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| name = David Mack |
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| nationality = [[United States|American]] |
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| known_for = Convicted in connection with the [[Rampart Scandal|Rampart police corruption scandal]] |
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| birth_name = David Anthony Mack |
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'''David Anthony Mack''' (born May |
'''David Anthony Mack''' (born May 30, 1961) is a former professional [[Track and field|runner]] and [[Los Angeles Police Department]] (LAPD) officer involved in the [[LAPD Rampart Division|Rampart Division]]'s [[Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums]] (CRASH) unit. He was one of the central figures in the LAPD [[Rampart scandal|Rampart police corruption scandal]]. Mack was arrested in December 1997 for [[robbery]] of $722,000 from a [[South Los Angeles|South Central Los Angeles]] branch of the [[Bank of America]]. He was sentenced to fourteen years and three months in [[federal prison]]. Mack has never revealed the whereabouts of the money. |
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==Early life== |
==Early life== |
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As an athlete, David Mack ran track for [[Locke High School]] and was champion at the [[CIF California State Meet]] at 880 yards for two years in a row.<ref name="Dyestat Cal"/> |
As an athlete, David Mack ran track for [[Locke High School]] and was champion at the [[CIF California State Meet]] at 880 yards for two years in a row.<ref name="Dyestat Cal"/> |
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He attended the [[University of Oregon]] where he ran track with his high school rival Jeff West. After West transferred to [[University of California, Los Angeles|UCLA]], Mack considered following suit, but was convinced to stay at UO by coach [[Bill Dellinger]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Meek|first=Austin|title=Austin Meek: The improbable return of David Mack|url=https://www.registerguard.com/sports/20180712/austin-meek-improbable-return-of-david-mack|access-date=2021-10-10|website=The Register-Guard|language=en}}</ref> While in college, Mack dated |
He attended the [[University of Oregon]] where he ran track with his high school rival Jeff West. After West transferred to [[University of California, Los Angeles|UCLA]], Mack considered following suit, but was convinced to stay at UO by coach [[Bill Dellinger]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Meek|first=Austin|title=Austin Meek: The improbable return of David Mack|url=https://www.registerguard.com/sports/20180712/austin-meek-improbable-return-of-david-mack|access-date=2021-10-10|website=The Register-Guard|language=en}}</ref> While in college, Mack dated world record holder in the 100m & 200m, [[Flo-Jo|Flo Jo]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Volk|first=Joe|title=Stable Boy: David Mack: A Story of Struggle, Success, Shadows, and Redemption|year=2021|publisher=Joe Volk |isbn=978-0578813097}}</ref> In 1980, as a freshman in college, he finished sixth in the [[United States Olympic Trials (track and field)|Olympic Trials]].<ref name="Hymans 2008" /> Mack won three [[Pac-10]] conference titles in the 800 and in his junior year, the [[NCAA Division I Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships|NCAA Division I Championship]] in the 800 meters. |
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As a professional, Mack ran for [[Santa Monica Track Club]]. He qualified for the [[United States at the World Athletics Championships|United States national team]], running the [[1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres|800 metres]] in the [[1983 World Championships in Athletics]] but failed to advance to the final.<ref name="IAAF 1987" /> He was the [[Pacemaker (running)|rabbit]] in [[Sydney Maree]]'s 1500 meter world record and one week later rabbited [[Steve Ovett]] to surpass that record.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Schroeder|first=George|date=2008|title=Road From Eugene|work=[[The Register-Guard]]|url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/ROAD+FROM+EUGENE.-a0180384295}}</ref> A stress fracture in his shin caused him to fail to make it out of the heats at the [[1984 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships|1984 USATF Championships]]. In 1985 he ran 1:43.35 seconds which at the time was the second fastest time ever by an American and still ranks 9th fastest.<ref>{{Cite web|title=U.S. All-Time List — Men|url=https://trackandfieldnews.com/tfn-lists/u-s-all-time-list-men/|access-date=2021-10-10|website=Track & Field News|language=en-US}}</ref> He failed to advance from the heats in the [[1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres|800m]] at the [[1987 World Championships in Athletics]].<ref name="Rolling Stone" /> Beset by fatigue from [[iron deficiency]], his last professional race was in 1988. |
