New York City was not ready for the Crack epidemic of the early 1980s. NYPD was fighting a losing battle until it finally came up with a weapon that could deal with the vicious crack dealers on their terms. It was a weapon that they did not want to talk about. That weapon was often more brutal than the drug dealers. The solution they came up with was the undercover narcotics operative. Jamal Hudson was the best of them; and the worst of them.