Cocaine Cowboys wait Proverbs 20 HIRED.

THAT RESULTED IN THE LARGEST
POLICE CORRUPTION CRISIS

SINCE THE SERPICO DAYS
UP IN NEW YORK.

Edna: AND THE ENTIRE
ACADEMY CLASS FROM THAT YEAR

LATER ON WENT TO JAIL OR DIED.

Reporter: THIS MAKES A TOTAL
OF THREE MIAMI OFFICERS

ARRESTED OVER THE WEEKEND.

TODAY’S ARREST CAME
AS SEVEN OTHER MIAMI OFFICERS

WENT ON TRIAL ACCUSED OF RIPPING
OFF OTHER COCAINE DEALERS

AND FOR DEALING DRUGS
THEMSELVES.

THE SO-CALLED COCAINE COPS HAVE
BEEN CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY,

DRUG TRAFFICKING
AND RACKETEERING.

THE TALLY, SHOCKING– 40 CURRENT
OR FORMER MIAMI POLICE OFFICERS

ARRESTED OR SUSPENDED
IN THE LAST 2 YEARS.

16 SUSPENDED
IN JUST THE LAST 2 WEEKS.

AND IT IS NOT OVER.

AT LEAST 30 MORE MIAMI COPS
WILL BE SUSPENDED.

Man: THE RULE OF LAW COMPLETELY
BROKE DOWN IN SOUTH FLORIDA.

WE MIGHT AS WELL JUST NOT
EVEN COME INTO WORK

AND JUST GIVE THE STREETS UP.

Officer: WE TRULY ARE COMMITTED,
AND WE ARE GOING TO GAIN CONTROL

OF THESE STREETS
ONCE AGAIN.

THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
IS NOT WORKING HERE.

AND I SUGGEST A REVISIT
OF THE WHOLE IDEA.

CENTAC 26 WENT FULLY OPERATIONAL
IN DECEMBER OF ’81.

THERE WERE 25 PREVIOUS
CENTAC ORGANIZATIONS

IN DIFFERENT CITIES
IN THE UNITED STATES.

CENTAC STANDS FOR
CENTRAL TACTICAL UNIT.

OUR PRIMARY GOAL WAS TO COUPLE
THE HOMICIDE INVESTIGATIONS

WITH DRUG INVESTIGATIONS.

THEY HAD GOOD CONNECTIONS
WITH THE D.E.A., WITH THE F.B.I.

WE WERE DEALING WITH
A KIND OF CRIMINAL

WITH WHOM WE HAD NOT
DEALT BEFORE.

AND SO MY MANDATE TO MY PEOPLE
WAS VERY SIMPLE.

EXTRAORDINARY TIMES CALLED FOR
EXTRAORDINARY MEASURES.

Al: YOU WOULD USE
WHATEVER METHOD YOU COULD

TO TAKE SOMEONE OUT OF
THE PICTURE OR OFF THE STREET.

WE’RE GONNA GET RID OF THEM
EITHER BY PUTTING THEM IN JAIL

OR WE WERE GOING TO KILL THEM.

Al: IT WAS A UNIT
THAT WAS MEANT TO BE

MORE PROACTIVE THAN REACTIVE.

IT WAS JUST A DIFFERENT WAY
OF DOING POLICE WORK

AND IT WAS CALLED FOR
AT THE TIME

BECAUSE OF THE NATURE
OF THE CRIMINAL

WITH BOTH THE COLOMBIANS
AND THE CUBAN CRIMINALS

WHO CAME FROM MARIEL.

MIAMI SEEMS TO HAVE BECOME
PARADISE LOST.

IN THE FALL-WINTER OF 1981,

THE ARTICLE PARADISE LOST?
CAME OUT IN TIME MAGAZINE.
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