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May 26, 2024 · In the 2001 crime thriller 'Training Day,' Denzel Washington's corrupt cop character Alonzo Harris exposed the dark underbelly of police corruption.
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Mar 2, 2021 · No, ‘Training Day’ is not based on a true story. The script was written by David Ayer in 1995, a few years before the Rampart scandal, associated with the LAPD, broke out. Having said this, however, the director did mention that the scandal fuelled the completion of the movie.
- Rafael Pérez and The Robbery of A Los Angeles Bank
- The Formation of The Crash Task Force
- How Rafael Pérez Became A Dirty Cop
- Why Rampart Crash Was A Gang in Its Own Right
- How Rafael Pérez Exposed The Blue Brotherhood of Rampart
Over the weekend of November 8, 1997, LAPD officer Rafael Pérez and two other men gambled and partied in Las Vegas. They had reason to celebrate. Two days earlier, one of the men, David Mack, had masterminded the robbery of the Los Angeles branch of Bank of America. According to The Los Angeles Times, $722,000 had been stolen. The investigating off...
In 1979, the LAPD created a specialized anti-gang task force with good intentions in reaction to a surge in the drug trade and related gang activity. Known as Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums (CRASH), every division had its own branch. And in Rampart Division, the CRASH unit was seen as a necessity. The division encompassed a densely pop...
Rafael Pérez was born in Puerto Rico in 1967. When he was five years old, his mother moved him and his two brothers to the U.S. Pérez’s father stayed behind in Puerto Rico. The closest Pérez came to seeing him was via a photograph at age 30. By that stage, Pérez was rampaging through Rampart. Pérez and his family eventually moved to North Philadelp...
Rafael Pérez stated Rampart CRASH became a brotherhood, a gang in its own right. One of the most corrupt examples happened just a year after Pérez joined CRASH. On October 12, 1996, Pérez and his partner, Nino Durden, shot and framed 19-year-old Javier Ovando, an unarmed gang member. The shooting had left Ovando paralyzed from the waist down. Accor...
In December 1998, Rafael Pérez, having been charged with possession of cocaine with intent to sell, grand theft, and forgery, was brought to trial. After five days of deliberations, the jury announced that it was deadlocked, with a final vote of 8-4 favoring conviction. Prosecutors began preparing their case for a retrial. Investigators uncovered a...
Sep 23, 2021 · In a July 1999 Variety report it was revealed that Samuel L. Jackson and Matt Damon were attached to star in Training Day, with hopes of starting production at some point by the end of that...
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Jul 18, 2023 · From 18th Street to Temple Street, from crooked cops to Mexican Mafia tax collectors- the stroy behind the man who inspiredJoin this channel to get access to...
Sep 23, 2022 · From Crenshaw, Hawthorne, and Rampart to Palmwood Drive, Watts, and the Imperial Courts Housing Project, "Training Day" was determined to keep it real. Alonzo is based on real LAPD officers...
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Sep 21, 2022 · The short answer is: yes and no. While the actual series of events that occurs over the course of Training Day are not directly based on anything real, certain aspects of the movie are....
