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[Stephanie Frederic]
Two of the biggest
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and most iconic rappers
of all time killed
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on the streets
of major cities.
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And you still don’t know?
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Come on.
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You crackers
knocked my man off.
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[Randall Sullivan] The LAPD
claimed that they’d just
forgotten about this evidence.
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It sort of slipped
their minds.
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They know who committed
this murder.
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The LAPD wanted the truth,
and that was our task.
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[Phil Carson] They know
who orchestrated it.
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It wasn’t about
them crooked cops.
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It was just some
straight up gangster [bleep].
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Period.
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Take ours, we’ll take yours.
That’s what happened.
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What are you hiding?
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You want to finally
put this case to rest,
then unseal these documents.
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The information’s out there.
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It’s time to get to the truth.
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Tupac and Biggie
are just as big today
as they were 25 years ago.
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It was 2012.
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It was the night that Pac
performed at Coachella.
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And Dr. Dre and his tech team
had literally brought Pac
back to life.
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And even though
it’s a hologram,
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you just really felt like
that was Pac.
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And you got a chance
to experience him again.
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And you know, when he launched
into "2 of Amerikaz
Most Wanted"
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with Snoop, I mean,
it was a moment.
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[Snoop] Hey, yo, Pac,
let these... know
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what kind of party
they’re in right now.
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♪ Ain’t nothin’
but a gangsta party ♪
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The crowd went nuts.
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♪ Gangsta party ♪
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We were talking about that
for weeks after.
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I mean, for weeks.
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Hey, y’all,
I wanna share
this special moment,
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special announcement
with y’all.
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Notorious B. I. G.
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is going to be inducted
into the Rock & Roll [bleep]
Hall of Fame.
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[Stephanie] Puffy was losing
his mind about the fact
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that Biggie was going to be
inducted into the Rock & Roll
Hall of Fame.
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Tupac did it, and now Biggie.
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It’s a major accomplishment
for any artist.
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Huge, huge
for a hip hop artist.
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Biggie, you did it!
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You did it! Yeah!
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That’s Puffy,
the ultimate hype man.
Still hyping Biggie.
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[rapping]
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He was just telling his story
from our neighborhood
and our block,
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but the whole world
identified with that.
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He was speaking the language
that people understood.
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It’s just timeless music.
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He was just that good.
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It still means something
to this day.
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That’s why
the younger generation today
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is grabbing a hold of it,
because it’s that impactful,
it’s that powerful.
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And this was the main reason
why the case
is not going to go away.
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People want to know
what happened.
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What happened to Tupac?
Who killed Biggie?
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They want justice for them.
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Las Vegas police classified
Tupac’s murder as an open,
unsolved homicide.
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Yet investigators know
exactly what happened.
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Why haven’t police
solved this case?
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And why isn’t anyone being
brought to justice
for his murder?
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Pow. Pow, pow, pow, pow.
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[Stephanie] There’s so much
controversies over
who killed Biggie.
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No one’s been charged.
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No one’s been prosecuted
for his murder.
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I can’t think
of any other situation
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where you’ve had
two big stars murdered,
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and yet their cases
remain unsolved
25 years later.
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Voletta Wallace
doesn’t call him
Notorious B. I. G.
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She calls him
Christopher Wallace.
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That was her only son.
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This woman has been fighting
for 25 years
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for someone to tell her
who murdered her son.
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Biggie left behind
two young children.
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His daughter, T’yanna,
was three years old
when he was murdered,
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his son, C. J.,
only four months old.
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Biggie’s children,
essentially,
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lived their entire lives
not knowing
what really happened
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to their father
or getting justice
for their dad.
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She was not only fighting
for herself,
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she was fighting
for her grandkids.
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In 2002, she sued
the City of Los Angeles
for wrongful death,
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alleging that dirty cops
were involved
in her son’s murder.
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In 2005, that lawsuit
had reached a critical point.
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The judge was threatening
to dismiss the case
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if the evidence
couldn’t be produced that
the family claimed existed.
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I just realized
that what these investigators
had done was wrong.
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It was a violation of law
to hide evidence.
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So I went up to see the judge.
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I gave her all that I knew.
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And she said,
"Do you have any indication
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of where this information
might be?"
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And I said,
"Look, I can’t guarantee it,
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but to the best
of my knowledge,
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it’s in the filing cabinet
behind Steve Katz’s desk,"
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who at the time
was the lead investigator
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on the murder
of Biggie Smalls.
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Federal marshals,
armed with search warrants,
raided robbery, homicide.
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They had to pry open
both his filing cabinets,
as well as his desk.
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And included in this
treasure trove that they found
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were all of the interviews
with Kenny Boagni
and Felipe Sanchez,
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it was all there, hidden away.
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Both Kenny Boagni
and Felipe Sanchez
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testified that when they were
in the county jail with Perez,
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he confessed to being involved
in the murder of Biggie Smalls
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and participating in it...
with David Mack.
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[Kenneth Boagni speaking]
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Little did we know at the time
what dark secrets lurk
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in the desk drawers
of homicide detectives.
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And little did we suspect
that so many lies
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would be told
under penalty of perjury.
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The LAPD tried to explain
that they just forgotten
about this evidence.
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It sort of slipped
their minds.
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Well, the Judge
found that laughable.
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[reporter 1] The judge
was concerned
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that Los Angeles
police officers
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had intentionally
held back evidence.
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When the judge saw that
every single bit
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of what had been withheld
involved these two
very compelling informants,
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implicating LAPD officers
in Biggie’s murder,
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she realized that, of course,
they’d been hiding it, and...
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and she ruled accordingly.
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[reporter 2] The judge
said that evidence
was deliberately held back.
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With all of the issues that
LAPD have had in the history,
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it is hard to understand
how they continue to have
the same problems.
