening to words and searching for meaning. His hobby helped him break the code.

That and they were asking him how they heard that within the call being replayed. So he's pointing out one can listen to something 500 times and never hear what they're straight up saying. Let alone code. But some can, if you actually listen and spend time doing it. It's great stuff @@nodwicknod1070

Can put as many 1s as you need. 14 would work for hi (as opposed to lo). 90 and 60 would work for 6 and 9 oclock. And the first digit can identify enough people I think. 1=I, 2=Z,3=E,4=H,5=S,6=G,7=L If a name doesnt fit, make up a new name

Carver an East side ninja. "Fuck Dem east side bitches! I got nothin but nothin but love in my heart for West side niggas!"- Avon to Marlow.

It's a coded sentence rather than ebonics

cop is whitewahsed

You should be ashamed of yourself for such a tone deaf comment.

What a stupid comment. He should be a shed bc he speaks properly and uses proper grammar? Why the hell should he be expected to speak ebonics? To sum up your comment: he should be ashamed for speaking proper English and not illiterate English.

Ok buddy