Larry Davis
BET’s American Gangsta just did a great story on Larry Davis. I watched it since I rarely turn the TV and the BET awards was on. It was a very gripping tale if you have the chance to check it out, please do.
“A little over 20 years ago, I became aware of the Larry Davis story, as an investigative reporter for the Village Voice in New York. His story was like some kind of action movie, complete with a shoot out with the cops, a month-long manhunt, and his capture in the South Bronx, which police helicopters, an array of police tanks, and a squadron of what looked like 150 police officers. Nuts. But the twist to this action story became a thriller, when Larry told the media the cops were looking to kill him because he was about to make it public knowledge he was selling drugs for a group of rogue cops. Initially, I didn’t believe him but after doing some interviews with some of his friends, people in the neighborhood, and even a few police officers who didn’t want to go on the record, I don’t think he made that story up. I believed him. And so did a Bronx jury that acquitted him in the shootout with the cops on November 19th, 1996, and the murder of 4 drug dealers on March 3, 1988,” HHDX
