That ONE THING that happens to omar in the wire season 5 made perfect sense

[Silkk]

Lots of stick up artists lived for years

One of the real life people he was based on played a character in the movie

The dude was walking on the street openly with a 6 figure bounty on his head.

 

[Cole Cash]

this was already pointed out i think on wikipedia or tv tropes, thats a theory thats kind of already been rinsed.

News of Omar's death is received with mild amusement and indifference by various characters. Bunk Moreland initially shows some sympathy, which he brushes aside when he learns Omar was once again "on the hunt". McNulty and Freamon react with mere curious interest and instead focus on a lead on their case found on Omar's body. The newspaper staff drop any mention of the incident for lack of printing space. In his final appearance, an employee at the morgue realizes the identification tag on Omar's body has been accidentally switched with that of the white deceased male on the neighboring table and corrects the error by swapping the tags. The scenes signal that Omar was so well known, that even the people at the morgue realized who he was. Various people in the street were shown to increasingly exaggerate the details of his shooting in order to glorify his death.

 

[GetInTheTruck]

"THAT'S Omar??"

Underrated line.

 

[Silver Surfer]

unrealistic......Omar was a murderer

Mike didnt kill anyone up to that point yet he didnt do anything to Mike after Mike slapped him up

 

[Ed MOTHERFUCKING G]

" The newspaper staff drop any mention of the incident for lack of printing space"

I forgot to mention this...they had a choice between running a story about a fire, or about omars death...he said basically theres no room for that shyt lol...his death had no real world value