Deverin "Bunny" Washington

**Deverin "Bunny" Washington** is the head of the Crips and a drug dealer in Kingstown. Bunny spends his days sitting on a lawn chair selling drugs he has in coolers next to him out in the open.

## Biography

### Early Life

At some point, Bunny developed a good relationship with Mike and is the closest thing to a friend that Mike has.

## Throughout the Series

### Season 1

In The Mayor of Kingstown, Mitch McLusky ends up working out a deal with Bunny, and as Mitch and Mike leave, Bunny jokes that if it weren't for the McLusky brothers, they would all be dead. Later, Mitch reminds Mike how they have to do that FedEx job for Bunny.

In The End Begins, Mike’s cell phone rings, and he picks up. On the other side of the phone call, Bunny gives his condolences, and mentions how he feels bad for him, and that he is sure everybody is going to miss his brother. Later, Mike drives right through the fence and forces Bunny to write a letter and have it on his desk by the end of the day to get back the power he lost inside the prison. Once he gets the letter, he gives a call for things to go back to normal inside the prison and drives off. Later, two FBI agents ask Mike point blank about why he detonated a concussion grenade and brandished a firearm in the Commons where Bunny and his gang reside. That night, Mike arrives and gives Bunny a new chair as an apology for the one he broke. The two sit down and have a couple of beers. Mike then vents to Bunny about the execution he was at earlier that day. Bunny admits that he has never seen an execution. He further admits that there are worse ways one could go. Mike isn’t so sure. Bunny then mentions how in all thirty-seven years, he has never celebrated Christmas in his life. He then points out how you’re born, you suffer, and then you die. Sometimes you even die young. He tells Mike he is just like him and the other criminals because once you’ve been in the jaws of the beast, someday, he is going to finish his meal.

In Simply Murder, Bunny laughingly mentions to Mike that every criminal involved in the murder will be milking that debt forever from the cops in Kingstown.

In The Price, Bunny calls Mike to get him to come over for a discussion, preferably with White Castle. Mike tells him that an FBI van is listening to their in-person conversations so they could just as easily talk on the phone, but agrees to come in person anyway. Bunny then says that his guys inside want payment for their role in helping to kill the child murderer, but Mike pushes back. He tells Bunny that the guards are going to loosen up on things in the prison for a while but that no one can be asked for these specific favors. When Mike arrives at Pete's office later, he throws a trash can through the plate glass window to announce his presence. Mike tells Pete, as he told Bunny, that there are no favors. The guards will loosen things up but there's no list of people getting handouts for their involvement.

In Orion, Mike and Bunny meet to discuss the growing number of problems the two men have encountered since Kenny's murder. Bunny complains that the guards are overstepping by feeding his crew feces, which Mike brushes off. He claims that he warned everyone about the fallout from working together to beat the child murderer to death, but also suggests that if they're complaining to Bunny then at least they aren't complaining about Bunny himself. Mike then asks Bunny to let go of Duchard's little brother, who as it turns out is a straight-A student and did turn his life around after involving himself in the gang. Bunny initially says that this life isn't something you can quit, like the boy scouts, but then agrees to let the younger guy go and hang onto Duchard himself. Mike also asks Bunny to ask around inside the prison and see what he can dig up on Parker so that Mike can use it to leverage a confession on his involvement in murdering the attorney's daughter. Bunny then asks for a favor in return, which is that he wants Mike to take his nephew Hakim to his hockey game, because Bunny himself can't leave. On their way, Hakim talks about how he wants to escape Kingstown and play for the Detroit Red Wings. Mike tells him that Detroit's just down the street and he should dream of someplace further away, like Tampa, Florida. Later, Mike and Bunny sit down to drink 40s together, with Mike complaining about the parents at the hockey game and Bunny impressed by how Mike responded. Bunny tells Mike that everyone else in his family is dead and laments what it means to be a Black man in present day America and what freedom is truly available to them. The two men then end up discussing the constellations they can see, with Mike describing how humans have looked up at these same constellations for thousands of years.

