I Made $1 Mil A Day as a Dirty Cop - Then I Found Jesus

The Deep End With Lecrae

Lecrae

Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 602 Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2025

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

Meet Ruben Palomares, a former LAPD officer who played on both sides of the law, whose life took an unimaginable turn. From growing up in the gang-ridden streets of L.A., surviving childhood abuse, and navigating the dangers of law enforcement in the '90s, Ruben's journey is one of power, corruption, and ultimate redemption.

🔹 Growing up in the heart of gang violence

🔹 Becoming an LAPD officer and joining the Rampart CRASH unit

🔹 The dark descent into crime, drug operations, and police corruption

🔹 His shocking arrest in a DEA sting operation

🔹 How he found hope, transformation, and a new purpose in Jesus

Let's go to the Deep End

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0:00.0	If you die, you die, that's your problem.
0:01.6	Shouldn't have been a gangster.
0:02.6	And when I see him dead, I'd be upset.
0:04.4	I said, unfortunately, wasn't me that shot him.
0:06.5	We made up the rules.
0:07.4	If you want to be my informant, I got dope on you or I got a gun on you. You're going to work for me. I'm going to put it on. I mean, you got a whole drug ring going on. How much money you feel like you're making at this time?
0:17.7	Making like a million bucks a hit.
0:20.0	Sheesh.
0:20.4	I'm going to hell.
0:21.4	There's no way out of house.
0:22.3	So might as well go out in the bank.
0:23.6	I didn't know about salvation I didn't know anything about the scriptures I was cursed by a witch when I was a cop I didn't know this hold on the gangsters have witches working for them and they do curse some people and they jared my palm and read the terror cards and says hey I see somebody did a curse on your burial curse. They want you dead. And I'm just starting to pray this prayer. And something comes out of me, pulls my whole body, comes out of me. The encounter with God, like, were you just, like, at a place where you're like, I'll take anything? No, it was the fact that God was willing to forgive me. It really broke me down right there. And I told God, you know what? I don't want to be this animal. I said, I want to know you, the God of the Bible.
0:58.0	I don't want to forgive me. It really broke me down right there. And I told God, you know what? I don't want to be
0:54.9	the guy anymore. I said, I want to know you, the God of the Bible. I don't want to know the religions.
0:59.7	I don't want to know all this crazy stuff. I want to know you.
1:04.8	This is the Deep End with La Cray.
1:09.6	All right, ladies and gentlemen, I'm excited. This episode is one that is near and dear to my
1:16.6	heart because, man, it's just a story that weaves in and out of some stuff that I've experienced
1:23.6	and some family members. It just touches on a lot of different emotions. We have an
1:30.8	incredible guest here. I was fortunate enough to hear his story, and I think everyone else will be
1:37.7	blessed by it. We have someone who is a former LAPD officer, and now a spokesperson, a leader, a communicator,
1:47.5	and somebody whose life has been transformed.
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