Major Howard "Bunny" Colvin

E738593

Major Howard "Bunny" Colvin is a fictional Baltimore police commander from the television series "The Wire," known for his controversial experiment in de facto drug legalization.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Statements Referenced by

Statements (37)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
television character
appearsIn The Wire NERFINISHED
associatedWith Western District police NERFINISHED
drug legalization debate
characterAlignment reform-minded police leadership
characterType police commander
city Baltimore
commandedDistrict Western District NERFINISHED
country United States of America
surface form: United States
createdBy David Simon NERFINISHED
employer Baltimore Police Department NERFINISHED
fictionalUniverse The Wire NERFINISHED
firstAppearance The Wire, season 3 NERFINISHED
fullName Howard Colvin NERFINISHED
genre crime drama
languageOfWork English
medium television
narrativeFunction critic of traditional drug enforcement policies
narrativeRole supporting character
nationalityInFiction American
network HBO NERFINISHED
nickname Bunny NERFINISHED
notableFor creating free zones for drug trade
experimenting with de facto drug legalization
occupation police commander
police officer
partOf The Wire characters ensemble
policyExperimentName Hamsterdam NERFINISHED
portrayedBy Robert Wisdom NERFINISHED
rank Major
setIn Baltimore, Maryland NERFINISHED
televisionSeriesDebutYear 2004
televisionSeriesEndYear 2008
themeInStory drug policy reform
police bureaucracy
urban crime

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Robert Wisdom notableRole Major Howard "Bunny" Colvin