In Every Feather, as a result of the lockdown, Mike receives calls from representatives of almost every group imaginable from gang leader to guard and declaring in the process that they need to talk. On his way to Bunny's, Mike also gets an unexpected call from Iris. Upon arrival, Mike learns that Bunny is angry about the lockdown but also about the guard shooting one of his men three times while he was being stabbed. He claims his men are hungry for retribution and will try to kill the guard outside of the prison, but Mike manages to convince Bunny to try to intercede.

In Along Came a Spider, as he is driving Rebecca's car over to Bunny, Mike asks him if he's ever worked with Milo's crew. Bunny says he would never, and calls the gang crazy before encouraging Mike to confront his problems instead of letting them fester.

In The Devil is Us, Mike meets with Bunny to see if the peace brokered at the prison is real. Bunny puts on a good front, telling Mike that everything's good, but as Mike walks away Bunny drops his air of nonchalance. Duke, whose gang started the fight, is Mike's next stop, and he also tells the Mayor that the guards need to drop the lockdown. Like Bunny, Duke also promises to exact retribution outside of the prison, threatening guards in their own homes. Mike gets a call from Bunny saying that they've found something that belongs to him. When Mike goes to collect Iris, he goes inside Bunny's place for the first time and sees it's filled with children and family. Bunny says he has something for the gang that did this to Iris, but Mike says he's got something for them too.

### Season 2

In Never Missed a Pigeon, a drug dealer’s cook house is raided by Robert Sawyer and his SWAT team, angering Crip boss Bunny. Mike meets with Crips leader Bunny, who is hiding out on the rooftop of one of his businesses. He’s paranoid about being assassinated in a drive-by shooting and prefers the safety of his rooftop instead, quipping that they’d need a helicopter to kill him. Bunny is angry that one of his cook houses has been raided. Mike explains that the police were tipped off and had to respond. Bunny is also enraged by all the inmates that died during the riot. Mike counters that, 33 guards were killed and countless others were raped and beaten. It was a bloody affair with casualties on both sides, which goes some way to highlight the brutality of this war. Mike advises Bunny to stop cooking or moving drugs for the time being, but Bunny doesn’t look like he’s standing down any time soon. Later, Bunny informs Mike that the inmates are detoxing hard in their little tent community. They don’t have any phones, drugs or yard to blow off steam in. Bunny elaborates further, explaining how the guards were stopping any messages get in or out of the prison, which was also the same for the drugs and the money too. Moreover, the prisoners can’t anoint a new leader, because all of the best candidates are now dead. It’s a real nightmare situation that the guards are only exacerbating. Mike pleads with the detectives to ease off on Bunny, since they need the Crips in control and on side.

In Staring at the Devil, Bunny agrees that this bedlam is getting out of hand. He has an intense argument with Mike back on his trusty rooftop palace. Bunny is honest with Mike; he didn’t give the order and blames the prison guards instead. They are killing inmates and then dumping the bodies, this could have provoked criminals on the outside to fight back. Mike wants an end to all this violence and asks Bunny to organize a truce. Bunny thinks whatever happens on the outside needs to be reiterated inside prison as well. The Crips leader wants Mike to act as a mediator in these negotiations. Mike has a light-bulb moment, he asks Bunny to give him three hours, and to trust him, he has a plan. The gang leaders arrive at the prison camp. Crowds gather to welcome the new inmates, but they fall silent as soon as Bunny exits the vehicle. The inmates didn’t see this twist coming, although they don’t seem best pleased by their new arrivals either.

