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Detective Shakima "Kima" Greggs is a Fictional Character on the HBO drama '' The Wire '' played by actress Sonja Sohn . Greggs is a police detective in the Baltimore Police Department who is a dedicated officer and capable detective with some off the job issues. An "out" Lesbian , when off the job, she has had problems involving Infidelity , Alcohol and relationships. Greggs has played a key role in all of the show's main cases. BIOGRAPHY Season one Kima was a narcotics detective working alongside Detectives Ellis Carver and Thomas "Herc" Hauk and under shift lieutenant Cedric Daniels in Major Foerster's narcotics division. She outshone her colleagues on several occasions - Carver was sometimes embarrassed at her abilities as she was the junior detective in the trio and Herc was also sometimes angered by taking orders from a lesbian whom he considered stuck up. However, she struggled with the paperwork their duties necessitated. She cultivated a relationship with Bubbles , a Baltimore drug addict, who became a useful confidential informant. Greggs lived with her partner Cheryl , a nurse and was studying for a law degree from home that Cheryl specifically pressured her to do. Greggs' was assigned the task of putting a file together on the Barksdale organization in the controversy generated by the acquittal of D'Angelo Barksdale . She was then assigned to the Barksdale detail and made lead detective by Lt. Daniels. Greggs' managed to obtain invaluable information from Bubbles who correctly identified Barksdale Organization members on the street and working out the methods of their operation. Detective Jimmy McNulty and Kima worked closely together during the Barksdale case. Greggs became friends with McNulty and introduced him to Bubbles. When Bubbles confirmed to McNulty that she was a lesbian, Jimmy complimented her claiming the only other competent female detective he worked with was also a lesbian. McNulty jokingly added from there that they could both have fun talking about "pussy." Greggs told him being open about her sexuality kept attention from male colleagues away. They spent hours together in surveillance and put in still more time trying to track down the legendary stick-up man Omar Little . They managed to get Omar's attention after he got into a war with the Barksdale organization and persuaded him to testify against Barksdale soldier Bird for the murder of William Gant. Greggs provided a second useful confidential informant while working with Lester Freamon . They persuaded D'Angelo's new girlfriend Shardene Innes to turn against him by providing her with evidence that the Barksdale crew were responsible for the death of a friend of hers. Shardene met D'Angelo through working as a hostess at Orlando's, a strip club and front for the Barksdale organization. Greggs was shot and wounded in an undercover buy bust operation ordered by Deputy Commissioner Ervin Burrell . The sting relied on Wendell "Orlando" Blocker , a front man for the Barksdale organization and licence holder for Orlando's. Orlando was arrested by narcotics police and turned over to the Barksdale detail when they diligently checked to see if any of the names Orlando gave them were under investigation. Orlando was killed in the failed sting and Greggs' was shot before she could retrieve the weapon she had hidden in the vehicle they were using. By the time her backup arrived on the scene the shooters had fled. The Barksdale details' wiretaps identified those responsible as the soldiers Savino , Wee-Bey and Little Man . Both Savino and Wee-Bey were arrested and Little Man was murdered before the police could reach him. Season two Greggs recovered fully from her injuries and took a desk job in the narcotics unit, at the request of her girlfriend Cheryl, who feared her getting injured again and hoped to start a family. Greggs was teased by her old partner Herc and missed the action of street work. She joined the investigation of Frank Sobotka under Lieutenant Daniels at his request. Her return to street duty caused major friction between herself and Cheryl, now pregnant with a child. Greggs worked with Prez to investigate the vice aspects of the smuggling ring linked to Frank Sobotka. They located a whore house operating out of a high class apartment building using women illegally brought into the country and held like prisoners. Greggs' contact Shardene Innes was useful in providing links to the exotic dancing world that pointed them towards the whorehouse. Cheryl insisted on accompanying Kima to the strip clubs, showing a jealous streak. When Kima showed Cheryl photos of the girls killed in a failed attempt to smuggle them into the country Cheryl began to be more understanding. Cheryl also makes a decision to become pregnant through artificial insemination this season and asks for Kima's support in raising the child. Greggs however is not interested in parenting and only goes through reluctantly. Later McNulty rejoined the team and Greggs worked with him to infiltrate the apartment building by setting him up as a potential customer. Their hard work resulted in the arrest of the madam and other members of the detail solved the deaths of the other girls. Greggs moved on to trying to investigate the leaders of the smuggling ring but the detail found the trail ran dry just as they were closing on "The Greek" and his lieutenant Spiros Vondas .
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| Year | 2004 |
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| Title | Character profile - Detective Shakima "Kima" Greggs |
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| Publisher | HBO |
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| Accessdate | 2006-07-22 |
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| Url | http://wwwhbocom/thewire/cast/characters/kima_greggsshtml |
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