<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">How did a shootout between two undercover cops on an LA freeway in 1997 lead to the discovery, and subsequent coverup, of one of the largest and most sinister networks of police crime and corruption in modern American History? Learn about Kevin Gaines, Suge Knight, Versace shirts, bank robberies, drug dealer cops, the Rampart Scandal, and more in this episode of Hidden History.</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Twitter: </strong><a href="https://twitter.com/HiddnHistoryPod">Link</a> </p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Patreon: </strong><a href="https://www.patreon.com/hiddenhistorypod">Link</a></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Shirts and more:</strong> <a href="https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/38859851">Link</a></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Sources and Further Reading</strong></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">PBS, Rampart Scandal Timeline: <a href="https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/lapd/scandal/cron.html">Link</a></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">PBS, The Outcome Of Rampart Scandal Investigations: <a href="https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/lapd/later/outcome.html#civil">Link</a></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">The Murder of the Notorious B.I.G.: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20040326194127/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/newsarticle.asp?nid=13927&amp;afl=msnf#middle">Link</a></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Cop Shoot Cop: <a href="https://thebaffler.com/salvos/the-literary-vaudeville-4">Link</a></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">4 Officers Back Tales of Parties After Shootings: <a href="https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-feb-12-mn-63628-story.html">Link</a></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Rafael Perez’s Statement to the court: <a href="https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/lapd/scandal/statement.html">Link</a></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Mugshots: Rafael Perez - LAPD's Notorius Cop: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcRdFWOyKIE&amp;ab_channel=FilmRise">Link</a></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">LAPD Detective Frank Lyga on Killing Police Officer Kevin Gaines: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQ_EfIrF0Qg&amp;ab_channel=JasmyneCannick">Link</a></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Ex-LAPD Officer Sentenced in Bank of America Robbery - Los Angeles Times: <a href="https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-sep-14-me-9966-story.html">Link</a></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Ex-LAPD Officer Is Stabbed in Prison - Los Angeles Times: <a href="https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-feb-07-me-22253-story.html">Link</a></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">2nd-Oldest Barracks in U.S. Closes : Marines Won't Be Defending Maine Anymore - Los Angeles Times: <a href="https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-09-18-mn-5849-story.html">Link</a></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">A Brief History of the Consent Decree: <a href="https://library.csun.edu/virtual-exhibit/LAFR/documents/Part3_Training_1.pdf">Link</a></p><p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"></p>