Among those rogue cops, he designated David . Mack never had any association whatsoever. guy, named Richard, The guys that were working off-duty for Death Row were highly compromised. The book formed the basis for the highly anticipated 2018 film City of Lies, starring Johnny Depp as Poole. August 21, 2015 Russell Poole *Corona, CA - Six months after releasing a book on the unsolved murders of rap legends Christopher "Notorious BIG" Wallace and Tupac Shakur, L.A.P.D. It makes them look negligent and incompetent with the investigation. And The Los Angeles Times reported that Mack stole $722,000 in cash from a Bank of America in 1997. He finds one name: A-M-I-R, and builds a whole theory behind that, because theres a dirty-cop who has a friend named Amir. The film was released on December 8, 2018, at the Noir film festival.[6][7]. Complex caught up with Kading to talk about the results of his investigation, why no arrests have ever been made, and why he believes these cases will never be officially solved. So they told us, Solve this case. After his efforts led to two sworn confessions from people who said they played a part in the killings of Wallace and Shakur, Kading was suddenly pulled off the case. Greg Kading is neither a journalist nor a conspiracy theorist. He died after that. For all intents and purposes, its a stale investigation, that will never be closedever.. . The L.A.P.D. Once that threat dissipated, the L.A.P.D. for negligence. Ace actor Johnny Depp gives life to Russell Poole in Brad Furmans film, City of Lies. At the El Rey theater, during a Death Row after-party, there was a Crip named Kelly Jamison in the audience. His involvement started when Poole and his Robbery/Homicide unit partner Fred Miller were assigned to investigate the March 1997 Studio City shooting death of plainclothes LAPD Officer Kevin Gaines. His creativity was cashed in on by L.A.-based rap label Death Row Records, owned by the infamous Suge Knight. He was concerned about Mrs. Wallace and was obsessed with finding the truth. He loved to maintain a beautiful yard often calling on the neighbor kids to ride along onthe mower. In one, Poole will be played by Johnny Depp. All I meant to say was that it looked like the guy. Before being chosen to work in the Robbery-Homicide division in 1996, he spent over nine years as a homicide investigator at the South Bureau and Wilshire Division. Poole was a leading investigator on the killing of Notorious B.I.G. What Does The Post-Credits Scene Indicate? Its just a huge law enforcement travesty. Adding insult to injury, Big and Pac were both murdered on busy city streets, in view of numerous witnesses. His death is also shrouded in mystery with the official cause of a "heart attack" falling under suspicion. Ms. Wallace cant sue the L.A.P.D. Around the same time, the Wallace familys lawsuit was dismissed. Random House felt that it would put people in harms way. Thats as close to justice as these cases will ever see. Youre just selecting the information that works for you. Every memory left on the online obituary will be automatically included in the book. If this was Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra who got murdered, there wouldve been arrests a long time ago, Poole says. These are distinct agencies: Compton P.D., Inglewood P.D., L.A.P.D. The show dedicates much of its runtime to Poole's investigation, but Poole himself did not have a chance to provide his own input. Biggies name was never, ever mentioned in that clue. Lets say that you find Suge Knight civilly liable for the murder of Biggie. Music lover. I think the L.A.P.D. Poole investigated the Christopher Notorious B.I.G. Wallace murder for approximately a year, and with his findings, pushed a theorythat Suge Knight orchestrated the rappers drive-by shooting death following a Soul Train Awards after-party. We know who killed them. The Timesretracted that story. There was all this exaggeration of information, and a whole theory was built on it, which never had a basis but captured the popular imagination. investigator, who was investigating Biggies murderfinds out about David Mack. And he was very vocal about that. Why? It stars Johnny Depp in the lead role. Poole was also part of another major case involving the LAPD: This one related to corrupt cops. Poole went to an L.A. sheriffs department to reopen his investigation but suffered a heart attack. According to The Guardian, Kading's 2011 book on the Notorious B.I.G. Bond who is the director/writer/producer of the venture has filed an official complaint against me with the L.A.P.D. "[9] Furthermore, he filed a lawsuit against the LAPD for violating his First Amendment rights by preventing him from going to the public with his findings. It was self-published. However, Vice reports that Poole argued that the chief conspirators were Sharitha Knight and Reggie Wright Jr., head of Death Row Security. Neither has been arrested nor charged with the death, either. It was all bullshit.. 