The Wire Marlo Stanfield Crew

A ruthless and cunning young player marlo stanfield caught everyone off guard with his insurgent campaign against the larger barksdale crew.
The wire marlo stanfield crew. Jamie hector began acting immediately after high school when he auditioned for a community theater company. Although stringer bell was inclined to grant generous terms to the upstart avon barksdale newly returned from prison was disgusted to learn that a young. Marlo s is the only crew in the area not to let itself be absorbed into the feared barksdale gang. After the dissolution of the barksdale outfit the stanfield crew becomes the preeminent narcotics trafficking organization in west baltimiore.
The wire season 4 episode 1 after lex shot fruit infront of patrice marlo and his crew plan a payback. The stanfield organization violently clashes with the barksdale crew after the latter is forced to move on from the demolished franklin terrace towers and tries to reclaim the streets the gang once dominated. Marlo stanfield was introduced in season 3 as an up and coming drug player controlling corners along eastern avenue in the west side. Jamie hector born october 7 1975 in brooklyn new york u s is an american actor of haitian descent who is known for his portrayal of marlo stanfield on the critically acclaimed hbo series the wire.
This is a story that dictated a big chunk of season 4. Marlo refuses to acknowledge bodie who has set up his own crew within stanfield established territory and insists that bodie move his people away. Marlo and his best friend chris partlow waged war with the barksdale crew over this territory. When stanfield contrived to have omar framed for murder in response butchie was omar s first phone call after he was arrested.
Marlo has established his organization s power in west baltimore s main streets in the shadow of the. The organization is introduced in season three of the wire as a growing and significantly violent drug syndicate. They emerge in 2004 as the primary competition to the barksdale organization. In season four proposition joe again contacted butchie to meet with omar this time pitting omar against marlo stanfield by convincing him to rob a card game that stanfield attended.
His ambition was full control of the drug trade in west baltimore.