词条 | Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets |
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| name = Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets | title_orig = | translator = | image = homicidecover.jpg | caption = | author = David Simon | illustrator = | cover_artist = | country = United States | language = English | series = | subject = | genre = Crime | publisher = Houghton Mifflin | release_date = June 1991 | english_release_date = | media_type = | pages = 608 | isbn = 0-395-48829-X | dewey= 363.2/59523/097526 20 | congress= HV8148.B22 S54 1991 | oclc= 23356235 | preceded_by = | followed_by = }}Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets is a 1991 book written by Baltimore Sun reporter David Simon describing a year spent with detectives from the Baltimore Police Department Homicide Unit. The book received the 1992 Edgar Award in the Best Fact Crime category.[1] The book was subsequently fictionalized as the NBC television drama Life on the Street (1993–99), on which Simon served as a writer and producer. Many of the key detectives and incidents portrayed in the book provided inspiration for the first two seasons of the show, with other elements surfacing in later seasons as well. It later also provided inspiration for the HBO television series The Wire (2002–08). BackgroundDavid Simon, a reporter for The Baltimore Sun, spent four years on the police beat before taking a leave of absence to write this book. He had persuaded the Baltimore Police Department to allow him access to the city's Homicide Unit for calendar year 1988, and throughout that year he shadowed one shift of detectives as they investigated cases, conducted interrogations, executed search and arrest warrants, and testified at trials. Baltimore recorded 234 murders during the year Simon spent with the Homicide Unit.[2] A total of 567 murders occurred in the city for the years 1989 and 1990 combined, the period during which Simon wrote Homicide. The book was published in 1991, during which Baltimore saw a record 353 murders. Simon said he was particularly interested in the demythification of the American detective. Although detectives are typically portrayed as noble characters who care deeply about their victims, Simon believed real detectives regarded violence as a normal aspect of their jobs.[2] ContentHomicide: A Year on the Killing Streets provides a sympathetic but unromantic portrait of crime fighting in a major American city at the height of the late 1980s crime epidemic. The book is notable for the detailed look it gives into the professional lives of police detectives and the mix of quirky, absurd, and sometimes tragic cases they investigated.{{citation needed|date=August 2015}} Notable casesThe Angel of Reservoir HillThe case of Latonya Kim Wallace, a young girl who was sexually assaulted and murdered, is perhaps the most notable case in the book. Tom Pellegrini was the primary detective on the case, which remains unsolved. The Adena Watson case in Homicide: Life on the Street was based on this case, and the travails on it of new Detective Tim Bayliss were based on Pellegrini's experiences. Simon described it as "the spine of the book".{{citation needed|date=August 2015}} The Black WidowThe case of Geraldine Parrish, a woman who took out insurance policies on her five husbands (two of whose bodies she kept in the same house) and relatives, and then arranged for them to be murdered. One would-be victim was her three-year-old niece. The Black Widow was convicted of three murders and received concurrent life sentences. The primary detective on the case was Donald Waltemeyer, and his experiences would involve a memorable exhumation scene, with two attempts resulting in the wrong man being dug up. The case of character of Calpurnia Church, in the original and third episodes of Homicide: Life on the Street, was based on Geraldine Parrish.[3][4] The Shooting of Gene CassidyCassidy, a patrolman and close friend of detective sergeant Terry McLarney, was shot in the head at point blank range with a .357 Magnum handgun. Although initially expected to die or be left completely disabled by his injuries, Cassidy made a full mental recovery but was left blind and without his sense of smell or taste. A drug dealer named Butchie Frazier was eventually convicted of attempted murder in the first degree. The case inspired the character of Blind Butchie on The Wire, a blind Baltimore drug dealer who was soft-spoken and not vicious (a complete contrast to the real-life Butchie Frazier). The Cassidy story was worked into the first season of Homicide: Life on the Street and was the largest storyline for the Det. Steve Crosetti character, where a cop played by Lee Tergesen was left blinded by a shooting in the line of duty and Crosetti moved mountains to put the assailant in prison. McLarney felt a great deal of disillusionment by the way that the BPD seemed unable to understand or fully help Cassidy in the aftermath of the shooting. The jury's actions became the basis for a Season 4 storyline where Bruce Campbell played a cop whose father, a retired officer, was strangled to death by a suspect who was acquitted by a disinterested jury; a passage in Simon's book revealed that the guilty verdict against Frazier came about because two jurors who were fully convinced Frazier was guilty instead of two who insisted he was innocent and had been framed by the police were able to convince 8 jurors who flat-out didn't care either way.