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But the problems do exist,
which is a major concern
for the LAPD.
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[Stephanie] To believe
that the LAPD would do
something like this,
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that here you have the cops
to protect and serve
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and to hide evidence,
we just couldn’t believe it.
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The judge fined LAPD
$1.1 million
and declared a mistrial.
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[Randall] This was unheard
of that the police department
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sanctioned $1 million
for concealing evidence.
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[Phil] So why?
Why were they hiding
those documents?
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If you’ve got nothing to hide,
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then why are you going
to the lengths
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and the depths
of hiding the stuff?
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I investigated this full-time
for just over two years.
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And one of the reasons
why I’m sure
the civil attorneys
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wanted me to testify
on their behalf
is because the evidence
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that I had would
basically show that the LAPD
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was involved in orchestrating
this murder.
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At the City of Los Angeles,
they did not want that
to happen,
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and they did everything
that they could to stop it,
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including specifically asking
everybody at the FBI,
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you cannot have
Agent Carson testify.
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Well, if they weren’t
worried about what I was going
to testify about,
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why would you go
to that extreme
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about asking the FBI
to squash the subpoena?
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[Randall] For Biggie’s family
and his mother, in particular,
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who has been raising
her grandchildren
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in the context
of their father’s murder
for their whole childhood,
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she did consider
this judgment,
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the sanction against
the LAPD to be a vindication.
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[Voletta] It’s about honesty.
It’s about integrity.
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It’s about making
a wrong right.
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Someone murdered my son
and the LAPD knew
all about it.
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[interviewer] Do you think
that the person
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that is responsible
for Biggie’s murder
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is going to be arrested
and sent to jail?
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I hope to God. I hope so.
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The mistrial declaration meant
the case would have
to start over again
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and there was going
to be a new trial.
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Then the LAPD did something
no one was expecting,
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and it completely changed
the course of this case.
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[Stephanie]
The mistrial declaration meant
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that there was going
to be a new trial.
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Then the LAPD announces
that they’re going to launch
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a new task force
to reinvestigate
the Biggie murder.
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[reporter 3] After being shot
to death in LA
nine years ago,
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a new police task force
has been set up
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to find the person responsible
for killing Biggie Smalls.
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Whether LAPD was trying
to save face
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or whether
they finally decided
to take this case seriously,
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everything
was about to start over.
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[Greg Kading] In 2006,
I was asked to join
a group of investigators
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to take a fresh look
into the unsolved murder
of Christopher Wallace,
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AKA Biggie Smalls.
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I was a police officer
for 25 years.
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Most of the emphasis
of my career was on gangs,
narcotics and homicide.
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I dealt with several
high-profile cases.
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So I had a considerable amount
of experience dealing
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with these more complicated
type of investigations.
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You know, I lived my cases.
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And I’m not the easiest guy
to supervise.
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And so, if I thought
there was going
to be interference,
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I would have just declined
to take the case.
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I asked, very directly,
is our job here
to solve this murder?
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And I was told, "Absolutely,
we’re going to go
wherever the facts lead us."
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You know, if it leads us down
the road of dirty cops
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and exposing them,
then so be it.
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That’s our job.
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All Voletta
and the Wallace family knew
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for sure was that the LAPD
had reopened
the investigation.
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And what Voletta told me
was that she really hoped
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and believed that the LAPD
did now want
to solve this case.
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And that’s all
she ever wanted was to see
her son’s murder solved.
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[Greg] I saw the volume
of material,
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what had been done
in the prior investigation.
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It was almost overwhelming.
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You know, it was
97 four-inch binders,
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and that was just
the hard copies of the case,
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not the digital files
that had been comprised
over the previous nine years.
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[Greg] One theory
was that Amir Muhammad,
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in conjunction
with David Mack,
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carried out the hit
against Biggie Smalls
at the behest of Suge Knight.
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Essentially, that Suge Knight
had hired David Mack,
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who then in turn solicited
the murder from his friend
Amir Muhammad.
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But the whole
Amir Muhammad theory is based
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on the information provided
by a jailhouse informant,
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who admitted
that he lied about it.
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Greg Kading’s wrong.
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I know what the truth
is from my own investigation.
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There were literally
numerous informants
who presented evidence
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that implicated David Mack
and Amir Muhammad
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and Suge Knight
in Biggie’s murder.
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Amir Muhammad was linked
to Death Row Records
and Suge Knight,
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not just through David Mack,
but also through an informant
named Mario Ha’mmonds,
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who was associated with Suge
and met Amir Muhammad
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at a couple
of Death Row functions.
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[investigator] You know
who Suge Knight is, right?
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[Mario] Yes, I do.
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[investigator] Okay.
And how do you know
who Suge Knight is?
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[Mario] Through our
association with him.
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In Mario Ha’mmonds’
sworn deposition,
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he states that he was present
when Amir Muhammad
and David Mack
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met with Suge Knight
here in Los Angeles,
as well as in Las Vegas.
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[investigator]
And how did you meet
Mr. Muhammad?
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[Mario] In L... in LA,
in Las Vegas.
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[investigator]
And was Mr. Muhammad
with David Mack at that time?
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[Mario] Yes.
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[investigator] And is that
how you know
who Mr. Muhammad is?
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[Mario] That’s the only way
I know.
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That is the only way I know.
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We looked into
all of these allegations
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and came to the very
definitive conclusion
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that it was all based
on circumstance,
hearsay and misinformation.
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We found absolutely
no evidence whatsoever
to link David Mack,
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Rafael Perez or Amir Mohammed
to Biggie’s murder
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in any way, shape or form.
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There was just nothing
to support that theory.
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And so now we’re just left
with that remaining
Suge Knight component.
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If Suge Knight’s involved
in Biggie’s murder,
who would he have do it?
