Preston "Bodie" Broadus is a fictional character on the HBO drama The Wire, played by actor J. D. Williams. Bodie is initially a Barksdale organization drug dealer and slowly rises through the ranks.
Preston "Bodie" Broadus was raised by his grandmother after his mother fell into addiction and homelessness, dying when he was four years old. He began working with the Barksdales at age 13.
Bodie, aged 16, worked under D'Angelo Barksdale in the low-...
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Preston "Bodie" Broadus is a fictional character on the HBO drama The Wire, played by actor J. D. Williams. Bodie is initially a Barksdale organization drug dealer and slowly rises through the ranks.
Preston "Bodie" Broadus was raised by his grandmother after his mother fell into addiction and homelessness, dying when he was four years old. He began working with the Barksdales at age 13.
Bodie, aged 16, worked under D'Angelo Barksdale in the low-rise projects known as "The Pit", with his friends Poot and Wallace. He chafed under D'Angelo's soft style of leadership and often challenged his authority. When The Pit's stash was robbed, he made a positive impression on Stringer Bell by noticing the name of the stick-up artist, Omar Little, and describing the van.
Bodie often displayed a quick, violent temper; he instigated the severe beating of drug addict Johnny Weeks, and later punched Detective Mahon while being searched. Bodie received a beating for this, from Detectives Greggs, Herc...
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