{{citation needed|date=August 2015}} The Slaying of John Randolph ScottA young car thief fleeing officers was fatally shot in the back. Of the officers in pursuit, only one had fired a round from his weapon, and this accidental shot was found embedded in the asphalt. With no clear murder weapon and facing silence from the uniforms on the scene, detective Donald Worden was unable to close the case, making it the only unsolved police-related shooting in the Department's history. The book notes several officers, including a primary suspect, were reassigned to administrative positions. Minor friction results between Worden and his sergeant on this case. A civilian suspect was a possibility, but the exposure of this development by a reporter shut down that investigative alley, and infuriated Worden and Rick James, his partner, as they knew that information could only have come from a police officer. This story was worked into a Homicide: Life on the Street story where Det. Frank Pembleton investigated a police-involved shooting. Unlike the real case, the fictional story ended with a police officer being arrested and charged with the shooting.[5] Gary Tuggle, an officer seconded to the homicide unit to help with the investigation, went on to serve in the Drug Enforcement Administration. He returned to Baltimore in March 2018 to take the post of Deputy Police Commissioner, then was appointed Interim Commissioner two months later. The "Homicide Lexicon" and its rulesThroughout the book, Simon frequently refers to a set of 10 informal rules that apply in the majority of homicide cases, as detectives soon learn. They are as follows:
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DetectivesDavid Simon joined the Baltimore Police Department as a "police intern" in January 1988 and spent 12 months following the homicide detectives of Lieutenant Gary D'Addario's shift. This is a list of the detectives on D'Addario's squad:
Fahlteich and Ceruti both transferred out of the unit during the year; they were replaced by Detectives Vernon Holley and Chris Graul. The WireSeveral of the detectives described in the book served as the basis for characters on the Baltimore-based HBO drama The Wire:
Additionally, several traits of various officers can be viewed amongst the characters on the show, and a lot of similar slang is used on the show such as the words "Dunker", "Redball", and "Stone Whodunit" to describe the various cases. Moreover, the police department as shown on the show has the same red/black case clearance and marking criteria. Finally, a number of small anecdotes that were used in Homicide: Life on the Street worked their way into The Wire:
Where are they now?
Lieutenant Gary D'Addario rose to the rank of Major commanding the Northeastern District of the Baltimore Police Department. The 37-year veteran of the department was forced to retire by new Commissioner Kevin Clark in 2004, as part of Clark's unpopular turnover of veteran command staff.[6] D'Addario had guest appearances as QRT Lieutenant Jasper in Homicide: Life on the Street, as a Desk Sergeant in HBO mini-series The Corner, and as a Grand Jury States Attorney on the HBO drama The Wire.[7]
Sergeant Jay Landsman retired from the Baltimore Police Department and joined the Baltimore County Police Department. Landsman worked as an actor playing Lieutenant Dennis Mello in HBO's The Wire.[8] The actor Delaney Williams plays a character called Sergeant Jay Landsman in the same show.[9] Landsman's son Jay Jr. also works as a county homicide detective working out of precinct 4 in Pikesville, Maryland.
Detective Donald Waltemeyer retired from the Baltimore Police Department and joined the Aberdeen Police Department. He died of cancer in 2005, aged 58, and was posthumously promoted to Detective Sergeant.[10]
Detective Sergeant Roger Nolan became the founder and longtime supervisor of the department's Cold Case Squad and retired a day before his 70th birthday in 2009.[11]
Detective Donald Worden retired from police work in 1995 but was subsequently re-hired as a civilian contractor to work with the squad.[12]{{citation needed|date=May 2016}}
Detective Tom Pellegrini, then 49, retired from the Baltimore Police Department in 1999 after 20 years of service, only to join the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) police force in Kosovo, in October 1999.[13] Pellegrini later worked as a private investigator with Sherwood Investigators based in Severn, Maryland.{{citation needed|date=May 2016}}
Detective Richard Fahlteich rose to the rank of Major. He retired in 2004, but answered the Police Commissioner's request to return to duty that year as commander of the Baltimore Police Department Homicide Unit. He retired in 2006, after 32 years with the Department.[14]
Detective Sergeant Terry McLarney is still in the Baltimore Police Department, now holding the rank of Major in the Homicide Section. He spent years of exile in the Western, "where he was banished after his shift commander [not D'Addario, whom he considered a friend] politely declined an invitation to fisticuffs". McLarney began to serve as acting commander of the Homicide Section in May 2008 and was officially named to the post that July.[15] In June 2011, McLarney was replaced as commander.[16] The slangThe book details a number of slang terms used by the city's homicide detectives.