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So we began to look closely
at associates
of Suge Knight’s,
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people that may know
what happened.
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We have to look at a weak link
in his circle of friends.
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Find somebody, because we know
Suge Knight’s not going to be
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stepping forward and admitting
to his involvement.
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And we had nothing over
his head to use as leverage.
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One of the other individuals
that we wanted to talk to
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was Reggie Wright Jr.
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Reggie Wright Jr. was
an ex Compton police officer,
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who then became
the head of security
at Death Row Records.
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They knew I had no involvement
in that.
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I told them respectfully,
I’m... I will talk to you.
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I’m an open book.
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I got no problem talking
to them about that.
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When Suge was in prison
that’s when I just started
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running the company
on a day-to-day basis
and going up there
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visiting him four days
a week in prison.
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[Stephanie] At the time
of Tupac’s murder,
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Suge Knight was already
on probation for assault.
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After Tupac’s murder,
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Suge Knight was sentenced
to nine years in prison
for violating his probation,
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for taking part
in the beatdown
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of Orlando Anderson
in Las Vegas.
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[Reggie] When Tupac
got killed,
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that probably
was one of the worst nights
of Suge Knight life.
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Suge really loved
Tupac Shakur,
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had a lot of love
and respect for him.
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He lost his biggest star
on the label ever,
to be honest.
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Around this time
when Suge was in prison,
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a lot of the major artists
started leaving Death Row.
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And then you start hearing
the horror stories
that were happening within.
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The artists were complaining
about not getting paid.
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All of a sudden, the car
that they thought was theirs
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is not really theirs,
because it’s not
in their name.
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After Tupac,
that’s pretty much
was the demise of Death Row,
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because Suge
didn’t have nobody else.
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Snoop was ready to go.
Dre was gone.
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And we out.
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With all of the artists
leaving,
Death Row was in trouble.
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The debts were mounting up.
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The legal bills
were mounting up.
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In 2009, Death Row
was sold at auction.
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[reporter 4] Walls of gold
and platinum records,
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industry awards
and memorabilia
that highlights
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the success of a label
and its recording artists.
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Now it’s all up for auction.
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The property has been seized
from shamed CEO
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Suge Knight’s
Death Row Records office
in West LA.
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Once home to some
of the biggest rappers
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in hip hop,
the label is now bankrupt.
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The once billion dollar
business was sold last week
in federal court.
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[Greg] In 2006, Suge Knight
had declared bankruptcy
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and it was claimed
that he only held
$10 million in assets.
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However, there were
$100 million
worth of settlements
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and judgments opposing him.
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During our investigation,
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we became aware that
Suge Knight had transferred
a bunch of master tapes
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estimated to be worth
like $20 million,
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that he was trying to conceal
from the bankruptcy court.
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And also a female accomplice
of his.
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We discovered that this girl
had a real history with Suge.
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So that was an opportunity
to target her to find out
what more she knew.
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[Greg] Theresa Swann was,
in fact, one of Suge Knight’s
baby mommas.
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She had a daughter
with Suge Knight.
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Great lady.
I love her like a sister.
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[Stephanie] Theresa Swann
is not her real name.
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That’s sort of a name that
the LAPD task force gave her
to protect her real identity.
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We began to look closely
at her and her association
with Suge Knight.
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And then we went
back historically
and we saw that
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she was also complicit
in different types of fraud...
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Even all the way back
to the club
in Las Vegas in 662,
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when they attempted to obtain
a fraudulent gaming license.
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So this girl
had a real history with Suge.
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At the time that Biggie Smalls
was killed,
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we knew that Suge Knight
was in jail.
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So if he were going to solicit
the murder,
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he would have to rely
on an intermediary.
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We’re desperate
to find somebody.
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Maybe we can get her
to tell us what she knows.
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And then we became aware
that she was using
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false information
to secure loans
to buy automobiles.
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00:20:51,226 --> 00:20:53,996
So she was involved
in this automobile fraud.
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00:20:54,029 --> 00:20:55,829
That was something
we could hold over her head
329
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and basically threatening her
that if she didn’t sit down
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and answer our questions,
we would charge her.
331
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She called me one day crying,
"Reggie, they got me."
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I knew Suge didn’t care
about her anymore.
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They were broken up.
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She was the only one
taking care of her two kids.
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00:21:15,851 --> 00:21:19,991
He had pretty much
left her to dry,
wasn’t taking care of her.
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And so, I was pretty much,
um, concerned for her.
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That was my whole thing.
Forget him.
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You got to worry
about yourself.
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[Greg] She’s now going
to have to make a decision
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whether or not she wants
to cooperate with us
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00:21:39,441 --> 00:21:41,971
and potentially
provide information
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00:21:42,010 --> 00:21:44,310
against the father
of one of her children,
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against Suge Knight,
or risk losing that child,
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because she may end up
going to prison.
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00:21:51,453 --> 00:21:55,493
And we knew that that would be
a very compelling reason
for her to cooperate.
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As we were thinking
of Suge Knight
and who Suge Knight
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00:22:02,431 --> 00:22:06,301
might hire to carry out
the hit on Biggie Smalls,
348
00:22:06,335 --> 00:22:08,975
we went back to
the investigative files again.
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00:22:10,706 --> 00:22:14,676
And one name
continued to pop up,
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and that was the name
of an individual,
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a Blood gang member
named Wardell Fouse,
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00:22:18,614 --> 00:22:21,214
went by the street name
of Poochie.
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00:22:21,250 --> 00:22:23,450
[Reggie] Poochie,
he had two names.
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00:22:23,485 --> 00:22:25,855
His correct name
is Wardell Fouse,
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00:22:25,888 --> 00:22:28,998
but he also had an alias name
with Darnell Bolton.
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00:22:29,024 --> 00:22:31,624
[Greg] He was suspected
of being involved
in other murders.