As a professional, Mack ran for [[Santa Monica Track Club]]. He qualified for the [[United States at the World Athletics Championships|United States national team]], running the [[1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres|800 metres]] in the [[1983 World Championships in Athletics]] but failed to advance to the final.<ref name="IAAF 1987" /> He was the [[Pacemaker (running)|rabbit]] in [[Sydney Maree]]'s 1500 meter world record and one week later rabbited [[Steve Ovett]] to surpass that record.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Schroeder|first=George|date=2008|title=Road From Eugene|work=[[The Register-Guard]]|url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/ROAD+FROM+EUGENE.-a0180384295}}</ref> A stress fracture in his shin caused him to fail to make it out of the heats at the [[1984 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships|1984 USATF Championships]]. In 1985 he ran 1:43.35 seconds which at the time was the second fastest time ever by an American and still ranks 9th fastest.<ref>{{Cite web|title=U.S. All-Time List — Men|url=https://trackandfieldnews.com/tfn-lists/u-s-all-time-list-men/|access-date=2021-10-10|website=Track & Field News|language=en-US}}</ref> He failed to advance from the heats in the [[1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres|800m]] at the [[1987 World Championships in Athletics]].<ref name="Rolling Stone" /> Beset by fatigue from [[iron deficiency]], his last professional race was in 1988. |
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==Police career== |
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Mack joined the [[Los Angeles Police Department]] (LAPD) in 1988. He first worked as a patrol officer and then as an [[undercover operation|undercover]] narcotics officer. Mack next moved to a late shift in [[West Los Angeles]] in 1990, where he began a relationship with Errolyn Romero, a nineteen-year-old ticket taker at the Baldwin Theatre. Mack was awarded the [[LAPD Medal for Heroism]] in 1993 for shooting a drug dealer who reportedly threatened his partner, [[Rafael Pérez (police officer)|Rafael "Ray" Pérez]], although the event described by the two was later discovered to be a lie, and that the officers additionally had planted a gun on the suspect. |
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==Bank robbery== |
==Bank robbery== |
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In August 1997, Romero became employed at a [[Bank of America]] branch near the [[University of Southern California]] campus. On November 6, 1997, Mack entered the bank and claimed he wanted to access his [[safe deposit box]]. Romero admitted him to the secure area, where he threw her to the floor and [[robbery|robbed]] the vault of $722,000. |
In August 1997, Mack's lover, Errolyn Romero, became employed at a [[Bank of America]] branch near the [[University of Southern California]] campus. On November 6, 1997, Mack entered the bank and claimed he wanted to access his [[safe deposit box]]. Romero admitted him to the secure area, where he threw her to the floor and [[robbery|robbed]] the vault of $722,000. |
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In her capacity as branch assistant manager, Romero had ordered double the usual amount of cash to be on hand at the bank on the day of the robbery. After one month of investigation, Romero confessed to her role in the crime and implicated Mack as the mastermind.<ref name="Edward Lawson"/> He was arrested in December 1997. His two accomplices were never caught.<ref name="Rolling Stone"/><ref name="Lodi News Sentinel"/> |
In her capacity as branch assistant manager, Romero had ordered double the usual amount of cash to be on hand at the bank on the day of the robbery. After one month of investigation, Romero confessed to her role in the crime and implicated Mack as the mastermind.<ref name="Edward Lawson"/> He was arrested in December 1997. His two accomplices were never caught.<ref name="Rolling Stone"/><ref name="Lodi News Sentinel"/> |
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Mack was sentenced to fourteen years and three months in prison and has never revealed the whereabouts of the money.<ref name="PBS"/> He was released on May 14, 2010.<ref name="BOP"/><ref>{{cite web|last=Lawson|first=Edward|title=Rampart|url=http://edwardlawson.com/Rampart.html|access-date=October 7, 2013}}</ref> |
Mack was sentenced to fourteen years and three months in prison and has never revealed the whereabouts of the money.<ref name="PBS"/> He was released on May 14, 2010.<ref name="BOP"/><ref>{{cite web|last=Lawson|first=Edward|title=Rampart|url=http://edwardlawson.com/Rampart.html|access-date=October 7, 2013}}</ref> |
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According to the [[Tupac Shakur|Tupac]] documentary ''Assassination: Battle for Compton'', citing official legal documents, a reliable jail informant by the name of Ken Boagni, who befriended Rafael Perez in prison, stated Perez claimed the money stolen in the bank robbery was intended to go to Harry Billups, also known as Amir Muhammed, who was friends with Mack, for allegedly carrying out the murder of late rapper Christopher Wallace, also known as [[Biggie Smalls]], |