ReceptionHomicide: A Year on the Killing Streets won the 1992 Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime book.[1] The Associated Press called it "a true-crime classic".[17] The Library Journal also highly recommended it, and Newsday described it as "one of the most engrossing police procedural mystery books ever written".[17] In 2010, it was announced that Simon had been awarded a MacArthur Fellowship, sometimes called a "genius award."[18][19]See alsoBooks:
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References1. ^1 {{cite web| author = | title = Edgar Award Archives| publisher = Mystery Writers of America| accessdate = 2006-09-29| url = http://mysterywriters.org/edgarsDB/edgarDB.php |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20060915220906/http://mysterywriters.org/edgarsDB/edgarDB.php |archivedate = 2006-09-15}} {{David Simon}}{{Homicide: Life on the Street}}{{Baltimore Police Department}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Homicide: A Year On The Killing Streets}}2. ^1 {{Cite video|people=Simon, David |date =1998-11-04|title =Anatomy of "Homicide: Life on the Street"|url =https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0324999/|medium =Documentary|publisher=Public Broadcasting Service|location =Baltimore, Maryland}} 3. ^{{Cite video | people=Fontana, Tom |date=2003|title="Gone for Goode" - Homicide Life on the Street - The Seasons 1 & 2 |format=Audio commentary |medium=DVD|publisher=A&E Home Video}} 4. ^{{Cite book |title=Homicide: Life on the Street: The Unofficial Companion |last=Kalat |first=David P. |year=1998 |publisher=Renaissance Books |location=Los Angeles, California |isbn=1-58063-021-9 |page=111}} 5. ^Kalat, p. 135 6. ^Source: Baltimore Sun, July 16, 2003. 7. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0194854/ |website=IMDb|title=Gary D'Addario}} 8. ^{{cite web| year = 2004| title = Character profile – Lieutenant Dennis Mello| publisher = HBO| accessdate = 2006-07-22| url = http://www.hbo.com/thewire/cast/characters/dennis_mello.shtml}} 9. ^{{cite web| year = 2004| title = Character profile – Sergeant Jay Landsman| publisher = HBO| accessdate = 2006-07-22| url = http://www.hbo.com/thewire/cast/characters/jay_landsman.shtml}} 10. ^{{cite news |url=http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2005-07-16/news/0507160223_1_aberdeen-police-digger-detective-sergeant |title=Donald F. Waltemeyer, 58, homicide detective |last=Kelly |first=Jacques |work=The Baltimore Sun |publisher=Tribune Publishing |date=2005-07-16 |accessdate=2016-05-17}} 11. ^{{cite news |url=http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2009-10-25/news/0910240105_1_baltimore-s-police-academy-homicide-roger-nolan |title=Old-school Officer Leaving Quietly |last=Hermann |first=Peter |work=The Baltimore Sun |publisher=Tribune Publishing |date=2009-07-25 |accessdate=2016-05-17}} 12. ^{{cite news |url=http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2005-07-16/news/0507160223_1_aberdeen-police-digger-detective-sergeant |title=Homicide unit's best bid police life farewell after years behind badge |author=Simon, David |work=The Baltimore Sun |publisher=Tribune Publishing |date=1995-09-09 |accessdate=2016-05-17}} 13. ^{{cite news |url=http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2000-03-12/news/0003120183_1_pellegrini-kosovo-pristina |title=Former Baltimore officer battles homicide in Kosovo |last=Glauber |first=Bill |work=The Baltimore Sun |publisher=Tribune Publishing |date=2000-03-12 |accessdate=2016-05-17}} 14. ^{{cite news |url=http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2006-04-25/news/0604250039_1_northern-district-police-statistics-show-increase-in-crime |title=Northern police commander shifted as crime rises |last=Sentementes |first=Gus G. |work=The Baltimore Sun |publisher=Tribune Publishing |date=2006-04-25 |accessdate=2016-05-17}} 15. ^{{cite news| title=McLarney to head homicide unit | url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/baltimore_city/bal-md.briefs151jul15,0,4123328.story|work= The Baltimore Sun |date=July 15, 2008}} 16. ^{{cite web | title=Baltimore Homicide Icon, Terrence McLarney Replaced as Head of Murder Police | url=http://baltimoreboy.wordpress.com/2011/06/17/baltimore-homicide-icon-terrence-mclarney-replaced-as-head-of-murder-police/}}, baltimoreboy.wordpress.com (June 17, 2011) 17. ^1 Kalat, p. 101 18. ^{{cite web | last = | first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = Writer David Simon, creator of 'The Wire' and 'Homicide,' wins 2010 MacArthur 'genius' award | work = | publisher = Baltimore Sun | author = Mary Carole McCauley | date = 2010-09-28 | url = http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2010-09-28/entertainment/bs-ae-macarthur-simon-20100927_1_fellows-program-killing-streets-award | format = | doi = | accessdate = 2010-09-28 }} 19. ^{{cite web | last = | first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = 'The Wire' writer David Simon among MacArthur genius grant winners | work = | publisher = Washington Post | author = Dan Zak | date = 2010-09-28 | url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/27/AR2010092706331.html | doi = | accessdate = 2010-09-28 }} 10 : 1991 books|Culture of Baltimore|Crime in Baltimore|Books by David Simon|Non-fiction crime books|Homicide: Life on the Street|Edgar Award-winning works|Baltimore Police Department|Anthony Award-winning works|Houghton Mifflin books |
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