The first thing we see when we cut back to the corner is two small boys fleeing to the left. They are running from Omar, which means that they were the first ones to notice his menacing approach.
Then we hear it. Omar struts down the street and casually opens up his duster to reveal the shotgun he is packing. The last one to notice him is the pudgy hopper, still wrapped up in the private world of his headphones and his music. As he finally flees, the camera lingers for a moment to watch his discman break on the ground and the disc pop out and make one final spin on the sidewalk.
Of course, this fleeing is exactly what Omar wants. His role is to scare the hoppers into the real trap awaiting them in the alley—Brandon and Bailey with guns out so that Omar can walk in and tighten the noose. Earlier, as he wrapped up the huddle, he assured Brandon and Bailey that it would work. There is a doubling of metaphors here. On top of the numerous references to childhood, we also have a series of rodent images.
This act seems to indicate that the helpless dealers are the cheese, the lowest form of life in the Baltimore food chain. But you could also make an argument that Omar is the cheese. For one, he stands alone, unaffiliated with the other drug crews, and thus, not subject to their rules and limitations.
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