>In the first season of the Wire when Avon was kingpin, they
>show him rolling around with only 1-2 enforcers at best, in
>some scenes he's even by himself! HELL NAH cutty, no kingpin
>on THAT level is rollin around with anything less then a small
>army. Granted they seemed to understand this concept better
>when Marlo takes over a couple seasons later, all that muscle
>he has with him when he's holding court in that open area is
>way more believable to me.

The point of seson three was that when Avon got out of jail, all of his muscle was dead/locked up/incompetent. Slim Charles was his only legit shooter until Cutty showed up, and even his heart wasn't in it. Plus, by the end of the season, he was rolling deep everywhere.