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Rep. Jonathan Jackson Recalls Seeing Tupac After 1996 Shooting
Rep. Jonathan Jackson
I Saw Tupac Dying …
Justice Took Too Damn Long
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Rep. Jonathan Jackson says Tupac Shakur‘s murder verdict brought back a night he’ll never forget … the night he saw Pac clinging to life.
Charlie caught up with the Illinois congressman on Capitol Hill Tuesday after Duane “Keffe D” Davis was found guilty of first-degree murder in Tupac’s 1996 killing.
Jackson says he was at the Mike Tyson fight that night with his father, Rev. Jesse Jackson … and the two later went to the hospital, where Jonathan saw Tupac in “pretty bad shape.”
“I’ve prayed for this day,” Jackson said of the verdict … but he wasn’t exactly giving investigators a victory lap.
Jackson pointed to Keffe D’s own public admissions over the years … saying cops should’ve cracked the case decades ago if they’d done proper police work and believed witnesses.
He then zoomed out … saying young Black men too often don’t get the “full weight of justice” when they’re victims — pointing to Tupac, Biggie Smalls and Nolan Wells.
Charlie asked whether Tupac’s murder would’ve been solved sooner if he were white. Jackson wouldn’t go that far … but said authorities damn sure could’ve put more effort into the case.
Nearly 30 years later, Tupac finally has a murder conviction tied to his death … Jackson just wishes justice had moved a hell of a lot faster.