In my experience interning and working alongside nonprofit organizations I have had the opportunity to observe board of director meetings. Throughout my education and experiences in nonprofits I have come to understand board of directors and their organizational meetings as the back bone of any organizational structure. Watching Stringer hold an organizational meeting speaks to the break down of the organization. While his motivation is backwards; fearing police surveillance due to murders his methods do suggest fewer homicides. All in all i cannot get over the business side of Stringer. While his presentation is flooded with profanity and disregard for the system this structure of the game is Stringer's spin on an old thang. As Mcnulty rummages through the old Barksdale case it's as if everyone is looking to tighten up their game here in season three.
This tightening up is not lending itself to anyone's personal life however. Looks as if everyone's decisions and perspectives are being broken down by the strain of the job. day after day they face the reckless lives of criminals, people raised to live bellow the law, to have no consideration for human rights. How then would anyone expect these individuals to 'hold it together'. According to the research their are consistent trends in the personal relationships of police; 75% divorce rate, up 25% from the national average.
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Yeah it is sad to see that most of are characters have not been able to keep their relationships together, especially seeing Daniels and his wife not even living together anymore. The stress of the job must be hard for any partner, but I enjoyed Kima's speech to McNulty about how they knew they were police when they got together, but then one day its no longer okay.
ReplyDeleteThinking back are there any main characters who has a significant other still? Seems like the game not only breaks apart friendships, it breaks apart family and relationships. I guess the strain of constantly having to watch you back (on criminal side) and constantly trying to catch the bad guys (on the police side) just wears down on everyone.
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