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Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

President Reaganwas holding press conferences and doing speechesalmost on a daily basis

President Reagan
was holding press conferences and doing speeches
almost on a daily basis

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President Reagan was holding press conferences
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and doing speeches almost on a daily basis.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
00:42:32
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.
Those freedom fighters are inside Nicaragua today - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:08
Those freedom fighters are inside Nicaragua today
He was hailing the Contras - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:07
He was hailing the Contras
Are we going to cut them off now and leave them defenseless? - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
Are we going to cut them off now and leave them defenseless?
If we do, who will ever trust in the United States of America again? - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:06
If we do, who will ever trust in the United States of Americ...
Congress does not want to support a civil war in Central America. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
Congress does not want to support a civil war in Central Ame...
I oppose any aide and assistance to the Contras. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
I oppose any aide and assistance to the Contras.
I believe that the American people do not want wider war. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:04
I believe that the American people do not want wider war.
I believe the American people want to give peace a chance. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:04
I believe the American people want to give peace a chance.
The time has come - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:07
The time has come
This was a policy that was born in deception, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:08
This was a policy that was born in deception,
Before we invest one more dime in Central America, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:07
Before we invest one more dime in Central America,
So, Congress says we cannot use federal money to support the Contras. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:06
So, Congress says we cannot use federal money to support the...
Can't buy them weapons, can't buy them uniforms, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
Can't buy them weapons, can't buy them uniforms,
At that point, the Reagan administration began to look - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:06
At that point, the Reagan administration began to look
And one of those sources of funding became profits from the sale of arms to Iran. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:06
And one of those sources of funding became profits from the ...
We started selling missiles and rockets to Iran, illegally, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:17
We started selling missiles and rockets to Iran, illegally,
We worked with pilots who were flying aid down to the Contras. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
We worked with pilots who were flying aid down to the Contra...
And US officials not just looked the other way, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:10
And US officials not just looked the other way,
I was working for the Associated Press - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:13
I was working for the Associated Press
We had more than three dozen sources - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:10
We had more than three dozen sources