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    Oscar Requer

    Officer Oscar

    The "was that really him" moment I had in the show was Roscoe Orman (Gordon from Sesame Street) as Officer Oscar (coincidence?), the guy who helps out Freamon and McNulty.

    -- Abagadro

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    The character he played is named, "Oscar Requer," who was a real murder police in David Simon's book, "Homicide, A Year on the Killing Streets."

    The real Detective Requer was in Jay Landsman's squad.

    Note that Ed Burns is mentioned briefly in this book.

    —MrRed Read MrRed's other letters

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