![]() ![]() However, given that Anton Blandon, the head of the drug operation, was arrested for trafficking hundreds of pounds of cocaine and released after only 48 months in prison, while Freeway Rick was arrested for a similar infraction and faced a life sentence, it’s easy to see that maybe there was more dirt than met the eye. While a lot of people assume that the CIA was directly introducing Crack to urban areas, it’s more appropriate to see them as turning a blind eye to trafficking in order to help fund the contras. This is where the Iran-Contra scandal came into play, in which the Reagan Admin sold arms to Iran (violating the Arms Embargo) in order to direct funds toward the right-wing Contras that were fighting to take back Nicaragua from the Leftists. Long story short, the Nicaraguan tyrannical government was overthrown by the Left, which made the Reagan administration nervous given the heightened Cold War and continued Red Scare. I would pair this movie up with The House I Live In ('12) and have a fun three hours of complete rage. He’s now giving lectures to underprivileged and incarcerated youth about the benefits of literacy, which helped to release him from prison twenty years into a life sentence. ![]() I recall initially hearing about Gary Webb’s revelation when coming across his book Dark Alliance (which I have yet to read).įreeway follows ‘Freeway’ Rick Ross (not to be confused with the rapper) as he is recently released from prison, hoping to both sue the rapper Rick Ross for profiting off his name, and to raise awareness about the CIA’s involvement in the crack epidemic. It seems as though the CIA’s involvement in the 1980s Crack Epidemic is finally entering into mainstream liberal history. ![]()
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