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00:22:31,660 --> 00:22:33,430
We knew that
he had done enforcement
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00:22:33,462 --> 00:22:36,602
type of activities on behalf
of Suge before.
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00:22:36,632 --> 00:22:41,132
A lot of cats didn’t want
to cross Poochie
or come across Poochie.
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00:22:41,169 --> 00:22:43,639
He was a bodyguard
for Death Row.
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00:22:43,672 --> 00:22:47,572
He was one of the guys that
went out and handled business.
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He would shoot you
just to shoot you.
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When killing became
a part of us,
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he was one of the guys
that didn’t give a [bleep].
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00:22:58,620 --> 00:23:00,520
[Reggie] He had a relationship
with Suge.
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00:23:00,555 --> 00:23:02,725
At the time
that I saw Poochie around
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00:23:02,758 --> 00:23:04,928
Death Row it was just him
and Suge
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00:23:04,960 --> 00:23:07,290
that were having
a private meeting somewhere.
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00:23:07,329 --> 00:23:09,859
[Greg] When we questioned
Reggie Wright Jr.,
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00:23:09,898 --> 00:23:14,628
he said that Suge Knight
had purchased
two Chevy Impalas.
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00:23:14,670 --> 00:23:16,800
One of those was for himself,
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00:23:16,838 --> 00:23:21,408
but he’d also purchased
an additional vehicle
which was reportedly
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00:23:21,443 --> 00:23:23,383
gifted or given to Poochie.
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00:23:24,479 --> 00:23:26,039
[Reggie] That wouldn’t
have been the first time
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00:23:26,081 --> 00:23:28,881
someone got a car purchased
by Suge for them.
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00:23:28,917 --> 00:23:32,957
I mean, all these others
had cars that was purchased
for them.
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00:23:32,988 --> 00:23:37,468
And so that’s not
an unusual thing for Suge
to buy someone a car.
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00:23:39,227 --> 00:23:42,637
[Greg] Suspiciously,
that greenish Impala
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00:23:42,664 --> 00:23:46,304
coincidentally just matches
the description
of the Chevy Impala
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00:23:46,335 --> 00:23:49,205
that is used the night
that Biggie Smalls is killed.
381
00:23:49,237 --> 00:23:53,247
[indistinct
radio announcement]
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[Greg] The car
is never recovered.
383
00:23:54,910 --> 00:23:57,280
We can never tie Poochie
to that car.
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00:23:57,312 --> 00:23:59,112
Is it coincidence?
We don’t know.
385
00:23:59,147 --> 00:24:03,017
It’s suspicious that that car
was given to Poochie.
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00:24:03,051 --> 00:24:07,251
Additionally, Reggie is like,
"Hey, there was this attempt
to get money,
387
00:24:07,289 --> 00:24:10,089
but they wanted the money
to be off the books."
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00:24:11,360 --> 00:24:15,090
He informs us that just prior
to the murder of Biggie,
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00:24:15,130 --> 00:24:18,200
he becomes aware
of an effort to acquire
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00:24:18,233 --> 00:24:23,573
$25,000 of untraceable
Death Row funds
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00:24:23,605 --> 00:24:27,445
that could be forwarded
to Theresa Swann.
392
00:24:27,476 --> 00:24:30,186
[Reggie] I got a call
from the general manager
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00:24:30,212 --> 00:24:36,682
of the record company asking
if I had $20,000
to $25,000 in cash.
394
00:24:36,718 --> 00:24:42,748
I was told that the money
was for Theresa Swann
to help her with her bills.
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00:24:42,791 --> 00:24:45,391
[Greg] For us,
this is all very suspicious.
396
00:24:45,427 --> 00:24:47,797
Why is Suge Knight,
from jail,
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00:24:47,829 --> 00:24:53,059
trying to get $25,000
of untraceable Death Row funds
398
00:24:53,101 --> 00:24:56,401
forwarded to Theresa Swann?
399
00:24:56,438 --> 00:25:01,318
Is that money intended
to go towards paying off
a contract killer?
400
00:25:01,343 --> 00:25:02,573
We don’t know.
401
00:25:02,611 --> 00:25:06,041
But obviously
it’s very suspicious
that it is attempting
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00:25:06,081 --> 00:25:07,711
to be done under the radar.
403
00:25:19,361 --> 00:25:22,091
[Greg] So now
we’re three years
into this investigation,
404
00:25:22,130 --> 00:25:28,070
it’s 2009 and we’ve exhausted
just about every lead.
405
00:25:28,103 --> 00:25:31,373
We know that Suge is going
to need an intermediary
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00:25:31,406 --> 00:25:34,176
if he’s going to contract
the killing of Biggie.
407
00:25:34,209 --> 00:25:36,639
We have
an individual, Poochie,
408
00:25:36,678 --> 00:25:41,908
who fits the profile
of a would-be murderer.
409
00:25:41,950 --> 00:25:44,520
And then we also have
Theresa Swann,
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00:25:44,553 --> 00:25:46,653
she’s criminally complicit
with Suge.
411
00:25:53,695 --> 00:25:55,965
[Greg] But now we’re faced
with the reality
412
00:25:55,997 --> 00:25:59,067
that although Poochie
is now the most likely person
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00:25:59,101 --> 00:26:03,841
to have carried out the hit
at the request of Suge,
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00:26:03,872 --> 00:26:06,202
he’s been dead
for nearly seven years.
415
00:26:08,410 --> 00:26:13,510
Poochie himself
had been gunned down
nearly seven years earlier
416
00:26:13,548 --> 00:26:16,408
in the city of Compton
as a result of infighting
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00:26:16,451 --> 00:26:19,651
amongst his gang
and an affiliate gang.
418
00:26:19,688 --> 00:26:23,498
So Poochie was not somebody
that we’re going to be able
to go and...
