Don Sikorski

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  1. Episode 3: The Secret Files of the LAPD

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    Episode 3: The Secret Files of the LAPD

    Police Activist and LA insider Xavier Hermosillo goes on the record about investigative documents in the murder of Biggie that members of LAPD's Robbery/Homicide Division locked into a secret compartment at their offices. These files show proof that the LAPD covered-up the involvement of David Mack and Rafael Perez in the murder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    37 min
  2. Episode 15: Reggie Wright Jr & Phil Carson

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    Episode 15: Reggie Wright Jr & Phil Carson

    Reggie Wright Jr goes on the record with Phil Carson about the murder of Biggie. Reggie also talks about his relationship with the FBI and Death Row Records . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    1 h 40 min
  3. USA VS HIP HOP EP. 5

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    USA VS HIP HOP EP. 5

    The years of 1987 and ’88 ushered in the golden age of hip-hop, when a few groundbreaking artists, acting as cultural critics, show the power of this art form. Led by the protest rap of KRS-One, Public Enemy, Eric B & Rakim, among others, hip-hop was now shining a light on the plight of the inner-city struggle, the crack epidemic, mass incarceration & other societal plights. The presidential race of 1988 is filled with subtle racial dog whistles, aimed at scaring white America into voting for George H Bush. On the West Coast, we witness the rise of LA street gangs such as the Bloods & Crips, while NWA releases the seminal album Straight Outta Compton. **If you’re a fan of The Dossier, please visit our Patreon page for free and paid content featuring exclusive documents, unedited interviews, and monthly online meetups with other Dossier fans and the Dossier team. Go to Patreon.com/Dossier to subscribe!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    34 min
  4. USA VS HIP HOP EP. 6

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    USA VS HIP HOP EP. 6

    There were many defining events as it relates to the intersection of crime, the War on Drugs, and hip hop throughout the 80s. That being said, there was a singular event that took place in Southside Jamaica, Queens, in February of 1988 that arguably changed the course of policing in this country, the mythology of the drug trade, and symbolically ended the crack era for the exalted hustlers inside New York City. This event was the execution of a rookie NYPD Cop named Edward Byrne. The NYPD, led by Chief Bill Bratton, would form the Tactical Narcotics Team, aimed at systematically taking down all drug crews in the city. In part 2 of our interview with Prince Miller, he discusses the ramifications of Ed Byrne’s murder and Fat Cat Nichols' cooperation with the government leading to the fall of The Supreme Team. **If you’re a fan of The Dossier, please visit our Patreon page for free and paid content featuring exclusive documents, unedited interviews, and monthly online meetups with other Dossier fans and the Dossier team. Go to Patreon.com/Dossier to subscribe!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    31 min
  5. DOSSIER SEASON II - EP. 14: FRANK LYGA PT. 2

    TEMPORADA 2, EPISODIO 14

    DOSSIER SEASON II - EP. 14: FRANK LYGA PT. 2

    March 18th, 1997 - The events of that afternoon would have far reaching effects that are still felt to this day. Detective Frank Lyga’s life and career were never the same. That could also be said for the Los Angeles Police Department, which immediately faced a racial divide among fellow officers that only grew more intense once Gaines’ family hired attorney Johnny Cochran. It also served as the match that would eventually turn into the flame that became the Rampart Scandal and engulfed the city of Los Angeles. In greater detail then ever before, Frank Lyga takes listeners through the events of that fateful day, second by second. As Don Sikorski spoke to Lyga about the incident, it became clear just how much the granular minutia of that day are burned into his memory forever. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    35 min
  6. Episode 8: The FBI Informant, Suge Knight & San Quentin Prison

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    Episode 8: The FBI Informant, Suge Knight & San Quentin Prison

    FBI Informant Mario Hammonds was deposed in San Quentin Prison by lawyer Rob Frank on behalf of Voletta Wallace during the civil trial against the LAPD. In the deposition, Hammonds implicates Suge Knight, Reggie Wright Jr, David Mack, and Rafael Perez in orchestrating the murder of Biggie. Journalist Don Sikorski reveals a hidden document created by LAPD's Internal Affairs that has detailed information that implicates both Mack and Perez in the murder of Biggie. Phil Carson discusses the implications of this document on the case moving forward. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    34 min
  7. FAMILY BUSINESS: FORMER FBI AGENT GIOVANNI ROCCO

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    FAMILY BUSINESS: FORMER FBI AGENT GIOVANNI ROCCO

    We interview the former FBI undercover task force officer and author of Giovanni’s Ring: My Life Inside the Real Sopranos, who spent 26 years undercover penetrating New Jersey’s DeCavalcante crime family, the criminal organization known to law enforcement as “The Real Sopranos” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    33 min
  8. Episode 10: Michael Carlin & Suge Knight on Tupac and Biggie

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    Episode 10: Michael Carlin & Suge Knight on Tupac and Biggie

