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Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

"Why have we elected you?""Why aren't our streets safer?" You can buy crackwhen you can't...

"Why have we elected you?"
"Why aren't our streets safer?" You can buy crack
when you can't buy a bottle of milk

Full Transcript

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"Why have we elected you?" "Why aren't our streets safer?"
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You can buy crack when you can't buy a bottle of milk.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
31
Timestamp in Movie
01:01:06
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.
Parents would beg to lock their own children up... - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
Parents would beg to lock their own children up...
Because they were out here dealing in drugs. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
Because they were out here dealing in drugs.
If they want drugs out of the neighborhood, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:04
If they want drugs out of the neighborhood,
So, the community think it's wrong, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:08
So, the community think it's wrong,
It's sleazebags of greed and slime that make millions. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:06
It's sleazebags of greed and slime that make millions.
Our children are gonna continue to be exposed - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:09
Our children are gonna continue to be exposed
Cocaine used to be the exclusive pastime of the wealthy. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:04
Cocaine used to be the exclusive pastime of the wealthy.
So, it's 1986. There's gonna be an election. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
So, it's 1986. There's gonna be an election.
And now, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:12
And now,
And he says, "I want a comprehensive anti-drug bill." - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:13
And he says, "I want a comprehensive anti-drug bill.&qu...
If I had my way, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:11
If I had my way,
It's hard, generally, for the public to appreciate - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:14
It's hard, generally, for the public to appreciate
In Washington, it might take years. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:04
In Washington, it might take years.
So, in that window, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:23
So, in that window,
It was the most unjust federal law ever written. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
It was the most unjust federal law ever written.
It has a ratio of powder cocaine... - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
It has a ratio of powder cocaine...
100 grams gets you a certain sentence, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:06
100 grams gets you a certain sentence,
If you've seen a sugar packet in the restaurant, that's one gram. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
If you've seen a sugar packet in the restaurant, that&#...
Five of those tiny amounts of crack would get you a minimum of five years, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:13
Five of those tiny amounts of crack would get you a minimum ...
Five grams of crack, 500 grams of powder cocaine... - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:06
Five grams of crack, 500 grams of powder cocaine...