Chicano Squad and Netflix's Crack

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🗓️ 1 February 2021

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

Rebecca returns to the host's chair in time to talk about “Chicano Squad” from Frequency Machine and the Vox Media Podcast Network. To deal with a crime spree in a Latino community that no longer trusts them, Houston police create a special unit of Spanish-speaking officers to solve its toughest cases. FOR OUR SPOILER-FREE REVIEW OF "CHICANO SQUAD" GO TO 34:00 Then, the Netflix documentary “Crack: Cocaine, Corruption, and Conspiracy” shows the falling dominos from a burgeoning drug economy and its unchecked violence, to the societal backlash and a political movement whose legislation disproportionately affected communities of color. FOR OUR SPOILER-FREE REVIEW OF "CRACK" GO TO 1:02:00 In crime of the week: half a roof is better than none. Click here to get the Crime Writers On After Show, plus more exclusive content, on Patreon.: https://patreon.com/partnersincrimemedia

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0:00.0	I want to tell you about doing justice, a new podcast from Cafe Studios.
0:04.1	It's about a prosecutor's role in our justice system and is hosted by former US Attorney
0:08.4	Preet Barrage.
0:09.4	Wait, I know him.
0:10.4	This show asks if we should allow an elected official to run for re-election while under investigation.
0:15.0	It follows a sex worker who is robbed and gets her day in court.
0:17.8	Preet explores the key elements of cases from the unique perspective of the prosecutors
0:21.8	grappling with urgent moral and legal questions.
0:24.9	Describe to doing justice wherever you're listening now.
0:36.0	I'm Rebecca LaVoy and this is Crime Riders on.
0:52.0	The original True Crime Review Podcast that digs in a true crime, pop culture, other
0:57.0	podcast TV, and this week to solve crime in a Latino community that no longer trusted
1:02.7	them, Houston Police created an experimental unit to overcome that problem.
1:07.3	We'll talk about the podcast Chicano Squad from Vox.
1:11.5	Then in the 1980s, a cheap form of rock cocaine changed the nature of addiction and racial
1:17.7	justice in America.
1:19.6	And how much of our perception of the epidemic was myth will review Netflix's crack, cocaine,
1:25.7	corruption, and conspiracy.
1:27.8	Joining me to get that done and more is my real life husband and true crime co-author,
1:32.5	former TV journalist and outstanding podcast guest host Kevin Flynn.
1:36.0	Hello Kevin.
1:37.0	Hello Rebecca.
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