The Wire MCOC 8-11-14 EXT- STREET CORNER/WEST BALTIMORE - NIGHT crime scene. Body of a young, black male, bloodied at curbside. DET.MCARDLE, questioning a WITNESS,
MCARDLE -So your boy's name is what? WITNESS -Snot. MCARDLE- Snot. You called this guy Snot? WITNESS- Snotboogie, yeah. MCARDLE-He like the name? WITNESS shrugs. MCARDLE-(off BODY)This kid, whose mama went to the trouble to christen him...(checks notepad)..Omar Elijah Davis,maybe six or seven years old, forgets his jacket. And so his nose starts running. And some asshole, instead of handing him a Kleenex, he calls him Snot. WITNESS-Huh. MCARDLE- So he's Snot forever. (pause) Doesn't seem fair. WITNESS-Life be that way, I guess. MCARDLE sighs, agrees. Both pause as they watch the MORGUE ATTENDANTS roll Snotboogie's wrecked BODY. MCARDLE-So...(pause) Who shot Snot? (WITNESS shoots MCARDLE a look) C'mon. WITNESS-I didn't see it, man. MCARDLE-You liked him, didn't you? WITNESS-Snot was awright. MCARDLE-And you hung around still here waiting 'cause you got something to tell me, right? WITNESS-ain't going no court. (MCARDLE stares at him, waiting.)
