The City of Los Angeles was sued twice before over their
role in the murder of Rapper Christopher Wallace aka Biggie Smalls aka
Notorious BIG. The first suit was declared a mistrial when the Wallace
attorneys received an anonymous tip that thousands of documents were withheld
from them and hidden in LAPD Detective Stephen Katz Desk Drawer. A recess was
granted and a beeline was made to Detective Katz' desk where the documents were
found that corroborated the assertion that off duty LAPD officers participated
in the murder of Christopher Wallace.
A second suit was filed. This time the City of Los Angeles
promised the Wallace Estate that they would redouble their efforts if only the
suit was dropped. Within minutes of the suit being dismissed without prejudice the
Detective who was leading the investigation and denied any and all documents in
the Civil Trial was given 30 days to close down the case.
On June 24th, 2014, RJ Bond and Russell Poole brought a
confession letter to the LAPD. Attending the meeting were Deputy Chief Kirk
Albanese, Commander Kevin McCarthy, Captain William Hayes & Detective Daryn
Dupree. Dupree was introduced as the current lead investigator in the Tupac and
Biggie Smalls cases. RJ says, "There were assurances given by Chief
Albanese that the letter would be handled carefully and that it wouldn't find
its way on to the streets."
Daryn Dupree has two convictions from an Administrative
Board of Rights where he was found guilty of illegally accessing LAPD computers
for information about the girlfriend of a target in an FBI drug probe and using
illegally cloned cellphones. Daryn Dupree also happens to be the former partner
of the previous detective who was formerly lead in the Biggie Smalls Murder
Investigation and who had been ordered to shut down the case minutes after the
civil suit was dismissed.
The confession letter appeared on an Internet anarchist
website on August 18th. Just six days later Suge Knight was shot in a West
Hollywood nightclub. LAPD leaked the letter instead of investigating it as
Chief Albanese had promised.
The City of Los Angeles' promise to reinvigorate the
investigation into the killing of Christopher Wallace was a bogus ploy to have
the case dismissed. Perry Sanders, lead attorney for the Wallace Estate in both
civil suits, has confirmed that the case can be re-filed. The City of Los
Angeles may still be taken to task for their role in killing rapper Christopher
Wallace and for their consistent efforts to cover-up and derail the
investigation.
If the City of Los Angeles is found liable they may be
forced to pay the Estate of Christopher Wallace a sum equal to what the rapper
would have earned during his lifetime; a sum that could total up to three
billion dollars. The City may then be forced to pay triple punitive damages to
the Wallace Estate. The total exposure for the City of Los Angeles may exceed
nine billion dollars.
Two weeks ago I reached out to Mike Feuer, Eric Garcetti,
and Ron Galperin to put this situation on their radar screen. Only Ron Galperin
responded to me. I advised them to reach out to the Wallace Estate and attempt
to reach a pre-emptive settlement. None of them were involved in any of the
previous negotiations with the Estate so it may mean a new leaf gets turned
over in the case. Either way, the book "Tupac:187" is a roadmap to
reignite the Wallace Civil Suit or the investigations into the murders of Tupac
and Biggie.
There is an Internal Affairs Investigation into the leak of
the confession letter: IA CF NO. 14-001995. So far no disciplinary action has
been taken in the case and Detective Daryn Dupree is still heading up the
Wallace Investigation.
The City of Los Angeles has the responsibility to do the
right thing here in spite of previous corruption within the City of Los Angeles
and the LAPD. It is time to settle with the Wallace Estate by following through
on the promise to seriously investigate the case by putting someone at the helm
who will not leak confidential information and will instead investigate it.
