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Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

You had the user that was addicted, and then you had dealersthat were addicted to the...

You had the user that was addicted, and then you had dealers
that were addicted to the money

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You had the user that was addicted,
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and then you had dealers that were addicted to the money.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
16
Timestamp in Movie
00:21:50
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.
Handguns, rifles, a bow and arrow, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:08
Handguns, rifles, a bow and arrow,
Police say street gangs run the crack-cocaine trade in Roosevelt - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:07
Police say street gangs run the crack-cocaine trade in Roose...
Many of these young men and teenagers armed up to obtain or protect their turf. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:06
Many of these young men and teenagers armed up to obtain or ...
They got semiautomatic handguns, in some cases, AK-47s. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:07
They got semiautomatic handguns, in some cases, AK-47s.
You're giving a kid $100,000, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:08
You're giving a kid $100,000,
You're saying, "You run this entire five-block stretch." - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:08
You're saying, "You run this entire five-block str...
What crack did is crack gave more people guns. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
What crack did is crack gave more people guns.
More people started to settle their differences with guns. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
More people started to settle their differences with guns.
Now, you're not only trying to survive, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:08
Now, you're not only trying to survive,
They got Uzis. You know, they got Glock handguns. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:06
They got Uzis. You know, they got Glock handguns.
So, of course we got sloppy, things happened, you know, as a result. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
So, of course we got sloppy, things happened, you know, as a...
We was making so much money. It was fun. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:04
We was making so much money. It was fun.
As the drug trade has escalated, so has the violence. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:04
As the drug trade has escalated, so has the violence.
Six shootings occurred at about 1:00 in the morning, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:07
Six shootings occurred at about 1:00 in the morning,
I can't count on my hands - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:06
I can't count on my hands
That was normal. That was so normal. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
That was normal. That was so normal.
We started being desensitized - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:06
We started being desensitized
In northern Manhattan, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:06
In northern Manhattan,
Last year, there was a record 555 homicides in Los Angeles. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
Last year, there was a record 555 homicides in Los Angeles.
387 people died in Los Angeles County. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:04
387 people died in Los Angeles County.