419
00:26:23,525 --> 00:26:25,625
and... and confront.
420
00:26:25,660 --> 00:26:30,600
So we decide that
the best thing to do would be
create a situation
421
00:26:30,632 --> 00:26:34,202
where it would be easier
for Theresa Swann to talk.
422
00:26:35,904 --> 00:26:39,474
When a suspect in a crime
is aware that somebody else
423
00:26:39,508 --> 00:26:41,748
has already confessed
to that crime,
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00:26:41,776 --> 00:26:46,586
that is often an effective way
to get people
to divulge information.
425
00:26:46,615 --> 00:26:48,455
So we did a ruse.
426
00:26:48,483 --> 00:26:51,123
We wrote
a fictitious confession letter
427
00:26:51,153 --> 00:26:56,253
that was supposedly written
by Poochie prior to his death.
428
00:26:56,291 --> 00:27:00,891
In this fictitious
confession letter
that we drafted,
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00:27:00,929 --> 00:27:06,599
we have Poochie writing that
he himself had been solicited
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00:27:06,635 --> 00:27:11,605
to commit the murder
of Biggie Smalls
by Suge Knight.
431
00:27:11,640 --> 00:27:17,110
That Poochie, along with
other co-conspirators,
then carried out the murder.
432
00:27:25,153 --> 00:27:26,953
There was a risk involved.
433
00:27:26,988 --> 00:27:32,618
If this is all wrong,
and if Poochie
wasn’t involved,
434
00:27:32,661 --> 00:27:36,531
but she was,
she knows that we’re [bleep].
435
00:27:36,565 --> 00:27:41,235
She knows that this is just
a weak attempt to get her
to cooperate.
436
00:27:41,269 --> 00:27:43,969
But it was a risk that
we kind of needed to take.
437
00:27:44,005 --> 00:27:47,875
I mean, we were at the end
of our investigative leads.
438
00:27:49,744 --> 00:27:52,284
We confronted
Theresa Swann and said,
439
00:27:52,314 --> 00:27:55,654
"Listen, we know that Poochie
was involved in this murder.
440
00:27:55,684 --> 00:27:57,654
He’s wrote
a confession letter,
441
00:27:57,686 --> 00:28:01,726
and it appears that maybe
you’re implicated in this."
442
00:28:01,756 --> 00:28:06,196
So we pass this
fictitious confession letter
over to Theresa Swann,
443
00:28:06,228 --> 00:28:08,138
who reads it.
444
00:28:10,865 --> 00:28:13,905
She seems to be
completely bewildered by it.
445
00:28:15,870 --> 00:28:20,140
She starts crying and says,
that’s all true,
446
00:28:20,175 --> 00:28:23,075
what Poochie wrote
is what happened.
447
00:28:36,658 --> 00:28:39,498
[Greg] We’ve asked
Theresa Swann to tell us
448
00:28:39,527 --> 00:28:43,367
in her own words what she knew
about the murder.
449
00:28:43,398 --> 00:28:47,608
And she starts by explaining
that after the murder
of Tupac Shakur,
450
00:28:47,636 --> 00:28:49,806
that Suge was just devastated.
451
00:28:49,838 --> 00:28:51,948
Beside himself,
that he’d lost somebody
452
00:28:51,973 --> 00:28:54,143
that was very, very close
to him.
453
00:28:54,175 --> 00:28:56,915
And now he’s languishing
away in jail.
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00:28:56,945 --> 00:29:00,455
And she says she visits him
at the county jail
455
00:29:00,482 --> 00:29:04,582
under the auspices
of being part
of his legal team,
456
00:29:04,619 --> 00:29:10,619
and that allows her and Suge
to have unmonitored
private conversations.
457
00:29:10,659 --> 00:29:15,559
And she says,
"Suge then asked me
to get a hold of Poochie,
458
00:29:15,597 --> 00:29:17,807
ask him to do the murder
and to find out
459
00:29:17,832 --> 00:29:21,432
what it would take
in order for him to do that."
460
00:29:21,469 --> 00:29:26,369
She then reports to Suge
that this is what Poochie
is asking in return,
461
00:29:26,408 --> 00:29:30,548
and then the process
is put into motion.
462
00:29:36,685 --> 00:29:40,625
She explains that she met
with Poochie several times.
463
00:29:40,655 --> 00:29:42,625
There were two different
exchanges of money.
464
00:29:42,657 --> 00:29:46,937
One was reportedly
for the amount of $9,000,
465
00:29:46,961 --> 00:29:51,731
and the second
was in the amount of $4,000.
466
00:29:51,766 --> 00:29:56,306
Of the $25,000,
that leaves about $12,000,
467
00:29:56,338 --> 00:29:58,808
which likely went to her.
468
00:29:58,840 --> 00:30:01,970
She does not admit to that,
but she does say that
469
00:30:02,010 --> 00:30:05,740
only $13,000 was transferred
to Poochie
470
00:30:05,780 --> 00:30:07,480
for the hit of Biggie Smalls.
471
00:30:09,284 --> 00:30:12,354
The question’s
then asked, $13,000,
472
00:30:12,387 --> 00:30:16,097
that’s all it took to kill
one of the most
famous rappers of all time?
473
00:30:16,124 --> 00:30:18,194
But you’ve got to understand
the mentality
474
00:30:18,226 --> 00:30:20,366
of a person like
Wardell Fouse.
475
00:30:20,395 --> 00:30:25,405
He’s got this loyalty to Suge,
he’s got loyalty
to his gang, The Bloods.
476
00:30:25,433 --> 00:30:27,773
The South Side Crips
had killed Tupac.
477
00:30:27,802 --> 00:30:32,442
He knows that
they have to answer
to what happened in Las Vegas.
478
00:30:32,474 --> 00:30:38,114
So the money is almost like
a secondary component
to the equation.
