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Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

Now, you're not onlytrying to survive, you're trying to thrivein a pool full of sharks

Now, you're not only
trying to survive, you're trying to thrive
in a pool full of sharks

Full Transcript

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Now, you're not only trying to survive,
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you're trying to thrive in a pool full of sharks.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
00:22:50
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.
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,
I can't count on my hands - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:06
I can't count on my hands
That was normal. That was so normal. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
That was normal. That was so normal.
We started being desensitized - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:06
We started being desensitized
In northern Manhattan, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:06
In northern Manhattan,
Last year, there was a record 555 homicides in Los Angeles. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
Last year, there was a record 555 homicides in Los Angeles.
387 people died in Los Angeles County. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:04
387 people died in Los Angeles County.
The District of Columbia is the murder capital of the country. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:04
The District of Columbia is the murder capital of the countr...
They were, like, you know, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:10
They were, like, you know,
Increased violence is the result of greater competition to make money. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
Increased violence is the result of greater competition to m...
I was shot in my back, about an inch or two from my spine, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:06
I was shot in my back, about an inch or two from my spine,
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