Recently read the book about corruption in the LAPD following the murders of rappers Tupac Shakur and Christopher Wallace. From the outset we are told the story of a cop shooting of ironically another cop. The corrupt victim who instigated the altercation was African-American and therefore this was castigated through the media as a race related case. The book follows an LAPD officers hard work on the case.
The story also follows other corrupt officials and the removal of cocaine which was kept as evidence by the police, and also an officer being responsible for the pregnancy of a minor. There are many references to things not done legitimately. One under-cover division was closed, therefore causing a rise in crime. This just proving what a problem these corrupt officials create.
A lot of the story follows Suge Knight and death row records. Sometimes up to seventy gang members were at his recording studios, also police officers were employed as security staff, thus arousing suspicion among the detective on this case towards a man who had previously been charged with breaking the law including witnesses afraid to testify against this man who held such power. Someone was murdered at a death row party involving gang members and nobody was charged.
The story unfolds lots of suspicions surrounding the murders and that the truth could be found if looked for, rather than the media and others misleading the public to believe that these crimes are a mystery.
His final report on the case was changed from around forty pages to just two, as usual the powers that be decide to withhold the truth from the media. This lack of judgement in withholding the truth will probably always be a problem especially in this situation with both crooked cops and race discrimination.
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