According to the [[Tupac Shakur|Tupac]] documentary ''Assassination: Battle for Compton'', citing official legal documents, a reliable jail informant by the name of Ken Boagni, who befriended Rafael Perez in prison, stated Perez claimed the money stolen in the bank robbery was intended to go to Harry Billups, also known as Amir Muhammed, who was friends with Mack, for allegedly carrying out the murder of late rapper Christopher Wallace, also known as [[Biggie Smalls]]. Because Billups failed to also murder [[Sean Combs]], the second intended target, Billups was not paid in full by his contractors, who are identified as Reggie Wright Jr. and David Kenner. Boagni claimed both Perez and Mack were involved in the murder of Wallace, but Billups was the shooter.<ref>{{Cite AV media |title=Assassination: Battle for Compton |last=Bond |first=Richard |type=Video |publisher=Bonded Films |year=2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Kooi |first=Brandon R. |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1243906336 |title=Seven highly effective police leaders : 1895-modern times |date=2022 |isbn=978-0-429-27222-6 |location=New York, NY |oclc=1243906336}}</ref> |
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==Relation to the murder of The Notorious B.I.G.== |
==Relation to the murder of The Notorious B.I.G.== |
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==Depictions in media== |
==Depictions in media== |
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In the biography film ''[[City of Lies]]'', David Mack is played by [[Shamier Anderson]] |
In the biography film ''[[City of Lies]]'', David Mack is played by [[Shamier Anderson]]. The film features the 1997 bank robbery.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Debruge |first=Peter |date=2021-03-18 |title='City of Lies' Review: Could Johnny Depp Have the Answer to the Notorious B.I.G.'s Murder? |url=https://variety.com/2021/film/reviews/city-of-lies-review-notorious-big-1234933421/ |access-date=2022-08-30 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref> |
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[[Omar Gooding]] depicted Mack in the television series ''Unsolved''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/tv/article/Unsolved-launches-with-gripping-probe-of-12634101.php|title='Unsolved' launches with gripping probe of Tupac, Biggie killings}}</ref> |
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==References== |
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| title = The Murder of the Notorious B.I.G. |
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| url = https://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5933056/the_murder_of_the_notorious_big |
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| date = May 18, 2001 |
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| magazine = [[Rolling Stone]] |
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| publisher = [[Jann Wenner]] |
| publisher = [[Jann Wenner]] |
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| access-date =August 22, 2012 |
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==Further reading== |
==Further reading== |
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* {{Cite book |last=Scott |first=Cathy |date=2002 |title=The Killing of Tupac Shakur |title-link=The Killing of Tupac Shakur |edition=2nd |location=Las Vegas |publisher=Huntington Press |isbn=978-0-929712-20-8 |oclc=51268651}} |
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⚫ | * {{Cite book |last=Sullivan |first=Randall |year=2002 |title=LAbyrinth: A Detective Investigates the Murders of Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G., the Implication of Death Row Records' Suge Knight, and the Origins of the Los Angeles Police Scandal |url=https://archive.org/details/labyrinthdetecti00sull |url-access=registration |location=New York |publisher=Atlantic Monthly Press |isbn=978-0-87113-838-5}} |
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Latest revision as of 22:29, 17 December 2024
David Mack | |
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Born | David Anthony Mack May 30, 1961 |
Other names | D. Mack |
Known for | Convicted in connection with the Rampart police corruption scandal |
Sports career | |
Country | United States |
Sport | Track and Field |
Event | 800 meters |
University team | Oregon Ducks |
Club | Santa Monica Track Club |
Sports achievements and titles | |
Personal bests | |
Police career | |
Country | United States |
Allegiance | Los Angeles |
Department | Los Angeles Police Department |
Service years | 1988–1997 |
Rank | |
Awards | LAPD Medal for Heroism |
David Anthony Mack (born May 30, 1961) is a former professional runner and Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officer involved in the Rampart Division's Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums (CRASH) unit. He was one of the central figures in the LAPD Rampart police corruption scandal. Mack was arrested in December 1997 for robbery of $722,000 from a South Central Los Angeles branch of the Bank of America. He was sentenced to fourteen years and three months in federal prison. Mack has never revealed the whereabouts of the money.
