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Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

When I signthis crime bill, we together are taking a big step toward bringingthe laws of...

When I sign
this crime bill, we together are taking a big step toward bringing
the laws of our land back into line with the values of our people

Full Transcript

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When I sign this crime bill,
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we together are taking a big step
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toward bringing the laws of our land back into line
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with the values of our people.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
35
Timestamp in Movie
01:16:52
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 1994 crime bill supports new police officers on the streets - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:12
The 1994 crime bill supports new police officers on the stre...
There's tens of millions of dollars going into expanding the prison system. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:06
There's tens of millions of dollars going into expandin...
And that is when we really begin to see the explosion - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:06
And that is when we really begin to see the explosion
Incarceration rates take off under Clinton. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:04
Incarceration rates take off under Clinton.
About the same time, '94, people start to become concerned - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:12
About the same time, '94, people start to become concer...
But between the passage of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act in 1988 - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:16
But between the passage of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act in 1988
There is just massive outrage in the African-American community - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:10
There is just massive outrage in the African-American commun...
Much of the anger became focused on the CIA... - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
Much of the anger became focused on the CIA...
And its role in helping to create the crack crisis. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:04
And its role in helping to create the crack crisis.
Whether they delivered the kilo themselves - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:08
Whether they delivered the kilo themselves
I am going to make somebody pay for what they have done - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:08
I am going to make somebody pay for what they have done
The CIA's been involved in every ugly thing that's happened - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
The CIA's been involved in every ugly thing that's...
The crack epidemic affected the poverty levels, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:06
The crack epidemic affected the poverty levels,
People's lives were ended or changed. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:04
People's lives were ended or changed.
See, there are people in major positions - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
See, there are people in major positions
So, it is certainly understandable - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:18
So, it is certainly understandable
Los Angeles was the epicenter for crack in the 1980s and 1990s. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:06
Los Angeles was the epicenter for crack in the 1980s and 199...
Much of the anger in Los Angeles spills over into the rest of the country, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:08
Much of the anger in Los Angeles spills over into the rest o...
And this organizing ultimately forces the head of the CIA, John Deutch, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:12
And this organizing ultimately forces the head of the CIA, J...
The director of the CIA was in Los Angeles today, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:11
The director of the CIA was in Los Angeles today,