The C.O.W.S. LAbyrinth The Assassination of Tupac Shakur and Christopher Wallace, LAPD Racism Part 8 (Conclusion)

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Thursday, July 29th 8:00PM Eastern/ 5:00PM Pacific

The Context of White Supremacy hosts the 8th and final study session on Randall Sullivan’s LAbyrinth : A Detective Investigates the Murders of Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G., the Implications of Death Row Records’ Suge Knight, and the Origins of the Los Angeles Police Scandal. Sullivan is an actor, journalist, producer, screenwriter, and author who’s hosted a television program on Oprah Winfrey’s network and written reports for The Washington Post and Rolling Stone. And, he’s a White man. LAbyrinth is his construction of White male LAPD officer Russell Poole’s investigations into the murders of officer Kevin Gaines (black male) and Christopher Wallace. Last week’s session continued Sullivan’s harangue of disgraced and convicted officer Rafael Perez. Sullivan emphasizes the racially ambiguous Perez offered dishonest testimony and could not be trusted on any account. In line with the theory of LAPD being unable to handle any more racial strife, Sullivan theorizes that former police Bernard Parks covered up for black officers, while the Los Angeles Times failed to report accurate information about the police investigation of the Christopher Wallace (Biggie Smalls) murder. Sullivan completely ignores David Kenner’s involvement with Death Row Records and their alleged criminal activity during the conclusion of the text.