Early life
[edit]As an athlete, David Mack ran track for Locke High School and was champion at the CIF California State Meet at 880 yards for two years in a row.[2]
He attended the University of Oregon where he ran track with his high school rival Jeff West. After West transferred to UCLA, Mack considered following suit, but was convinced to stay at UO by coach Bill Dellinger.[3] While in college, Mack dated world record holder in the 100m & 200m, Flo Jo.[4] In 1980, as a freshman in college, he finished sixth in the Olympic Trials.[5] Mack won three Pac-10 conference titles in the 800 and in his junior year, the NCAA Division I Championship in the 800 meters.
As a professional, Mack ran for Santa Monica Track Club. He qualified for the United States national team, running the 800 metres in the 1983 World Championships in Athletics but failed to advance to the final.[6] He was the rabbit in Sydney Maree's 1500 meter world record and one week later rabbited Steve Ovett to surpass that record.[7] A stress fracture in his shin caused him to fail to make it out of the heats at the 1984 USATF Championships. In 1985 he ran 1:43.35 seconds which at the time was the second fastest time ever by an American and still ranks 9th fastest.[8] He failed to advance from the heats in the 800m at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics.[9] Beset by fatigue from iron deficiency, his last professional race was in 1988.
Bank robbery
[edit]In August 1997, Mack's lover, Errolyn Romero, became employed at a Bank of America branch near the University of Southern California campus. On November 6, 1997, Mack entered the bank and claimed he wanted to access his safe deposit box. Romero admitted him to the secure area, where he threw her to the floor and robbed the vault of $722,000.
In her capacity as branch assistant manager, Romero had ordered double the usual amount of cash to be on hand at the bank on the day of the robbery. After one month of investigation, Romero confessed to her role in the crime and implicated Mack as the mastermind.[10] He was arrested in December 1997. His two accomplices were never caught.[9][11]
Mack was sentenced to fourteen years and three months in prison and has never revealed the whereabouts of the money.[12] He was released on May 14, 2010.[13][14]
According to the Tupac documentary Assassination: Battle for Compton, citing official legal documents, a reliable jail informant by the name of Ken Boagni, who befriended Rafael Perez in prison, stated Perez claimed the money stolen in the bank robbery was intended to go to Harry Billups, also known as Amir Muhammed, who was friends with Mack, for allegedly carrying out the murder of late rapper Christopher Wallace, also known as Biggie Smalls. Because Billups failed to also murder Sean Combs, the second intended target, Billups was not paid in full by his contractors, who are identified as Reggie Wright Jr. and David Kenner. Boagni claimed both Perez and Mack were involved in the murder of Wallace, but Billups was the shooter.[15][16]
Relation to the murder of The Notorious B.I.G.
[edit]In April 2007, the estate of Christopher Wallace, a rapper who performed under the name The Notorious B.I.G., filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the City of Los Angeles, which also named Mack, Pérez, and Nino Durden as defendants.
The lawsuit alleged that the officers conspired to murder Wallace, and that Pérez and Mack were present the night of the drive-by shooting which claimed his life on March 9, 1997.[17] In 2010, a federal judge dismissed the lawsuit against the city and the officers.[18]
Depictions in media
[edit]In the biography film City of Lies, David Mack is played by Shamier Anderson. The film features the 1997 bank robbery.[19]
Omar Gooding depicted Mack in the television series Unsolved.[20]
References
[edit]- ^ a b IAAF. "IAAF: David Mack - Athlete Profile". Retrieved October 9, 2021.