18 Trees, Flowers, or Condolences have been shared with support of Russell's family -. There was no law enforcement present at the time of the murder. But Simpson's does because he so carefully calibrates Poole's intensity, dialing it up by slight degrees in each episode until he's radiating with panicky determination Simpson physically and emotionally illustrates [the character's] internal struggle beautifully". Both law enforcement agenciesthe Las Vegas Police Department and the L.A.P.D.have drawn the conclusions that Tupac was killed by Orlando Anderson and Biggie Smalls was killed by Wardell Poochie Fouse. @jimmisimpson returns to @USA_Network as Detective Russell Poole in #UnsolvedUSA, premiering February 27. pic.twitter.com/X51UVof35N, Unsolved (@UnsolvedUSA) February 19, 2018. Death Row. They wouldnt want blood on their hands, and particularly, they thought that by outing [Suges girlfriend], Suge might retaliate against her. So unfortunatelyand my heart goes out to herthis is as close to justice as we will ever see, in our judicial system. The driver of the Impala, an African-American male, rolled down his window, drew a 9mm blue-steel pistol and fired several rounds into the GMC Suburban; four bullets hit Wallace in the chest. There is a video [of the shooting] that was taken by fans. CIA Director, Noam Chomsky Named in Epstein's Private Calendar: Report Russ enjoyed spending time with family whether it was on the Snake River or taking atrip to explore new places. Acclaimed journalist Randall Sullivan follows Russell Poole, a highly decorated LAPD detective who, in 1997, was called to investigate a controversial cop-on-cop shooting, eventually to discover that the . Poole found three prominent shreds of evidence at his house, GECOs 9mm bullets (shots fired at Wallace), spare walkie-talkie (that helped to coordinate Wallaces murder), and Chevy Impala S.S. in the garage. investigator, who was investigating Biggies murderfinds out about David Mack. (born Christopher Wallace) death in 1997 when the rapper was slain leaving a Soul Train Music Awards after-party at the. knew that there was no basis whatsoever to [Pooles] theory. The burden of knowledge is heavy. According to The Los Angeles Times, Poole quit the police force in 1999 after a series of disputes over the direction of multiple investigations, including Wallaces murder., Before they were rivals, they were friends.#UnsolvedUSA. If you take selective information and you ignore the information that refutes your theory, you can put together a conspiracy theory and convince people of it. Wright Jr., the then-head of security for Death Row, had previously been linked to Pac's death by former LAPD detective Russell Poole along with Knight's ex-wife. Pooles role in the case is chronicled in the new true crime series Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and the Notorious B.I.G. When the 22-year veteran saw the case he built being shelved, he became so frustrated that he quit the forcebut not before making copies of his evidence so that he could put all his findings into a book. They knew his jailhouse informants were discredited, they were unreliable, and they were lying. At the time, he was under investigation by L.A.P.D. Confidential sources from the Death Row entourage, the Mob Pirus, and [Suges girlfriend, identified in Kading's book by the alias "Theresa Swann"], said Poochie had done shootings for Suge in the past. The name Amir Muhammad was published in the Los Angeles Times as a suspect in Biggies murder. In 2018, Jimmi Simpson starred as Poole in Unsolved: Tupac & Biggie, a ten-part series originating on the USA Network, also on Netflix. Otherwise, every person who doesnt like the way an investigation went could sue those departments. So the D.A.s realizing, OK, what are we going to do? He was talking on a walkie-talkie, informing someone about Wallaces departure from Peterson. He also helped Wallaces mother to frame a case against LAPD, but it was tossed. Investigation of Notorious B.I.G. The burden of knowledge is heavy. Orlando Anderson was killed outside a Compton record shop in May 1998. They said that it was a green Impala. Thats it. [1] He also was one of the officers involved in the investigation into the North Hollywood shootout, just days before the murder of the Notorious B.I.G. There was a misreport of a black Impala that was outside the Peterson, that the suspect had apparently driven. The detective with the LAPD died suddenly of a heart attack in 2015. After retiring in 1999, he formed a private detective agency. Russell J. Poole, of Jeannette, went to be with family and friends in heaven, Thursday, July 9, 2021. I didnt make money off the book. He died on 19 August 2015 in Los Angeles, California, USA. Greg Kading, who investigated the Wallace murder for the LAPD in 2006 and serves as co-executive producer on Unsolved, told. Tupac:187, written by Richard RJ Bond, Michael Douglas Carlin, with a contribution by Russell Poole, is an alternate theory in the murder of Tupac Shakur. Biggie felt horrible that Tupac had gotten robbed and that Tupac believed that he had been behind it. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); document.getElementById( "ak_js_2" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); COPYRIGHT Digital Mafia Talkies | DMT. Poole had doubts about LAPDs involvement in Christopher Wallaces murder. Russell Poolethe L.A.P.D. All rights Reserved. NoteAnderson is Keefe Ds nephew, also a, paid to kill Biggie. by Greg Kading (second photo), is different from the rest. There is no law enforcement video of the shooting. These off-duty Compton cops were all present and they all left the scene. It comes down to how you define solved. in the MGM Grand hotel. can stop at any time. Russell Poole Nine days before Frank's road rage accident, American Rapper, Christopher Wallace aka Notorious B.I.G., was shot 6 six times on the street. According to Rolling Stone, he. A retired L.A.P.D. Poole sent his findings to the then-chief of the Los Angeles Police Department, Bernard C. Parks, who ordered Poole to cease all investigations of Officer David Mack.