In Five at Five, the police department decided to raid Bunny’s grandmother’s home. Back in tent city, Bunny urges his followers to relax and entrust in Mike’s plans. Speaking of the devil, Mike arrives to talk with Bunny about the latest arrangements. He assures Bunny that he is working on his master plan, but asks what he can do for him in the meantime. Bunny asks for the guards to turn away for “Five at Five”. He wants to initiate his first plan on the inside, to regain some control. Mike makes sure that the guards are all up to date on this scheme. Bunny’s plan is kicked into action and the guards all turn around as requested at 5 pm. The other leaders start to beat their enemies, asserting their dominance. Bunny watches as the leaders try to restore some order, but then Bunny himself is attacked. His friends notice and run to his aid. Bunny confronts Mike about his grandmother’s house raid. Mike honestly states that he didn’t know about it, but it still makes him appear weak and out of touch. Bunny makes his demands, he wants to be out of prison in 48 hours or he’ll hit Mike where it hurts, implying that his family will be in danger. Mike orders the guards to keep Bunny safe, but the pressure is on. Mike has two days to get Bunny back out on the streets or this violent world will soon be arriving on his doorstep.

In The Pool, as the inmates in tent city are being shipped out to other prisons. Bunny is nervous about these transfers, since it wasn’t what he signed up for. This completely changes their deal; he may not have any control in another prison setting. He asks to speak with Mike and relays his worries to the mediator. The other Generals are growing impatient. They warn Bunny that if Mike doesn’t solve this problem soon then his friend will be in grave danger. Mike tells Bunny that the District Attorney will sign the paperwork eventually. He suggests that Raphael takes over leadership responsibilities in the meantime, but Bunny cannot allow this to happen while he’s still on the inside. Mike pleads with Kareem to stop Bunny and the other gang leaders from being transferred, but it is out of Kareem’s hands. Bunny orders him to visit tent city that night, and when Mike arrives, it is a ghost town.

In Kill Box, Bunny and the others have been transferred to a different prison. In the aftermath of this monumental shake-up, all the inmate’s family members descend upon Mike’s offices, wanting to know of their family member’s whereabouts. Bunny’s cousin Rhonda jumps to the front of the queue though. Mike tries to reassure her in private, promising to protect her business whilst he attempts to locate Bunny and then get him out for good. On the inside, Carney is Mike’s eyes and ears. The prison guard informs Mike of the location of two crime bosses, but he is yet to find Bunny. Soon, the Crips leader appears out in the yard, gathering his own lay of the land. Raphael updates Bunny on the current state of affairs, they have an army on the inside, Bunny is safe. Suddenly, a man starts to cough up blood, in the throes of a seizure, out on the yard floor. Carney spots Bunny among the other onlookers. Eventually, Carney manages to get a phone to Bunny in his claustrophobic prison cell. Mike is on the line, he promises to get Bunny out of prison and to set him up with a business while he’s on the inside. They meet in person the following day, although Bunny is less than friendly. Mike tells Bunny not to do anything stupid, but the Crips boss has lost all faith in Mike now. He informs Mike that he’s going to do things his way, he is taking back control. Bunny cuts the conversation short and demands to be taken back to his cell. On the way, corrupt prison guards intercept Bunny and beat him badly, dragging him to solitary confinement, aka the kill box.

In Left with the Nose, now in Anchor Bay prison, Bunny has been thrown into solitary confinement, aka the kill box, and the Mexican crime boss has been brutally murdered. Mike asks for details on the head guard and a visitor’s pass to communicate with Bunny in person. After Mike’s hostile threats, Bunny is taken out of solitary confinement, and straight away, he is sent to speak with Mike, although in secret. Bunny’s had time to think, and now that he is out of the kill box, he wants to run this prison. Mike urges him to stay quiet, annoyed that they killed the Mexican. Bunny defends himself, stating that Mike wasn’t helping him, so he had to go it alone and take charge. Mike repeats the tired line that he’ll get Bunny out, but the Crips leader has had enough. He even brings up incomplete information about having to protect Mike, which is a complete surprise to the Mayor. Bunny won’t reveal who was after him. Bunny returns to his prison duties and catches up with Raphael. Crime boss Gunner informs Bunny that the inmate who attacked Raphael was a lone wolf; it wasn’t part of the gang’s plans. Later, Bunny calls up Mike. Bunny states that he has cleared a path for Mike; he wants out.

