Crack Capitalism (NR)
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synopsis
The C.I.A. covertly funded military operations in Nicaragua in the 1980's using money from cocaine sales out of Nicaragua. These covert government activities substantially contributed to the crack cocaine epidemic in urban America. The subsequent effect was that black incarceration was systematized and monetized.
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0 hr. 32 min.
synopsis
The C.I.A. covertly funded military operations in Nicaragua in the 1980's using money from cocaine sales out of Nicaragua. These covert government activities substantially contributed to the crack cocaine epidemic in urban America. The subsequent effect was that black incarceration was systematized and monetized.
details
Documentary
0 hr. 32 min.
