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Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

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�� Because it's like that
And that's the way it is ♪ ♪ You know it's like that... ♪ What would you steal?

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♪ Because it's like that And that's the way it is ♪
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♪ You know it's like that... ♪
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What would you steal?
Duration
8 seconds
Views
26
Timestamp in Movie
00:31:07
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.
I remember reaching into a box full of cocaine - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:09
I remember reaching into a box full of cocaine
It's not that difficult to take money and drugs from any drug dealer. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:04
It's not that difficult to take money and drugs from an...
So, instead of sending him to jail, you take his drugs and money. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:04
So, instead of sending him to jail, you take his drugs and m...
Were you ever afraid that one of your fellow officers might turn you in? - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
Were you ever afraid that one of your fellow officers might ...
- ♪ It's like that ♪ - ♪ What? ♪ - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:09
- ♪ It's like that ♪ - ♪ What? ♪
So, you can't blame Black folk for not putting faith in the police. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:06
So, you can't blame Black folk for not putting faith in...
In the Bible, they talk about the locusts coming - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:09
In the Bible, they talk about the locusts coming
- This is crack. - Wait a minute. I wanna get high. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:04
- This is crack. - Wait a minute. I wanna get high.
The blocks were all decimated. Now, there's just trash everywhere. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
The blocks were all decimated. Now, there's just trash ...
It looked like a scene from a George Romero film. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:04
It looked like a scene from a George Romero film.
I saw myself going down more and more, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:06
I saw myself going down more and more,
My waist's getting skinny. My shirt's getting too big. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:04
My waist's getting skinny. My shirt's getting too ...
Some of us tried to hide it at first, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:07
Some of us tried to hide it at first,
That drug separated people from themselves. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
That drug separated people from themselves.
And it felt like the... range of the drug, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:08
And it felt like the... range of the drug,
My grief and my rage consumed me, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:10
My grief and my rage consumed me,
When I used the crack, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:09
When I used the crack,
All of the chatter, all of the pain, all of the hurt, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:08
All of the chatter, all of the pain, all of the hurt,
When I started using this, I was working. You understand? - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:04
When I started using this, I was working. You understand?
You know, my first apartment and everything. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:04
You know, my first apartment and everything.