Kevin Gaines Road Rape Case

Let’s begin with the killing of Los Angeles Police Department officer Kevin Gaines. He was shot by undercover officer frank Lyga. Lyga was involved in a road rage incident with Gaines and suspected him of being a gang member. After his untimely death it came to be known that on his off duty time he worked as a security guard. It also came to light that this was not his first road rage case where he would threaten drives with a gun. Kevin Gaines came to be employed on his off time by Suge Knight who owned Death Row Records. After a 12 month investigation and followed by 3 internal investigations officer Lyga was cleared of any wrong doing. The city was ultimately hit with a wrongful death suit by Kevin Gaines’s family. Their attorney Johnny Cochran later settled with the city for a payout of $250,000 dollars.
According to Frontline (2014) a bank of America was robbed for over $772,000 dollars. The manager of the bank later …show more content…
The officer as well as his partner were fired for misconduct and Jimenez filed a civil suit against the city. He was later awarded a settlement and then he was sent to prison on various charges. Frontline (2014) states that The Los Angeles Police Department property room found that some cocaine that was brought in as evidence was missing. (Para 4). Frontline (2014) states that LAPD Chief Bernard Parks puts together a task force to investigate the corrupt activity and ties to Death Row Records. The team was called the Rampart Corruption Task Force and their first task was to investigate and prosecute fellow Officer Rafael Perez. The task force did another audit of the property room and found that there were 7 pounds of cocaine missing. Frontline (2014) states that In December 1998 Perez was brought to trial on a variety of charges. It was announced that there was a mistrial and so in the fall of 1999 Perez makes a deal with the prosecution. (Para