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And that is when we really begin to see the explosion
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Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

And that is whenwe really begin to see the explosion of prison populations in the US

And that is when
we really begin to see the explosion of prison populations in the US

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And that is when we really begin to see the explosion
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of prison populations in the US.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
27
Timestamp in Movie
01:17:30
Uploaded
May 25, 2025
Genres
documentary, crime, history
Production
Firelight Films

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Movie Summary

In the early 1980s, the crack epidemic tore through America’s inner cities like a tsunami, ravaging all in its wake.
Incarceration rates take off under Clinton. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:04
Incarceration rates take off under Clinton.
About the same time, '94, people start to become concerned - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:12
About the same time, '94, people start to become concer...
But between the passage of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act in 1988 - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:16
But between the passage of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act in 1988
There is just massive outrage in the African-American community - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:10
There is just massive outrage in the African-American commun...
Much of the anger became focused on the CIA... - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
Much of the anger became focused on the CIA...
And its role in helping to create the crack crisis. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:04
And its role in helping to create the crack crisis.
Whether they delivered the kilo themselves - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:08
Whether they delivered the kilo themselves
I am going to make somebody pay for what they have done - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:08
I am going to make somebody pay for what they have done
The CIA's been involved in every ugly thing that's happened - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
The CIA's been involved in every ugly thing that's...
The crack epidemic affected the poverty levels, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:06
The crack epidemic affected the poverty levels,
People's lives were ended or changed. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:04
People's lives were ended or changed.
See, there are people in major positions - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
See, there are people in major positions
So, it is certainly understandable - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:18
So, it is certainly understandable
Los Angeles was the epicenter for crack in the 1980s and 1990s. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:06
Los Angeles was the epicenter for crack in the 1980s and 199...
Much of the anger in Los Angeles spills over into the rest of the country, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:08
Much of the anger in Los Angeles spills over into the rest o...
And this organizing ultimately forces the head of the CIA, John Deutch, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:12
And this organizing ultimately forces the head of the CIA, J...
The director of the CIA was in Los Angeles today, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:11
The director of the CIA was in Los Angeles today,
It's this moment, essentially, of the community confronting the CIA. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
It's this moment, essentially, of the community confron...
In Baldwin Village where I live, there are no jobs for the children. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:06
In Baldwin Village where I live, there are no jobs for the c...
And our kids are commodities. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:04
And our kids are commodities.