In Drones, Bunny sees the drones overhead as he waits to meet with Mike by the kennels. Mike is furious that Bunny had the District Attorney killed. Bunny doesn’t care, though, happy to have cleared the path for Mike to finally get him out. Bunny has his reasons, after all; the DA broke his promise, and Mike was working too slowly on his release. Bunny just sped up the process. He demands Mike sort this problem out once and for all, although the Mayor seems to think Bunny has made the situation much harder. To keep Bunny happy, Mike has the Crips leader, and Raphael moved into a new cell as a gift. They are directed by Carney to an old kitchen away from the other prisoners, which is fitted with a sofa, table, sink, and many other amenities that the general public would take for granted. Still, to the inmates, this is paradise. Bunny and Raphael don’t seem too grateful initially for Mike’s upgrade, hiding their true emotions from Carney. They are, of course, ecstatic, although they cannot let Mike know that he has won. Mike pays Evelyn a visit next, hoping to get the paperwork signed for Bunny’s release. Raphael and Bunny cook themselves a tasty meal, and as they are chatting, another drone delivery takes place. Angered by this blatant drug smuggling operation, Bunny asks to make a call, eager to tell Mike to get this all under control.

In Santa Jesus, as it happens to be Bunny’s final day as an inmate. He tells Raphael the good news and presents him with his very own keyboard as a goodbye gift. Bunny comments on how the Mayor must have gotten his mojo back; Bunny will soon be a free man. He passes his title over to Raphael before exiting the prison. On his release, Bunny celebrates in style, driving away with cars full of party girls and party music blasting from the speakers. Back at his base, he parties hard. Bunny calls Kyle. He confirms there is no target on Mike’s head, but they still can’t find the man.

In Peace in the Valley, Bunny is making the most of his freedom and goes gun shopping that morning. He sees one specific gun that he likes and pretends to call his ‘wife’ to discuss payment details. This phone call is just a ruse though, as Bunny’s men come crashing into the building, their van hurtling through the shop window. Bunny and his men take all the guns and ammo that they can carry, trashing the security cameras and computers before they depart. After blatant threats from Evelyn, Mike pays Bunny a visit for further abuse. Mike comments on Bunny’s busy return; in one day he has bought himself a drone and raided an entire gun shop, gathering an army’s worth of weapons in the process. Bunny says that the guns are for protection, but Mike worries that it looks like they are starting a war instead. Bunny tells Mike that they are now square; he kept his word, even though things got out of hand somewhat. The Crips leader now wants revenge though. He wants Robert Sawyer dead. Mike tries to downplay the riots, but Bunny is past listening. Mike tries to reason with Bunny for a second time, but it is useless. Bunny wants justice, and Robert is the one to pay. Mike repeatedly calls Robert to warn him of this ensuing attack, but the old friend ignores his calls. Eventually, Robert answers, although it is far too late by now. Robert is attacked and badly beaten by Bunny’s foot soldiers. Mike arrives on the scene just as Bunny’s men are leaving.

In Little Green Ant, Bunny orders his men to stand down and leave him alone with the Mayor. On the rooftop, they talk. Mike states that the attack on Robert is a declaration of all-out war; there is an army of cops desperate to fight back now. Bunny responds, saying that this war has been going on since his birth and is nothing new.

## Appearances

* The Mayor of Kingstown
* The End Begins
* Simply Murder
* The Price
* Orion
* Every Feather
* Along Came a Spider
* The Devil is Us
* Never Missed a Pigeon
* Staring at the Devil
* Five at Five
* The Pool
* Kill Box
* Left with the Nose
* Drones
* Santa Jesus
* Peace in the Valley
* Little Green Ant