479
00:30:38,146 --> 00:30:41,586
[James] He felt that
you killed Tupac,
we killed Biggie.
480
00:30:41,616 --> 00:30:43,116
It’s a street thing.
481
00:30:43,151 --> 00:30:46,321
Somebody had to be killed
because Tupac was killed.
482
00:30:46,354 --> 00:30:50,824
I mean, just the way we live
and the rules that we live by,
483
00:30:50,859 --> 00:30:53,219
certain things have to happen.
484
00:30:53,261 --> 00:30:57,531
Everybody knew that Poochie
was the go-to man for Biggie.
485
00:31:03,405 --> 00:31:07,375
[Greg] So now that
we’ve obtained the confession
of Theresa Swann,
486
00:31:07,409 --> 00:31:09,869
I get called into a meeting,
and I’m told,
487
00:31:09,911 --> 00:31:12,811
"Hey, Greg,
there’s some allegations
being made against you
488
00:31:12,847 --> 00:31:15,957
in this other large
federal racketeering case.
489
00:31:15,984 --> 00:31:19,984
And until we adjudicate
those allegations,
490
00:31:20,021 --> 00:31:22,721
we’re going to have
to take you off
the Biggie case."
491
00:31:26,795 --> 00:31:27,895
I’m dumbfounded.
492
00:31:27,929 --> 00:31:30,159
I’m just like,
"Are you kidding me?
493
00:31:30,198 --> 00:31:33,168
Not only did
we just accomplish
something monumental,
494
00:31:33,201 --> 00:31:36,471
we just protected
your asses, right,
495
00:31:36,504 --> 00:31:38,344
by getting the truth
of the matter,
496
00:31:38,373 --> 00:31:40,143
which now you’re going
to be able to use
497
00:31:40,175 --> 00:31:43,145
in your defense in court
against this looming lawsuit."
498
00:31:45,980 --> 00:31:50,650
It was one of those days
where you just wanted to put
your fist through a wall.
499
00:31:52,287 --> 00:31:54,397
So I got my car
and I drove home.
500
00:31:54,422 --> 00:31:59,162
And in time, these allegations
were disproven
that by that time,
501
00:31:59,194 --> 00:32:01,734
the evidence
in the Biggie case
had been presented
502
00:32:01,763 --> 00:32:03,703
to the district
attorney’s office.
503
00:32:03,731 --> 00:32:07,271
They said this isn’t
strong enough
to pursue a prosecution.
504
00:32:10,104 --> 00:32:13,874
I 100% believe that
we solved the Biggie case.
505
00:32:13,908 --> 00:32:17,538
But without
the district attorney
being willing to prosecute it,
506
00:32:17,579 --> 00:32:19,409
you’re at the end
of your ropes.
507
00:32:19,447 --> 00:32:24,827
If Poochie killed Biggie,
and you say you have
the evidence to back it,
508
00:32:24,853 --> 00:32:30,323
file the case
and prosecute Theresa Swann
or prosecute Suge Knight.
509
00:32:30,358 --> 00:32:33,458
The case was the word
of one woman
510
00:32:33,495 --> 00:32:38,235
who had obviously made
a deal to get out of going
to prison for other crimes.
511
00:32:38,266 --> 00:32:43,676
So she had every incentive
to tell a story
that Kading wanted to hear.
512
00:32:43,705 --> 00:32:46,975
All conversation
and any conversation
I had with Theresa Swann,
513
00:32:47,008 --> 00:32:53,708
she’s not 100% sure
or convinced
that Poochie carried out
514
00:32:53,748 --> 00:32:56,448
what he’s accused
of being done.
515
00:32:56,484 --> 00:32:59,784
She still say that to this day
that he could be
516
00:32:59,821 --> 00:33:02,691
just taking credit
for something he didn’t do.
517
00:33:02,724 --> 00:33:05,764
She says she don’t know
if he did it or didn’t do it.
518
00:33:05,793 --> 00:33:09,993
We’ve got one
unreliable informant
who’s still not even sure
519
00:33:10,031 --> 00:33:14,171
what exactly happened
and... and if Biggie
was killed by Poochie.
520
00:33:14,202 --> 00:33:17,742
And that’s the only person,
the only informant
that you have,
521
00:33:17,772 --> 00:33:20,272
that your case
is 100% based on?
522
00:33:22,277 --> 00:33:25,787
I mean, that...
that’s beyond ridiculous.
523
00:33:31,586 --> 00:33:33,456
Poochie is conveniently dead,
524
00:33:33,488 --> 00:33:36,558
so we can’t really
question him about
any of this.
525
00:33:38,960 --> 00:33:41,730
[Phil] One person
could not have
pulled this off.
526
00:33:41,763 --> 00:33:45,903
And the theory that Poochie,
who is a gangster,
527
00:33:45,934 --> 00:33:52,074
was able to pull
this murder off,
it’s implausible.
528
00:33:53,908 --> 00:33:55,938
The whole task force
was a smokescreen.
529
00:33:55,977 --> 00:34:00,817
Their goal
was to cause a problem
for the civil attorneys
530
00:34:00,848 --> 00:34:02,648
to proceed with their case.
531
00:34:14,629 --> 00:34:17,529
They use
Kading’s investigation
to shut down the lawsuit.
532
00:34:19,267 --> 00:34:21,137
After the sanctions
were applied,
533
00:34:21,169 --> 00:34:22,769
there was going to be
a new trial.
534
00:34:22,804 --> 00:34:25,904
But because the LAPD
was able to go to court
535
00:34:25,940 --> 00:34:28,410
and say we can’t turn over
any evidence,
536
00:34:28,443 --> 00:34:31,913
because we have an
active criminal investigation
going on,
537
00:34:31,946 --> 00:34:34,356
and it might compromise
that investigation.
