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Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

They tookevery cop they could find and threw them into this unit,and all day they was...

They took
every cop they could find and threw them into this unit,
and all day they was doing buy-and-busts

Full Transcript

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They took every cop they could find
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and threw them into this unit, and all day they was doing buy-and-busts.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
01:12:34
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.
The majority of crack users were white, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:07
The majority of crack users were white,
And the police specifically targeted - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:07
And the police specifically targeted
And when that swoop comes and they snatch you, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:10
And when that swoop comes and they snatch you,
♪ Woop-woop That's the sound of the beast ♪ - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:07
♪ Woop-woop That's the sound of the beast ♪
Kept locked up in the system three, four days - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:06
Kept locked up in the system three, four days
They said, "You're dealing drugs, you're going to jail." - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:06
They said, "You're dealing drugs, you're goin...
With the police... they don't know what the hell they're doing. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
With the police... they don't know what the hell they&#...
I was arrested for being in possession of a controlled substance. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
I was arrested for being in possession of a controlled subst...
You know, I remember my leg being pulled on about 3:00 in the morning, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:10
You know, I remember my leg being pulled on about 3:00 in th...
Me and about 70 other women, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:07
Me and about 70 other women,
And then chained together in this long chain and put on a bus. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
And then chained together in this long chain and put on a bu...
And driven off to this place that I've never been before. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:04
And driven off to this place that I've never been befor...
And as I'm taking this trip, I'm thinking about my ancestors. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
And as I'm taking this trip, I'm thinking about my...
Ladies and gentlemen, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:09
Ladies and gentlemen,
Bush played an important role in laying the groundwork, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:07
Bush played an important role in laying the groundwork,
We will have the means by which we can say punishment will be more certain. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
We will have the means by which we can say punishment will b...
We will put 100,000 police officers on the street, a 20 % increase. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:06
We will put 100,000 police officers on the street, a 20 % in...
Tens of millions of dollars from Congress - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:08
Tens of millions of dollars from Congress
There is restructuring of policing from ordinary beat cops - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:12
There is restructuring of policing from ordinary beat cops
We begin to see a new level of investment - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:07
We begin to see a new level of investment