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100:1 The Crack Legacy

By: Audible Originals, Christopher Johnson
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100:1 The Crack Legacy investigates the war on crack in the mid-1980s and the devastation left in its wake. Host Christopher Johnson shares the experiences of the men and women who were on the frontlines - narcotics cops, ex- dealers, artists, community activists - to help explain the rise in incarceration, hyper-aggressive policing, and police shootings of unarmed people of color that we are experiencing now.

When you add 100:1 The Crack Legacy to your library you will receive all 6 episodes, each with a runtime of approximately 40 minutes.

©2016 Audible Originals, LLC (P)2016 Audible Originals, LLC Americas Social Sciences True Crime United States
Episodes
  • Ep. 1: Autopsy No. 86-999

    Ep. 1: Autopsy No. 86-999
    Oct 26 2017
    [Contains explicit content] The series begins with the deaths of two young black men. First, Freddie Gray, who died after police arrested him and threw him into the back of a police van in Baltimore. Then, Len Bias: the rising college basketball player. His cocaine overdose in 1986 helped ignite a new, more aggressive phase of the War On Drugs, one that zeroed in on crack cocaine and black communities. This episode looks at the ties between the two deaths, and how the draconian, anti-crack drug laws of the mid-80s, set policing in America on the course of lethal aggression against black Americans we’re still witnessing today.
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    23 mins
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  • Ep. 2: 100:1

    Ep. 2: 100:1
    Oct 26 2017

    [Contains explicit content] It is the mid-1980s, and America is alarmed by the dawn of crack cocaine. We go to Capitol Hill for the little-known story of behind the “tough-on-crime” era, when lawmakers played fast and loose with mandatory minimum sentencing, literally “ picking numbers out of [their] asses” according to one insider. The harsh anti-drug legislation - cobbled together in weeks - included the now notorious 100 to 1 sentencing ratio for crack vs. powder cocaine, which disproportionately affected black communities and led to mass incarceration.
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    28 mins
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  • Ep. 3: The 202

    Ep. 3: The 202
    Oct 26 2017
    [Contains explicit content] Welcome to Washington, DC - the nation’s capital. By the late 1980s, the crack cocaine trade had transformed DC into the "murder capital" of America. In this episode, Christopher Johnson takes a trip back home, to the DC area, to remember just how devastating crack cocaine was for the city. A former narcotics cop takes him across the Anacostia River, and through what was once a notorious open-air crack market. We talk to a local musician, a former homicide cop, and Christopher's big cousin Cooki, who all remember the days when DC “went sideways.”
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    24 mins
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Going by yet more recent events, it seems as though not a whole lot has changed... :(

Great series. Sadly, timeless...

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Good information and well put together. It was great to know about various different sides to this issue and how it's journey has come to today's outcome.

Insightful and thoughtful

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High recommended listen, I found it thought provoking and sad. When law makers get it wrong...

Thought provoking.

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For someone working in substance misuse, this is a harrowing insight to why individualisation is key to rehabilitation. For someone with no background in the field, it's key to understanding why punishment will never be a cure.

Interesting.

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I wasn't very surprised that so many black youngsters are incarcerated for petty crimes after listening to Bryan Stevenson's brilliant Just Mercy.
My heart breaks for people who have no hope or future because of their skin colour!

very interesting but shocking

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