CSI teaches murders how to not get caught. The Wire shows how drugs can be run like a serious business.
In the show the top dealers from all the different neighbourhoods meet up in hotel conference rooms to organize deals and prevent turf wars.
So why did this idea take five years to reach the streets then?
I think this theory is a little too cute to be true.
How do we know that it took five years for these gang collaborations to happen? Maybe it took 5 years for it to progress to them high-fiving and hugging in public.
My original point was that it may have helped the criminals become comfortable with the idea. Of course it didn't instantly end decades long feuds after an afternoon of watching season 3 of The Wire.