    Don Sikorski interviews Compton based journalist Michael Carlin about his work and information related to the murder of Biggie. Carlin traces the deep connections inside Compton, California, that led to Biggie's murder. Carlin also shares audio he recorded of Death Row Records founder Marion "Suge" Knight. Suge discusses both the murders of Tupac and Biggie. Suge also outlines the stealing of close to $30 Million from Death Row accounts by famed defense attorney David Kenner. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    37 min
  9. DOSSIER SEASON II - EP. 16: FRANK LYGA PT. 4

    TEMPORADA 2, EPISODIO 16

    DOSSIER SEASON II - EP. 16: FRANK LYGA PT. 4

    As Detective Lyga’s career twisted in the wind following the shooting death of Kevin Gaines, he would face a multitude of attacks from inside and outside the LAPD. It was just days after the incident that the Gaines family would hire Johnny Cochran as their attorney, who along with Carl Douglas immediately began to paint Lyga as an “out-of-control racist cop.” At the same time, the Officer Involved Shooting (OIS) investigation continued, headed by LAPD’s Robbery Homicide Detectives, while the District Attorney’s office considered charges stemming from the incident. Newly appointed LAPD Chief Bernard Parks would put Detective Lyga through three separate Shooting Boards, something never done to an LAPD officer before or since. Frank Lyga would find an ally inside the department, from one of the LAPD officers investigating the Gaines shooting — Robbery Homicide Detective Russell Poole. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    28 min
  10. DOSSIER SEASON II - BONUS EPISODE. 5: THE RAMPART REPORT

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    DOSSIER SEASON II - BONUS EPISODE. 5: THE RAMPART REPORT

    If you say the name Rampart to anyone, maybe they have heard and identify it with an immense police scandal inside the Los Angeles Police Department. In this podcast, I believe if you counted, it has been mentioned 100s of times. There also is case to be made that when people say RAMPART, they might tell you they know what the story is, BUT DO THEY REALLY understand and know the various aspects of it? Now coming up on its 25 year anniversary, I felt the need to really go back in time for my own personal knowledge to examine each aspect of it. In the words of famed journalist and author Randall Sullivan, Rampart might be the biggest LIE that an American police department has ever spun. Even more importantly, I wanted to undertake this exercise because I have a feeling very soon, Rampart will be back in the American cultural zeitgeist with television specials or documentary series, everyone in TV loves an anniversary, so for me I am just getting a head start. With the Dossier, what I have tried to do is base my reporting and investigating on a road map, and the road map I want to use for these series of episodes on Rampart, is a document titled: The Los Angeles Police Department Board of Inquiry into the Rampart Area Corruption Incident, authored by the illustrious Los Angeles ex-Chief of Police Bernard C. Parks written March 1, 2000. I will be pulling information from the report, written by the police department itself to see, where are the lies, where are the contradictions, and where is the spin. Maybe at this point three years post scandal, the LAPD decided it was time to come clean, or MAYBE this report was the NARRATIVE that Parks wanted to be cemented in History. We will find out together some of those answers and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    28 min
  11. Episode 4: FBI Agent Phil Carson Defines the Cover-Up

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    Episode 4: FBI Agent Phil Carson Defines the Cover-Up

    FBI Agent Phil Carson walks Don Sikorski through different layers of the LAPD Cover-Up and the connection between upper management in Police Chief Bill Bratton's operation at the LAPD. Phil Carson also connects journalist Chuck Phillips and the LA Times to the cover-up. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    40 min
  12. Episode 5: FBI Informant Psycho Mike Robinson & the LAPD

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    Episode 5: FBI Informant Psycho Mike Robinson & the LAPD

    Phil Carson continues to break down his FBI investigation into the LAPD cover-up in the murder of Biggie. He goes in-depth about his FBI operation to wire Psycho Mike and confront alleged hitman Amir Muhammad. Richard Valdemar of the LA County Sheriff's Department connects the dots on who Psycho Mike was and why he was a trusted informant for the Sheriff's department and the FBI. Valdemar uncovers the relationship between Suge Knight, Reggie Wright Jr., and Amir Muhammad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    39 min
  13. #731: The LAPD Cover-Up Of The Murder Of Biggie With Don Sikorski

    07/12/2023

    #731: The LAPD Cover-Up Of The Murder Of Biggie With Don Sikorski

    Thank you so much for tuning in for another episode of Tin Foil Hat with Sam Tripoli. This episode we welcome Investigative Reporter Don Sikorski to discuss his deep deep dive research into what actually happened on the day Biggie Smalls got shot and the truth of who was behind it. This episode was fire. Thank you for your support. Please support The Chaos Twins Indiegogo. Join the Army Of Chaos: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/chaos-twins-1-by-sam-tripoli-paranoid-american--2/coming_soon/x/5548203 Want to see Sam Tripoli live? 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    1 h 45 min
  14. DOSSIER SEASON II - EP. 1: MACK ATTACK

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    DOSSIER SEASON II - EP. 1: MACK ATTACK

