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Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

The thinkingat the time was that

The thinking
at the time was that

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The thinking at the time was that...
Duration
5 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
01:05:34
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.
Crack... was being used... - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
Crack... was being used...
More openly in the Black community, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:12
More openly in the Black community,
The whole idea, if you could concentrate on where the most damage to society was... - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:08
The whole idea, if you could concentrate on where the most d...
And it was overkill. Clearly, it was overkill. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:04
And it was overkill. Clearly, it was overkill.
Is an oft-time phrase that you've heard, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:07
Is an oft-time phrase that you've heard,
I, George Herbert Walker Bush, do solemnly swear... - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
I, George Herbert Walker Bush, do solemnly swear...
"I will faithfully execute the office...." - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:12
"I will faithfully execute the office...."
So, George H.W. Bush had come into office - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:11
So, George H.W. Bush had come into office
There are those who cannot free themselves of enslavement to whatever addiction, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:11
There are those who cannot free themselves of enslavement to...
Remember, George H.W. Bush was Reagan's vice president. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
Remember, George H.W. Bush was Reagan's vice president.
He actually had been in charge of anti-drug operations - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:09
He actually had been in charge of anti-drug operations
So, he had every reason to want to show - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:09
So, he had every reason to want to show
There are few clear areas - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:11
There are few clear areas
But take my word for it, this scourge will stop! - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:06
But take my word for it, this scourge will stop!
The political attention on the drug issue - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:06
The political attention on the drug issue
Drugs become almost the antithesis of the American way of life. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
Drugs become almost the antithesis of the American way of li...
And I was asked to purchase drugs in front of the White House one day. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
And I was asked to purchase drugs in front of the White Hous...
So... I called one of the drug dealers I'd been dealing with. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:06
So... I called one of the drug dealers I'd been dealing...
I said, "Come to the White House." - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:08
I said, "Come to the White House."
You can see the people in the background going into the White House. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:04
You can see the people in the background going into the Whit...