The Kensington Philadelphia Drug Market, Real Story

Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories

Bleav + Law Enforcement Talk - John J Wiley

Law Enforcement, Documentary, Education, News, Self-improvement, True Crime, News Commentary, Society & Culture, Politics

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🗓️ 23 November 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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The Kensington Philadelphia Drug Market, Real Story. If there is any place that captures the raw, unfiltered reality of America’s drug crisis, it is The Kensington Philadelphia Drug Market. For decades, this neighborhood has been the epicenter of open-air dealing, addiction, and human suffering, an area where people lie on sidewalks, stumble through streets, and inject or smoke drugs in plain view. Sidewalks, parks, and alleys are littered with used needles. Crowds of people slump over, “nodded out,” as if frozen in time.

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0:00.0	He's a former Philadelphia warrant investigator.
0:04.7	He was part of the now famous Philly Warrant Unit.
0:09.9	He left to become a lawyer, went to law school, and then he became a professor of criminal justice.
0:14.8	He's here to talk about the drug problem in Kensington, how they dealt with it and much more.
0:22.1	Welcome to the Law Enforcement Talk Radio Show.
0:25.7	In the Law Enforcement Talk Radio Show, we are joined by special guests talking about their
0:30.5	experiences, their realities of investigating crimes.
0:34.1	Plus, those have experienced horrendous trauma, police, first responders, military, and victims of crime share their stories.
0:41.0	Hi, I'm John Jay Wiley. In addition to being a broadcaster, I'm also a retired police sergeant.
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1:28.2	Tristan is a former Philadelphia warrant investigator. I don't know what that is. I really don't,
1:33.5	but we'll talk about that in a moment. We'll both learn. He left the Warren Squad, became a lawyer,
1:38.6	went to law school, became a lawyer, and was a professor of criminal justice. He's
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