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Judi Lynn

(160,583 posts) Fri Feb 14, 2020, 08:34 PM Feb 2020

'Wire' star touts New Jersey prisoner reentry efforts

David Porter, Associated Press
Updated 4:02 pm CST, Friday, February 14, 2020

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — An actor celebrated for playing a murderous criminal on TV lent his voice Friday to a New Jersey nonprofit's efforts to smooth the journey for former prison inmates seeking to reenter society.

Michael K. Williams spoke passionately about his own efforts to use his celebrity to bring attention to criminal justice issues and, out of the public eye, steer young men and women away from paths that can lead to prison.

The actor best known for his role as Omar, the shotgun-toting gangster in HBO's “The Wire,” appeared at an event hosted by the New Jersey Reentry Corporation, a group headed by former Democratic New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey.

The Kearny-based organization provides job training, counseling and many other services to men and women who are released from prison as they return to communities they may have left decades before.

More:
https://www.chron.com/news/us/article/Wire-star-touts-New-Jersey-prisoner-reentry-15057596.php

Hooray!

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'Wire' star touts New Jersey prisoner reentry efforts (Original Post) Judi Lynn Feb 2020 OP

Kudos to Michael K. Williams, a fine actor & humanitarian Lord Ludd Feb 2020 #1

The Wire was amazing- and Michael K Williams was a big reason for that. Lucky Luciano Feb 2020 #2

When they killed off Omar, I stopped watching the show. The other character I thought was ... marble falls Feb 2020 #3

Wallace and Bubbles were great characters too.....nt Jade Fox Feb 2020 #4

Loved bubbles and Wallace. I've seen the bubbles actor in other parts and he definately ... marble falls Feb 2020 #5

Omar be listenin' .....nt Jade Fox Feb 2020 #6

Lord Ludd

(585 posts)

1. Kudos to Michael K. Williams, a fine actor & humanitarian

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Fri Feb 14, 2020, 10:15 PM

Feb 2020

Omar was the moral center of The Wire, a series that ranks at the top with The Sopranos & Breaking Bad, imo.

Lucky Luciano

(11,257 posts)

2. The Wire was amazing- and Michael K Williams was a big reason for that.

Reply to Lord Ludd (Reply #1)

Fri Feb 14, 2020, 10:45 PM

Feb 2020

marble falls

(57,134 posts)

3. When they killed off Omar, I stopped watching the show. The other character I thought was ...

Reply to Lucky Luciano (Reply #2)

Sat Feb 15, 2020, 12:59 PM

Feb 2020

electric was the girl in hitman duo that were leaving bodies in abandoned homes. And Stringer Bell. There were a lot of the gangsters that were characters and not just characterizations.

Loved Bump.

The politicians were all pretty stock and dismal.