- ^ "California State Meet Results - 1915 to present". Hank Lawson. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved December 25, 2012.
- ^ Meek, Austin. "Austin Meek: The improbable return of David Mack". The Register-Guard. Retrieved October 10, 2021.
- ^ Volk, Joe (2021). Stable Boy: David Mack: A Story of Struggle, Success, Shadows, and Redemption. Joe Volk. ISBN 978-0578813097.
- ^ Hymans, Richard (2008). "The History of the United States Olympic Trials – Track and Field" (PDF). USA Track & Field. Retrieved August 28, 2012.
- ^ "2nd IAAF World Championships in Athletics Roma 28-Aug/06-Sep-87: 800 metres: Men: Heat". International Association of Athletics Federations. Archived from the original on August 14, 2012. Retrieved August 22, 2012.
- ^ Schroeder, George (2008). "Road From Eugene". The Register-Guard.
- ^ "U.S. All-Time List — Men". Track & Field News. Retrieved October 10, 2021.
- ^ a b "The Murder of the Notorious B.I.G." Rolling Stone. Jann Wenner. May 18, 2001. Archived from the original on March 11, 2007. Retrieved August 22, 2012.
- ^ "Rampart". Retrieved October 7, 2013.
- ^ "LAPD officer suspected in $722,000 bank robbery". Lodi News-Sentinel. Marty Weybret. December 20, 1997. p. 10. Retrieved August 22, 2012.
- ^ "Rampart Scandal Timeline". Frontline. PBS. Retrieved August 22, 2012.
- ^ "Inmate Locator". Federal Bureau of Prisons. Retrieved August 22, 2012.
- ^ Lawson, Edward. "Rampart". Retrieved October 7, 2013.
- ^ Bond, Richard (2017). Assassination: Battle for Compton (Video). Bonded Films.
- ^ Kooi, Brandon R. (2022). Seven highly effective police leaders : 1895-modern times. New York, NY. ISBN 978-0-429-27222-6. OCLC 1243906336.
{{cite book}}
: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Amended Complaint, Estate of Christopher G.L. Wallace v. City of Los Angeles, et al., Civ. A. No. 2:07-cv-02956-JHN-RZ (C.D. Cal. May 27, 2008).
- ^ Estate of Christopher G.L. Wallace v. City of Los Angeles, et al., 2:07-cv-02956-FMC-RZx, slip op. at 4 (C.D. Cal. Apr 5, 2009) (Nguyen, J.).
- ^ Debruge, Peter (March 18, 2021). "'City of Lies' Review: Could Johnny Depp Have the Answer to the Notorious B.I.G.'s Murder?". Variety. Retrieved August 30, 2022.
- ^ "'Unsolved' launches with gripping probe of Tupac, Biggie killings".
Further reading
[edit]- Scott, Cathy (2000). The Murder of Biggie Smalls. New York: St. Martin's Press. ISBN 978-0-312-26620-2.
- Scott, Cathy (2002). The Killing of Tupac Shakur (2nd ed.). Las Vegas: Huntington Press. ISBN 978-0-929712-20-8. OCLC 51268651.
- Sullivan, Randall (2002). LAbyrinth: A Detective Investigates the Murders of Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G., the Implication of Death Row Records' Suge Knight, and the Origins of the Los Angeles Police Scandal. New York: Atlantic Monthly Press. ISBN 978-0-87113-838-5.
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[edit]- 1961 births
- African-American police officers
- American bank robbers
- American male middle-distance runners
- American police officers convicted of crimes
- Living people
- Los Angeles Police Department officers
- Oregon Ducks men's track and field athletes
- Police officers convicted of robbery
- Sportspeople from Compton, California
- Track and field athletes from California
- World Athletics Championships athletes for the United States
- 21st-century African-American people
- 20th-century African-American people
- Locke High School alumni
- Prisoners and detainees of the United States federal government
- NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners
- 20th-century American sportsmen