Lester Freamon

Lester Freamon is a fictional character on the HBO drama The Wire, played by actor Clarke Peters. Freamon is a detective in the Baltimore Police Department's Major Crimes Unit. He is a slow and methodical detective who quietly makes major contributions to the series investigations. Detective Lester Freamon is a veteran of the force who established a reputation early on as what Bunk Moreland called "natural police" for his tenacity and intelligenc... more

Lester Freamon is a fictional character on the HBO drama The Wire, played by actor Clarke Peters. Freamon is a detective in the Baltimore Police Department's Major Crimes Unit. He is a slow and methodical detective who quietly makes major contributions to the series investigations. Detective Lester Freamon is a veteran of the force who established a reputation early on as what Bunk Moreland called "natural police" for his tenacity and intelligence. Before joining the force he served in the military. His first major unit was Homicide, but in 1989, acting against the orders of the Deputy Commissioner, he charged a politically connected stolen goods fence to coerce his testimony in a homicide case. Though the case was successfully closed, the Deputy still had Freamon transferred to the Pawnshop unit as a punishment. Freamon wound up spending thirteen years (and four months) in the assignment, until he had been completely forgotten by the higher brass. Deskbound in an office for more than... less