538
00:34:34,382 --> 00:34:37,222
The case was brought
to a standstill.
539
00:34:37,251 --> 00:34:40,551
By 2010,
Voletta was exhausted.
540
00:34:40,588 --> 00:34:43,118
She was fighting cancer.
541
00:34:43,157 --> 00:34:45,567
She’d been raising
Biggie’s children
in an environment
542
00:34:45,593 --> 00:34:50,133
where their father’s murder
was the main context
of their lives.
543
00:34:50,164 --> 00:34:54,874
So the Wallace side agreed
to the temporary termination
of the case.
544
00:34:54,902 --> 00:34:58,742
It was put into this hiatus
because the LAPD claimed
545
00:34:58,773 --> 00:35:02,313
it was still investigating
the case.
546
00:35:02,343 --> 00:35:05,313
While the LAPD ended
the investigation
547
00:35:05,346 --> 00:35:08,386
immediately after the lawsuit
was dismissed
548
00:35:08,416 --> 00:35:10,216
and they never
arrested anyone.
549
00:35:12,954 --> 00:35:16,194
So now, a quarter century
after his murder,
550
00:35:16,224 --> 00:35:18,764
the LAPD takes
the position that
551
00:35:18,793 --> 00:35:22,963
the Notorious
B. I. G. investigation
is still an open case.
552
00:35:26,334 --> 00:35:30,844
It’s a unsolved, um,
open case at the LAPD.
553
00:35:30,872 --> 00:35:34,812
Nobody’s proactively
working it.
554
00:35:34,842 --> 00:35:37,482
It’s just a cold case
on the shelves,
555
00:35:37,512 --> 00:35:40,182
waiting for more information
to come in.
556
00:35:40,214 --> 00:35:44,224
As long as this is an
open investigation,
by them saying
557
00:35:44,252 --> 00:35:50,092
that it’s an ongoing
murder investigation
that gives them the cover.
558
00:35:50,124 --> 00:35:51,694
[Randall] All of this evidence
that was kept
559
00:35:51,726 --> 00:35:54,396
from the Wallace family
in relation to the lawsuit
560
00:35:54,429 --> 00:35:59,499
was then and still
is locked up in a steel vault
in the federal courthouse.
561
00:36:01,469 --> 00:36:05,099
I think, it’s the perfect
metaphor for this case,
562
00:36:05,139 --> 00:36:09,469
and anybody who wants
to know the truth can stare
at this metal door,
563
00:36:09,510 --> 00:36:12,310
because that’s as close
as you’re going to get to it.
564
00:36:12,346 --> 00:36:16,416
Unseal the documents,
make them public.
565
00:36:16,451 --> 00:36:18,421
You let the evidence
speak for itself.
566
00:36:19,587 --> 00:36:21,697
Why not do that here, then?
567
00:36:25,026 --> 00:36:28,736
I’d never seen
this document before.
I didn’t know it existed.
568
00:36:28,763 --> 00:36:33,363
The LAPD has stated
in their own words,
in their own documents,
569
00:36:33,401 --> 00:36:35,631
who they believe was involved
in this murder.
570
00:36:41,642 --> 00:36:45,042
So this is a document
that was written
571
00:36:45,079 --> 00:36:47,609
by the civil attorneys
for the Wallace estate,
572
00:36:47,648 --> 00:36:49,648
brought to my attention
about a year ago.
573
00:36:49,684 --> 00:36:52,484
This is three years
after I’ve retired
from the FBI.
574
00:36:52,520 --> 00:36:55,050
I never knew
this document existed.
575
00:36:55,089 --> 00:37:01,759
And it states
in this document,
quote, "In January 2001,
576
00:37:01,796 --> 00:37:06,906
the LAPD instituted
a formal internal
affairs investigation.
577
00:37:06,934 --> 00:37:11,274
The LAPD itself alleged
that Mack and Perez
578
00:37:11,305 --> 00:37:16,275
conspired to murder
and assisted in the murder
of Mr. Wallace."
579
00:37:20,715 --> 00:37:23,415
It says in January 2002,
580
00:37:23,451 --> 00:37:26,581
the Mack Wallace murder
internal affairs investigation
581
00:37:26,621 --> 00:37:29,821
was illegally
adjudicated, quote,
582
00:37:29,857 --> 00:37:33,227
"insufficient evidence
to adjudicate" a finding
583
00:37:33,261 --> 00:37:37,331
which is not permitted under
the federal consent decree."
584
00:37:37,365 --> 00:37:42,675
Which basically means, they...
the LAPD was not allowed
585
00:37:42,703 --> 00:37:46,303
to adjudicate and make a...
make a determination on it.
586
00:37:46,340 --> 00:37:49,740
So while this is going on,
the LAPD is under
587
00:37:49,777 --> 00:37:52,847
the consent decree
because of the Rampart case,
588
00:37:52,880 --> 00:37:56,710
which means
they’re being monitored
by the Department of Justice.
589
00:37:56,751 --> 00:38:01,451
And it states in here,
"On July 1st, 2005,
590
00:38:01,489 --> 00:38:04,959
approximately 14 to 16
Internal Affairs files
591
00:38:04,992 --> 00:38:09,132
regarding Mack were removed
from Internal Affairs
592
00:38:09,163 --> 00:38:13,303
and concealed in a cabinet
in risk management,"
593
00:38:13,334 --> 00:38:18,704
which basically means
you’ve got this
voluminous number of files
594
00:38:18,739 --> 00:38:24,939
regarding David Mack
that were hidden and removed,
so people would not see them.
595
00:38:29,050 --> 00:38:33,480
Why does LAPD continue
to have all those documents
under seal?
596
00:38:33,521 --> 00:38:35,591
You want to make
all this go away or you want
597
00:38:35,623 --> 00:38:39,793
to finally
put this case to rest,
then unseal these documents.
