LOMPOC PENITENTIARY 1998

0:15

AL JAZEERA AMERICA PRESENTS

1:33

IN ASSOCIATION WITH ROYAL STUDIOS LA

1:47

MAMA TRIED

4:57

GAME SET MATCH

7:49

REAGANOMICS

11:08

FREEWAY BOYS

14:51

READY ROCK

16:38

THE CONTRA CONNECTION

20:18

The Sandinistas, led by Daniel Ortega, overthrew Nicaraguan dictator Anastasio Somoza in 1979.

24:12

The Frogman bust was the first major case to connect Contras with drug trafficking.

25:49

WAR ON DRUGS

29:46

The 1986 law created a 100 to 1 disparity between sentencing guidelines for crack and powder cocaine.

31:23

SHERIFF'S IN TOWN

33:24

FREEWAY TASK FORCE

37:05

THE FRANCHISE

43:50

CRACKDOWN

51:56

After 11 trials, 19 officers were convicted and sent to prison, including Robert Juarez

58:29

REDEMPTION

59:00
Freeway: Crack in the System
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The definitive story of the birth of the crack plague, told by the man at the epicenter of the CIA/Contra/cocaine connection: “Freeway” Ricky Ross. His story defies all odds and proves that truth is indeed stranger than fiction.

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