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The Stephen A. Smith Show

Introducing: The Set

The Stephen A. Smith Show

SiriusXM

Politics, News, Government, Society & Culture

4.31.6K Ratings

🗓️ 15 June 2023

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

It’s the crack era.The most violent time in New York City history. The NYPD is fighting a losing battle and instead of protecting the city from drug dealers, some police officers have become them. This is the never-before told, first-person documentary of the biggest police corruption scandal in NYPD history and the investigation that uncovered it all. From Audacy Originals and Zak Levitt, the Emmy, Peabody, and NY Press Club Investigative Journalism Award winning creator of Root of Evil, Gangster Capitalism, and Relative Unknown. Support the show: http://www.youtube.com/@stephenasmith

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0:00.0

What's up, y'all? How you doing?

0:01.7

I'd like to introduce you to a new documentary series called The Set,

0:04.8

created by Zach Levin, the same creative behind-the-hit podcast,

0:08.0

Root of Evil, Gangsta Capitalism, and Relative Unknown.

0:11.6

The set tells the inside story of the biggest police corruption scandal

0:15.1

in New York City history and the investigation that uncovered it all.

0:18.6

It was the height of the crack era and the most violent time in New York City's history,

0:22.5

but instead of protecting New Yorkers from drug dealers,

0:25.2

some police officers became them.

0:27.2

When a commission was formed to investigate police misconduct,

0:30.0

it discovered Harlem's 30th precinct had been overrun with corruption,

0:33.6

but even worse, the NYPD had been turning a blind eye.

0:37.2

In total, 33 officers were arrested and convicted of corruption,

0:41.6

and a precinct became known as the 30-30.

0:45.8

In The Set, we hear never-before-told stories shared directly

0:49.2

by the dirty cops who were convicted.

0:50.7

The undercover internal affairs officer who blew the whistle

0:53.1

and the investigators prosecuted as a police commissioner

0:55.6

who exposed the truth about what happened

0:57.3

when the world's largest police department failed to police itself.

1:00.8

If you like this preview, be sure to search for The Set available now,

1:05.4

wherever you get your podcast.

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