6/12/2023 0 Comments Last man standing suge knightThe Poochie theory was based "on the flimsiest of evidence, and it was obviously to dispel the Biggie Smalls lawsuit", Broomfield alleges. By this point, Kading's suspect could not be charged Poochie was dead, gunned down while riding a motorbike in 2003. In 2006, amid a wrongful death lawsuit filed by Wallace's family, which was eventually dismissed, the LAPD reopened the Biggie case, with retired detective Greg Kading concluding that Knight had commissioned a gang member called Wardell "Poochie" Fouse to carry out the shooting. Suge Knight went to prison and a lot of people were prepared to come forward and say things that they were never going to say before." "Over the 20 years, there were certain developments. "I kept in touch with Russell Poole a bit," he tells Sky News. Pic: Dogwoofīroomfield says he wanted to return to the story because he always believed Poole was right - and with Knight in prison, he felt more confident of finding evidence to try to prove it. Image: Russell Poole was an LAPD detective who believed fellow officers were involved in Wallace's murder. A legal representative for Knight did not respond to Sky News' request for comment. The LAPD told Sky News it did not want to comment on the claims and the documentary, but has previously denied the allegations. Poole, who featured in the first documentary, retired early and went on to continue his investigations privately, the case consuming his life he died after suffering an aneurysm in 2015, while discussing the Tupac and Biggie murders at the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. These are not new accusations claims about Knight and the alleged involvement of corrupt police were made years ago by LAPD officer Russell Poole, a leading investigator in the Biggie case who was "vilified" by the force, says Broomfield. The documentary paints a picture of Death Row as a workplace entrenched in violence and misogyny, and features new testimonies supporting the theory that Knight commissioned the hit on Biggie - with "dirty cops" from the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) allegedly involved. ![]() Steinberg is one of several people featured in Broomfield's follow-up, Last Man Standing, which sees the director revisiting the story almost 20 years later.
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