Summary:The Rampart scandal refers to widespread corruption in the Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums (or CRASH) anti-gang unit of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) Rampart Division in the late 1990s. More than 70 police officers in the CRASH unit were implicated in misconduct, making it one of the most widespread cases of documented police misconduct in United States history. The convicted offenses include unprovoked shootings, unprovoked beatings, planting of evidence, framing of suspects, stealing and dealing narcotics, bank robbery, perjury, and covering up evidence of these activities.
The New Rampart Police Station
The Rampart Scandal is notable in popular culture because at least three Rampart police were found to be on the payroll of hip-hop mogul Marion "Suge" Knight of Death Row Records, a convicted felon with known ties to the Bloods gang. Moreover, detective testimony and a wrongful death lawsuit filed on April 16, 2007 holds Rampart CRASH officers Nino Durden, Rafael Pérez and David Mack responsible for the 1997 drive-by murder of multi platinum-selling hip hop recording artist Notorious B.I.G.
As of May 2001, the Rampart investigation, based mainly on statements of the admitted corrupt cop (Pérez), implicated over 70 officers of wrongdoing. Of those officers, only enough evidence was found to bring 58 before an internal administrative board. Of the 70 officers named by Pérez, only 24 were actually found to have committed any wrongdoing, with 12 given suspensions of various lengths, 7 resigned, and 5 terminated. As a result of the probe into falsified evidence and police perjury, 106 prior criminal convictions were overturned. The Rampart Scandal resulted in more than 140 civil lawsuits against the city of Los Angeles, costing the city an estimated $125 million in settlements.
Possibly as a result of the scandal, Police Chief Bernard Parks was not rehired by Mayor James K. Hahn in 2001, and is believed to have precipitated Mayor Hahn's defeat by Antonio Villaraigosa in the 2005 election.
As of 2010 the full extent of Rampart corruption is not known, with several rape, murder and robbery investigations involving Rampart police remaining unsolved.
Cast :Steve Buscemi
Ben Foster
Robin Wright
Brie Larson
Sigourney Weaver
Woody Harrelson
Ice Cube
Anne Heche
Jon Bernthal
Cynthia Nixon
Jon Foster
Chuti Tiu
Stella Schnabel
Vic Polizos
Director:Oren Moverman
Writers:James Ellroy (story)
Oren Moverman (screenplay)
Produced :William Paul Clark....associate producer
Paul Currie .... executive producer
Michael DeFranco.... executive producer
Ben Foster .... producer
Lawrence Inglee.... producer
Ross Ioppolo .... co-producer
Kenneth Kao .... executive producer
Clark Peterson.... producer
Lila Yacoub .... executive producer
Film Editing :Jay Rabinowitz
Genres:Action,Crime,Drama,Thriller
Release Date:TBA 2011
Language:English
Filming Locations:Los Angeles, California, USA
Production Companies :Amalgam Features
Lightstream Pictures
Distributors :Eagle Films (2011) (Non-USA) (all media) (middle east)
Don't waste your time,Click the below watch and download button to preview orginal HD movie.
No comments:
Post a Comment