The Black Kingpins Who Turned Informant

Six of the most feared men in American drug history all made the same move when the federal government came for them. They sat down and talked. This documentary traces how prosecutors used life sentences, RICO, the Continuing Criminal Enterprise statute, and the death penalty to turn Harlem and Washington's biggest traffickers into cooperating witnesses against their own crews, and what that cooperation actually bought each man in the end. It also corrects the myths the movies sold you: the truth behind Frank Lucas and the "American Gangster" coffin story, why Clarence "Preacher" Heatley never got the deal he begged the government for, and why Michael Lock ends up on these lists for the exact opposite reason most people assume. Featured: Frank Lucas · Leroy "Nicky" Barnes (Mr. Untouchable, The Council) · Michael Lock (Milwaukee "Body Snatchers") · Clarence "Preacher" Heatley (the Bronx Preacher Crew) · Rayful Edmond III (Washington DC crack) · Alberto "Alpo" Martinez (Paid in Full). #TrueCrime #StreetArchives #Harlem #RayfulEdmond #AlpoMartinez #NickyBarnes #FrankLucas