167: : Part 2, Greg Kading – LAPD cold case homicide Investigator

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🗓️ 22 October 2024

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Murph welcomes Greg Kading, a seasoned Los Angeles law enforcement professional with a 25-year career, to discuss the infamous murders of Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls. They discuss the various theories, the involvement of law enforcement, the role of gangs, the personal toll of the investigations on those involved, and the cultural implications of gangster rap. The episode balances serious topics with humor, showcasing the camaraderie and stories that come from a life in law enforcement.

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0:48.0	know our guest today is Greg Kading this is part two we were talking about the homicide investigator pool that had these theories about who was involved in these murders that were talking about
1:00.0	Shakur and Biggie Smalls. So Greg, during the break there you're giving me a little bit of update that
1:07.6	it really sounded interesting so if you would tell us a little bit more about that please.
1:11.2	Yeah so Poole after he gets frustrated, he leaves the department, he hooks up with a writer
1:17.2	from Rolling Stone magazine, they publish a book called Labyrinth.
1:21.0	The book is, it basically is laying out Poole's theory about the LAP's involvement
1:26.8	with crime about David Max involvement in the LAP's cover-up and so an attorney down in New Orleans reads it, Civil Rights Attorney, he becomes aware of the book, he contacts Biggie Small's mom,
1:38.2	Ledo Wallace, and says, hey, based on what I'm reading in this book, we have what I think is the foundation of a really good civil lawsuit against the LAPD let's pursue it and that's what starts the lawsuit
1:48.1	Well Poole meanwhile he's off trying to get his own life together because it's kind of spiraled out of
1:53.8	control he's gotten divorced in financial having difficulties and he
2:00.5	ultimately gets a piece of information a clue given to him by a investigative journalist at Fox News, a guy
2:10.9	named Chris Blatchford. Chris Blatchford had gotten this letter written
2:14.7	by a source of his years and years and years before
2:18.1	and he just threw this letter into his drawer. And it was this person wrote this letter saying that they knew who killed Tupac Shakur.
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