    As we ended up production of Season One of The Dossier, Criminal Minded Media's Don Sikorski had begun a quest to track down the alleged coconspirators of the plot to murder The Notorious B.I.G., rogue ex-LAPD officers Raphael Perez and David Mack. In this episode Sikorski attempts to get an agreement done with Mack to tell his story. Welcome to Season Two of The Dossier. A special thanks to Richard Phillips, Kevin Connolly, Nicole Luciano, John Anagnopoulos, Phil Carson, Sergio Robledo, Brad Furman and Jess Fuerst, Zion, RJ Bond, Randall Sullivan, Perry Sanders, Grace Sikorski, Little D, Chris Colbert, DCP Entertainment and many others who have helped me to investigate, distribute, create and release The Dossier.  The Dossier Season II: The Secret Biggie FBI Files, is a production of Criminal Minded Media, DCP Entertainment, and Action Park Media. The key moments in this episode are: 00:00:12 - David Mack's Background and Arrest 00:01:47 - Tracking Down Alleged Co-Conspirators 00:04:32 - The Enigma of David Mack 00:06:21 - Engaging David Mack in Conversation 00:17:40 - Meeting Harry Billups and the LAPD 00:18:27 - Mack's Behavior and Reactions 00:19:23 - LAPD Involvement and Russ Poole's Claims 00:20:23 - Phil Carson's Report and Mack's Demeanor 00:22:53 - Negotiating a Deal with Mack Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    34 min
  15. Episode 1: Agent Phil Carson

    TEMPORADA 1, EPISODIO 1

    Episode 1: Agent Phil Carson

    Journalist Don Sikorski is able to track down FBI Agent Phil Carson, the only FBI Agent to ever investigate the murder of Biggie and the triangle of corruption of the LAPD, City Attorney, and LA Times. Phil Carson goes on the record for the first time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    32 min
  16. USA VS HIP HOP EP. 4

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    USA VS HIP HOP EP. 4

    As hip hop and the war on drugs hit the mid 1980s, it can be argued that both commercial endeavors hit their strides in inner cities across the United States. As crack cocaine exploded, members of the United States government enacted one of the first steps in the revolution of our criminal justice system in soaring incarceration rates. The comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984 was the first revision of the US Criminal Code since the early 1900s. It was sponsored by a racist Strom Thurmond, a Republican from South Carolina in the Senate, and by Hamilton Fish, a Republican from New York. **If you’re a fan of The Dossier, please visit our Patreon page for free and paid content featuring exclusive documents, unedited interviews, and monthly online meetups with other Dossier fans and the Dossier team. Go to Patreon.com/Dossier to subscribe!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    29 min
  17. Episode 9: Phil Carson & The United States Attorney

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    Episode 9: Phil Carson & The United States Attorney

    Phil Carson investigated the murder of Biggie for close to 2 years inside the FBI. With the approval of his bosses, Carson took the prosecutive report to the United States Attorney in Los Angeles to file charges against LAPD Officers David Mack, Rafael Perez, and the LAPD as it relates to the cover-up in the murder of Biggie. Journalist Don Sikorski receives a phone call from Compton based journalist Michael Carlin, with an audio interview with Suge Knight, speaking about the murder of Biggie. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    28 min
  18. Episode 7: The LA Times and the Murder of Biggie

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    Episode 7: The LA Times and the Murder of Biggie

    Phil Carson explains how the LAPD used the LA Times as a tool in the cover-up. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chuck Phillips has secrets buried to this day surrounding the murder of Biggie and his relationship with LAPD brass Mike Berkow. Exclusive audio from inside California's San Quentin Prison ties Suge Knight to David Mack, Rafael Perez, and Amir Muhammad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    31 min
  19. Episode 2: Dirty Cop Rafael Perez vs. LAPD

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    Episode 2: Dirty Cop Rafael Perez vs. LAPD

    Prison Inmate Kenneth Boagni spent time in protective custody with former LAPD Officer Rafael Perez. While in jail Perez confessed to Boagni his involvement in the murder of Biggie. Boagni also describes the efforts of LA City Attorney Don Vincent to muzzle him and the information he holds. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    35 min
  20. DOSSIER SEASON II - EP. 13: FRANK LYGA ORIGIN STORY PT. 1

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    DOSSIER SEASON II - EP. 13: FRANK LYGA ORIGIN STORY PT. 1

    Since March of 1997, former LAPD Detective Frank Lyga has been an enigma, followed by whispers and innuendo regarding his involvement in the shooting death of fellow LAPD officer Kevin Gaines. With the exception of a 23 year old interview with PBS Frontline, the notoriously press shy Lyga has never gone on the record about his time at the LAPD with anyone inside the media. Because of that, very little is known about the man outside of what transpired on March 18th, 1997. That’s about to change. In part one of a series of exclusive interviews with Don Sikorski, former detective Lyga gives us his origin story. He talks about what led him to joining the LAPD, as well as his career as a police officer prior to the events that changed his life in an instant. The Dossier II: The Secret Biggie FBI Files is a production of Criminal Minded Media, Action Park Media and DCP Entertainment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    28 min
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