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Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

You're giving a kid $100,000, you're giving him automatic weapons,and you're giving him...

You're giving a kid $100,000, you're giving him automatic weapons,
and you're giving him power

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You're giving a kid $100,000,
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you're giving him automatic weapons, and you're giving him power.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
44
Timestamp in Movie
00:22:23
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.
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.
The District of Columbia is the murder capital of the country. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:04
The District of Columbia is the murder capital of the countr...
They were, like, you know, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:10
They were, like, you know,
Increased violence is the result of greater competition to make money. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
Increased violence is the result of greater competition to m...
I was shot in my back, about an inch or two from my spine, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:06
I was shot in my back, about an inch or two from my spine,
I decided if I was going to die, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:06
I decided if I was going to die,