598
00:38:41,195 --> 00:38:46,035
If they are not damning
and they don’t implicate
LAPD officers,
599
00:38:46,067 --> 00:38:47,877
then you’ve got nothing
to worry about.
600
00:38:50,538 --> 00:38:55,218
Why not shut down
every conspiracy theorist
out there,
601
00:38:55,243 --> 00:38:57,913
because you can prove
that they were not involved?
602
00:38:57,945 --> 00:38:59,515
Why won’t they?
603
00:38:59,547 --> 00:39:02,957
Because they know
who committed this murder.
604
00:39:02,984 --> 00:39:05,354
They know who orchestrated it.
605
00:39:13,227 --> 00:39:18,607
Suge Knight today
is serving 28 years in prison
606
00:39:18,633 --> 00:39:22,073
for voluntary manslaughter,
for running over
his good friend,
607
00:39:22,103 --> 00:39:24,073
businessman Terry Carter.
608
00:39:26,007 --> 00:39:27,917
Some people say it’s karma.
609
00:39:27,942 --> 00:39:30,712
Others say it’s the chickens
coming home to roost.
610
00:39:30,745 --> 00:39:35,285
Either way, Suge Knight
is sitting in prison today
611
00:39:35,316 --> 00:39:38,356
and won’t be getting out
any time soon.
612
00:39:38,386 --> 00:39:40,026
-[photographer 1] All right.
-[indistinct chatter]
613
00:39:41,422 --> 00:39:44,692
[camera shutters clicking]
614
00:39:50,164 --> 00:39:56,104
I don’t believe
Greg Kading’s theory
that Poochie killed Biggie.
615
00:39:56,137 --> 00:40:00,207
I believe that
Phil Carson’s theory
is closer to the truth
616
00:40:00,241 --> 00:40:02,141
that dirty cops were involved.
617
00:40:05,046 --> 00:40:09,456
I think the best thing
the LAPD can do now
is have full transparency,
618
00:40:10,818 --> 00:40:16,948
bring the evidence,
lay it out, tell the truth.
619
00:40:16,991 --> 00:40:18,891
That’s what I would like
to see happen.
620
00:40:22,530 --> 00:40:24,430
[Eugene Deal] Knowing
that they have the evidence
621
00:40:24,465 --> 00:40:27,605
to solve his murder
is painful.
622
00:40:27,635 --> 00:40:29,075
It hurts.
623
00:40:30,271 --> 00:40:32,371
They want me
to stop telling the truth.
624
00:40:34,942 --> 00:40:37,542
I just hope the right person
hear it
625
00:40:37,578 --> 00:40:41,508
and want to do something
about it,
to get justice for B. I. G.
626
00:40:45,953 --> 00:40:48,093
The fact that the murder
of Christopher Wallace
627
00:40:48,122 --> 00:40:52,092
could be swept under
the carpet really puts
a lot of things in context,
628
00:40:52,126 --> 00:40:54,796
because he was,
by far, the most famous
629
00:40:54,829 --> 00:40:58,559
and successful hip hop artist
on the planet at the time
of his death.
630
00:40:58,599 --> 00:41:02,229
He was a major celebrity,
but that hasn’t been enough
to compel
631
00:41:02,269 --> 00:41:04,899
an honest investigation
of his death.
632
00:41:04,939 --> 00:41:07,539
I just think
they didn’t care about
these kind of people.
633
00:41:07,575 --> 00:41:09,515
You know,
people that come from
where we come from
634
00:41:09,543 --> 00:41:12,413
didn’t supposed to become
stars and make it.
635
00:41:12,446 --> 00:41:14,416
And we made it
by telling real,
636
00:41:14,448 --> 00:41:17,208
true stories
and things about life.
637
00:41:17,251 --> 00:41:20,051
And I just think the police
was just like, okay,
638
00:41:20,087 --> 00:41:22,327
if they’re rapping about it
and carrying guns
639
00:41:22,356 --> 00:41:24,496
and all that, you live by it,
you die by it type of thing.
640
00:41:26,494 --> 00:41:29,864
[Voletta]
Oh, I miss his smile.
641
00:41:29,897 --> 00:41:34,237
I miss that a lot,
because he was
a type of person, oh,
642
00:41:34,268 --> 00:41:37,028
we would fight
and then I would hang up
643
00:41:37,071 --> 00:41:39,271
and he would still be
on the phone.
644
00:41:39,306 --> 00:41:41,846
And when I picked up
the phone, I’m still here.
645
00:41:43,244 --> 00:41:44,944
I was like, "Wait a minute,
please hang up my phone."
646
00:41:44,979 --> 00:41:46,039
"No, I’m not.
647
00:41:46,080 --> 00:41:48,250
You’re going to have
to apologize or tell me,
648
00:41:48,282 --> 00:41:50,782
you love me
before I hang up this phone."
649
00:41:50,818 --> 00:41:53,758
And if I don’t say it, he’d be
on that phone for an hour.
650
00:41:53,788 --> 00:41:57,228
He would be lying down
with that phone
on his neck or his ears.
651
00:41:57,258 --> 00:42:01,068
I miss that.
I really miss our fights.
652
00:42:01,095 --> 00:42:04,535
I think the Wallace family
deserves to know the truth.
653
00:42:05,733 --> 00:42:07,403
[Lil’ Cease] For Ms. Wallace,
what I’d want for her
654
00:42:07,435 --> 00:42:08,905
is what she’d been wanting
all these years.
655
00:42:08,936 --> 00:42:10,306
She just want justice.
656
00:42:10,337 --> 00:42:13,877
She just want to know
what happened
to her son and why.
657
00:42:13,908 --> 00:42:15,848
That’s all.
That’s all she wants.