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Former investigator of 8.1. G.
murder praises Death Row film
Detective Russell Poole, who headed
the investigation into the murder of
Notorious 8.1. G., until his resignation
from the Los Angeles Police Depart
ment over differences with police chief
Bernard Parks surrounding the matter,
says the documentary film Welcome to
Death Row is a fascinating and credible
look at the controversial record label
headed by Marion “Suge” Knight. Poole
says, “Knight and some ofhis employees
have been given the key to the city,
based on the failure to properly and fully
investigate matters.”
Thefeature-length filmis available at
video stores nationwide, and is distrib
uted by the Santa Monica, California
based Xenon Pictures, Inc. Poole, who
was interviewed last year in a lengthy
articlein Rolling Stone Magazine about
controversies surrounding Knight, says
L.A.P.D. officers were working for Death
Row, and that the department’s fear of
unethical conflicts of interests being
exposed caused several investigations
surrounding the label to be squashed by
the department.
Poole says he is heavily featured in an
upcomingbook that will be released this
spring about the murder of Notorious
8.1. G. and “the failures of the police
departmenttotakeaction.” Poole states,
“lI was the only detective that kept
Biggie’s mother up to date on what was
going on. She’s upset that no one at the
department keeps in contact with her,
and that she has to go through so many
channels,just tofind anything out. This
is about the murder of her son.
“I had access to a lot of information,
working for the department,” says Poole,
who alleges, “There’s a connection be
tween Suge Knight and members of the
police department. He was underesti
mated in many ways. He had dozens of
officers working for him.” Poole con
tents that among them, that there were
officers from the Los Angeles Rampart
Division, which had been highly publi
cized for scandals.
Poole says that Parks Knew about
problems surrounding police officers and
the record label for several years, but
that he would never allow full-on inves
tigations to occur when they should
have been enacted. “In the long run,
who knows what his motivation was,”
says Poole. “Especially knowing that
they try to keep things from the public.
However, I was not a palitician. I was
assigned to investigate. What I was
Wycliffe Gordon to solo with the
Augusta Concert Band, March 10
The Third Annual Cleon W. Mauldin
Memorial Concert by the Augusta Con
cert Band will again feature the great
jazz trombonist, Wycliffe Gordon. The
concert will be at 7 p.m. on Sunday,
March 10 in the Per
forming Arts The
atre of Augusta ‘
State University.
The program, which
will be conducted by
Dr. Alan Drake and
Mr. Ben Easter, will
feature band music
commemorating the
September 11 tragedy.
Among those pieces
will be “Symphonic
Variations on Amazing
Grace,” “Rise of the
Firebird,” “Blessed Are
They,”“Rakoczy March,”
“American the Beautiful”
and “Stars and Stripes
Forever.” Mr. Gordon will playsev
eral selections including “Prayer of St.
Gregory,”“But Not For Me,” “Blue Moon”
and “Embraceable You.” Jim Davis will
serve as announcer. Tickets will be
available at the door — adults, $6; stu
dents and senior citizens, $3. ASU stu
Brookwood hosts “Alice in
Wonderland” dinner theater
Brookwood Elementary, 455 S. Old
Belair Road of Grovetown, Ga., will
presentits “Alicein Wonderland”dinner
theater Monday and Tuesday, March 25
and 26, 2002. Dinner will be served at
6:15 p.m. followed by the musical “Alice
in Wonderland.” Reserved seating only.
Fifth graders will be waiting tables and
serving food to make this annual dinner
theater a huge success. Tickets avail
able at Brookwood.
This colorful musical features a cast of
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trying to do was thwarted by Chief
Parks. There has to be reason why. I
think that for me to fully investigate all
of these connections between people, it
would have opened up a can of worms,
because the police chief was in charge
of Internal Affairs at the time when a
lot of these strange things started hap
pening.” Poole notes, “the fact that
there were police officers working for
Death Row madeit a conflict ofinterest
because of the well known gang ties of
various people who worked for and
associated with Death Row.”
Poole says, “I think watching the film
Welcome to Death Row was very coura
geous, because what I found is that not
only politicians and some police offic
ers, but also people in the music and
film industry are afraid to get involved
in such releases because thereis a fear
of retaliation. They fear Knight and
Kenner, because they know what they
are capable of.” He adds, “If the people
behind this film is that courageous,
then why can’t the police department
be courageous enough to investigate
itself?”
The film’s director, Leigh Savidge,
says, “The story of Death Row Records
is a tortured one, full of people who
made out big, who’ve crossed ranks, or
cut dealstohermetically seal the truth,
with all its ugly permutations. It hasa
near perfect arc, starting in the depths
of the ghetto, and ending in smoke
filled rooms within the highest corri
dors of power.”
dents, faculty and staff are admitted
free with ID.
This concert marks the third appear
ance of Wycliffe Gordon
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The concert completes “Dr. Drake’s
10* year as musical director ofthe band
which he founded in 1992.
37 auditioned fifth graders who sing,
dance and dramatize the famous fairy
tale made popular by Disney. Many
special effects, elaborate costuming,
makeup and lighting make this produc
tion a truly professional performance.
Free daytime shows of the musical
willbe held March 27 at 9 and 9:40a.m.,
and March 28 at 9:30 a.m.
For tickets or more information,
please call Brookwood Elementary at
855-7538 or fax 868-2182.
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