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Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

I was shot in my back,about an inch or two from my spine, and it exited my chest

I was shot in my back,
about an inch or two from my spine, and it exited my chest

Full Transcript

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I was shot in my back, about an inch or two from my spine,
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and it exited my chest.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
00:24:54
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 decided if I was going to die, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:06
I decided if I was going to die,
So, I got up, got in a cab, and I took myself to the hospital. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:06
So, I got up, got in a cab, and I took myself to the hospita...
'Cause had I laid there, I'd have smothered to death, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:07
'Cause had I laid there, I'd have smothered to dea...
Being in the streets made me very hard. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
Being in the streets made me very hard.
I had to act a certain way and be tough - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:07
I had to act a certain way and be tough
It robs you of your true self, because you become this hardened guy 24/7. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:06
It robs you of your true self, because you become this harde...
Then it's like, "What is considered weakness?" - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:10
Then it's like, "What is considered weakness?"...
You wanna dance to the song, but you can't dance, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:07
You wanna dance to the song, but you can't dance,
"Oh, he's too emotional." - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:06
"Oh, he's too emotional."
There were guys who some police officers wouldn't even mess with, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:07
There were guys who some police officers wouldn't even ...
And these are the same people, who, a few years ago, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:07
And these are the same people, who, a few years ago,
You're either seeing them laying on the ground, filled with bullets, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:12
You're either seeing them laying on the ground, filled ...
14-year-old David Rosario, a boy with learning disabilities, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:07
14-year-old David Rosario, a boy with learning disabilities,
Police believe the boy died in the crossfire of rival drug dealers. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
Police believe the boy died in the crossfire of rival drug d...
Every time you would go past some of the funeral homes - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:07
Every time you would go past some of the funeral homes
That was another body count as a result of the drugs. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
That was another body count as a result of the drugs.
I did a lot of services for young people. Some in the church, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:08
I did a lot of services for young people. Some in the church...
It's tragic when a mother tells me - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:15
It's tragic when a mother tells me
I wanna be dressed so that my friends will recognize me." - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:12
I wanna be dressed so that my friends will recognize me.&quo...
It was, for people who lived in these neighborhoods, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:06
It was, for people who lived in these neighborhoods,