AJ 102 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Bernard C. Parks
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Russell poole: detective russell poole has been an investigator in the robbery-homicide. In 1998, lapdofficersassigned him an investigation into the alleged killing of a reputed gang member, ismael jimenez, and a potential cover-up of the crime. Throughout his investigation, he found a pattern of aggressive accusations from the task force antigang of the ramparts division. Gang leaders told poole and his friends that a number of officers threatened them, assaulted them and forced them to supply untraceable arms. The beating came because jimenez didn"t sell the officer"s pistol. In a search of the house of officer rafael perez, a member of the anti-gang task force, poole found a pack of half-dozen realistic plastic toy guns. He concluded that some of the officers in the division were "vigilante cops," and ordered further inquiry: after poole informed his superiors of what his investigation had found, the then. Lapd chief bernard parks ordered poole to restrict his investigation solely to the.
