Whether this film is a step closer to justice is yet to be determined, but it was an opportunity for those who previously felt silenced to share their experiences and perspectives. They’re crazy.”īroomfield’s past documentary inspired an FBI investigation into the matter. When they arrive at an interview subject’s home, she warns him, “Remember, they’re from England. “How the fuck is Nick the ex-police when he’s from fucking England?” Much of the film is only possible because of Pam, but she also adds some levity to the dark subject matter. “If he was an ex-police officer, do you think I would help him or fuck with him?” she asks a man over the phone. Often, she would have to assure her connections about Broomfield’s motives. However, many of his interviews would have been nearly impossible to access without the help of one of his producers, Pam Brooks.īrooks is from the same area of Compton as Suge and knows many of his old friends and colleagues. It is true that people are less fearful to speak out now that Knight is not a threat. Speaking about the night of Biggie’s death she says, “It would have been impossible. She was a former mentor and manager of Tupac’s and knew several of the cops implicated with Knight and Death Row. “Any gang member who could have shot or killed Biggie, could only have done so with police involvement and support,” Leila Steinberg says. In an interview with a judge on the LAPD’s Board of Rights hearing, Xavier Hermosillo, claims he saw a photograph of David Mack and Rafael Perez, two of the cops allegedly involved with Knight, wearing red from head to toe, the colour of the Bloods, with a young woman standing in between them whom he recognized as the daughter of the chief of police.Īlmost 20 years later, Broomfield finally accessed more witnesses who corroborate Poole’s theory, including other members of Knight’s gang, employees at Death Row Records, music agents and many more, some of whom were present during both killings. Parks, prevented him from investigating further, due to the involvement of the LAPD. Poole told Bloomfield in 2002 that the chief of police, Bernard C. In fact, Bloomfield reveals, Russell Poole originally alleged the connection between Knight and the murders. The film details the escalation of a gang war that Knight largely enflamed that resulted in the deaths of these two talents. “People are no longer as intimidated since Suge’s incarceration and started talking more freely about Suge being the shadow behind Tupac Shakur’s and Biggie Smalls’ murders.” “Suge Knight’s sentencing for 28 years signaled the end of his power, the end of his empire,” Broomfield’s opening narration states. The film opens with footage of Knight being sentenced to 28 years in prison in 2018 for voluntary manslaughter, running down another music executive in a parking lot in Compton, LA. In airing and considering Poole’s dedicated work, Broomfield pursues justice for Biggie, but also vindication for Poole. Broomfield was able to organize a meeting between Poole and Biggie’s mother, who seeks justice and closure, to share his findings before he passed away in 2015. Still, he continued to do his work, setting up his own private detective agency. He was ostracized and eventually pushed out, retiring early, citing corruption at the institution. Poole’s theory did not make him popular at work. According to Poole, several dirty officers were members of Suge’s gang, Mob Pirus, and moonlighted at Death Row Records, often working security. The Last Man Standing explores the investigative work of late LAPD detective Russell Poole who laid allegations against his former employer. The second and more controversial accusation the film makes is against the LAPD for colluding and covering up the murder. Suge Knight, music executive and CEO of Tupac’s record label, Death Row Records, has long been suspected of ordering the hit against Biggie as retaliation for Tupac’s drive-by killing in 1996. Since investigating their deaths in his 2002 documentary, Biggie & Tupac, Broomfield has uncovered new evidence and interviewed more witnesses that may finally lead to some answers surrounding Biggie’s unsolved murder in 1997. The Last Man Standing: Suge Knight and the Murders of Biggie & Tupacįilmmaker Nick Broomfield revisits the murders of rappers Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls in The Last Man Standing: Suge Knight and the Murders of Biggie & Tupac.
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