FLASHBACK’ 88: 1 Hour OF CRACK-COCAINE SPECIALS | Real Stories

You’ve seen Flashback 89 & 86… Now here’s 88….a one-hour documentary that dives deep into the crack cocaine epidemic that tore through American cities in the 1980s and early ’90s. From the suburbs of Coral Gables to the war-torn neighborhoods of Detroit, Dallas, Los Angeles, and New York, this special exposes how crack transformed entire communities overnight. Witness the fall of the Chambers Brothers in Detroit, the militarized police response in Fort Worth, and the chilling murder of NYPD officer Edward Byrne in Queens, a turning point in national drug policy.
Also seen is the bloody rise of the Jamaican Posse and Shower Posse — global drug syndicates whose influence stretched from Kingston to Brooklyn. Crack houses, open-air drug markets, and corrupt networks form the dark backbone of this story, as cities like Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Oakland, and San Francisco struggled to contain a crisis that was as political as it was personal.
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