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Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

At that time, I was doing

At that time, I was doing

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At that time, I was doing...
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4 seconds
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36
Timestamp in Movie
00:20:53
Uploaded
May 25, 2025
Genres
documentary, crime, history
Production
Firelight Films

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In the early 1980s, the crack epidemic tore through America’s inner cities like a tsunami, ravaging all in its wake.
About a million dollars every day, at that time, would go through my hands. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:06
About a million dollars every day, at that time, would go th...
And my profit would probably be anywhere from 200 to 300,000, you know, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:08
And my profit would probably be anywhere from 200 to 300,000...
I bought things like a motel, I bought a theater, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:11
I bought things like a motel, I bought a theater,
And, you know, I had about 15 to 20 guys around here that was millionaires, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:08
And, you know, I had about 15 to 20 guys around here that wa...
♪ Erry day getting money, money Money, money ♪ - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:11
♪ Erry day getting money, money Money, money ♪
You had the user that was addicted, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:06
You had the user that was addicted,
Handguns, rifles, a bow and arrow, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:08
Handguns, rifles, a bow and arrow,
Police say street gangs run the crack-cocaine trade in Roosevelt - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:07
Police say street gangs run the crack-cocaine trade in Roose...
Many of these young men and teenagers armed up to obtain or protect their turf. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:06
Many of these young men and teenagers armed up to obtain or ...
They got semiautomatic handguns, in some cases, AK-47s. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:07
They got semiautomatic handguns, in some cases, AK-47s.
You're giving a kid $100,000, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:08
You're giving a kid $100,000,
You're saying, "You run this entire five-block stretch." - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:08
You're saying, "You run this entire five-block str...
What crack did is crack gave more people guns. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
What crack did is crack gave more people guns.
More people started to settle their differences with guns. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
More people started to settle their differences with guns.
Now, you're not only trying to survive, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:08
Now, you're not only trying to survive,
They got Uzis. You know, they got Glock handguns. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:06
They got Uzis. You know, they got Glock handguns.
So, of course we got sloppy, things happened, you know, as a result. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
So, of course we got sloppy, things happened, you know, as a...
We was making so much money. It was fun. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:04
We was making so much money. It was fun.
As the drug trade has escalated, so has the violence. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:04
As the drug trade has escalated, so has the violence.
Six shootings occurred at about 1:00 in the morning, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:07
Six shootings occurred at about 1:00 in the morning,