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Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

I had to act a certain way and be tough so nobody would thinkthey could take advantage of...

I had to act a certain way and be tough so nobody would think
they could take advantage of me

Full Transcript

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I had to act a certain way and be tough
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so nobody would think they could take advantage of me.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
00:25:22
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.
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,
And many of them had longstanding ties - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:07
And many of them had longstanding ties
They couldn't afford to just up and leave. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:04
They couldn't afford to just up and leave.
So they lived with the stress of living in, basically, a combat zone. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:06
So they lived with the stress of living in, basically, a com...
People were afraid to leave those homes that, at one time, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:08
People were afraid to leave those homes that, at one time,
They couldn't do it no more, 'cause now bullets are flying around. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:04
They couldn't do it no more, 'cause now bullets ar...