How Did Orlando Anderson Avoid Retaliation After Shooting 2Pac and Suge Knight!?

Yeah. Yeah. I think a lot of us are are

were I mean, you know, obviously

uh Reggie continued to predict things on

YouTube that were going to happen and um

you know, state that if if Kei didn't

get arrested or indicted that he would

step away and stuff like that. So, um we

had that. But I want to ask this because

this is a question that comes up a lot

and um and obviously this happened

before you know you were you had the

task force and you were investigating

but you had access to the files. So I'm

wondering if you could shed some light

on this for people that don't know and

um that might be naive.

They would say, "Well, if Suge and and

all them knew that it was Kefi D and

Orlando and and Big Dre and Terence

Brown, um, why is it in your opinion,

and maybe maybe you know more than just

an opinion on this, but why did why did

nothing happen to them? You know,

obviously all of them but but Kefi D are

dead and they all most of them died from

pretty violent things, but none of this

violence was attached to any sort of um

retalatory thing for Tupac. Why do you

think that is? Well, keep in mind some

people were getting shot in the in the

conflict that erupted the day after

Tupac was shot. So there was a little

war going on and you know you've got to

keep in mind how this all works within

the moors of gang of the of the gang

world. You know Keit and this is what he

said and this is what they would do. You

know if you know anything about how

gangs operate they're expecting

retaliation.

So they get their guns. They hunker

down. They're really careful about not

slipping. They stay in the neighborhood.

You know, they they they're they're

looking out for retaliation

and so they're um you know, doing what

they need to do to avoid getting shot.

Now, if you're one of the enemies and

you want to get at these guys, you've

got to risk your life cuz you got to go

into their neighborhood and they're

going to see you before you see them

most likely. And so if I want to go and

find Kefi D, I've got to go to a street

where I think he's hanging out. And by

me going down the street, it's more

likely I'm going to get shot before I

ever find Kefi D. Cuz guys on the street

are going to be like, "Yo, man, that's

that [ __ ] blood." You know,

that that slob.

So, you know, it's not as easy as you

think. You don't just go knocking on

somebody's door. Is Kefi D home? Yeah,

let me go get him for you. Okay, cool.

cuz I'm going to kill them. You know,

it's just people just think these things

are much more simpler than they are. And

so, you know, you just got to be

practical about it. These guys knew

there was going to be retaliation. They

were sure that, you know, they they kind

of tried to avoid slipping. Um, some

people did get caught in some crossfire,

but uh hopefully that answers the

question. It's It's not like you can go

over and Hey, u I think I'll kill Kefi D

in Orlando today. Let me go find him.

>> Okay. Um Orlando was brought in and

questioned um in regards to this murder.

Uh what's his Well, I'm I'm assuming his

interview was in the case files that you

had access to. Um, off of, you know,

just the top of your head, off of

memory, do can you shed any light on

that interview or was it just a lot of I

don't know, I wasn't there, I don't

know, I don't know

>> with Orlando Anderson.

>> Yes, correct.

>> Oh, they it was very clear that he

wasn't going to cooperate. Um, and Vegas

decided, you know, what's if if the

guy's not going to cooperate, he's going

to lawyer up. You're kind of

at a dead end at that point.

um Orlando Anderson

um didn't provide any information. It

wasn't much of an interview to begin

with. Um and so Las Vegas

went home

and uh empty-handed as far as Orlando

was concerned. But

the search warrants that were all based

on Tim Brennan's work did reveal quite a

bit. There was some good evidence in

there. They were finding postcards from

Terrence Anderson's backpack that was

from Las Vegas. Um, and you know, things

that were indicative of him being in Las

Vegas, even though when they interviewed

him, he said he wasn't in Vegas. And so

there was there was information that uh

um

you know that was valuable to a certain

degree, but in so far as Orlando

Anderson's providing any information,

that just that wasn't happening.

>> Okay. And then Orlando kind of starts to

like as as you mentioned, he does lawyer

up and then he actually starts to do a

few interviews himself, you know,

talking about how, you know, and he's

kind of smirking throughout the inter

the interviews, but he's saying how, you

know, um he feels bad for Tupac. It was,

you know, he had nothing to do with it,

that he was the victim in all this.

Obviously, this is after the footage of

him at the MGM comes out of the of the

fight, so he can't deny that he wasn't

there. But, um, what is your take on why

he went public and started doing, you

know, and it wasn't a lot. I want to say

maybe he did like two interviews or

something back in 9798.

Uh, what do you think? What are your

thoughts on that? Well, remember that

Apheni Shakur had filed a lawsuit

against him and then he counters sued a

lawsuit against her and so, you know,

he's there's this whole

conflict going on between Orlando

Anderson and and Apheni and so, you

know, he's getting interviewed by people

and probably thinks that that somehow is

going to help support, you know,

whatever counter claim he's making

against Afeni. And so the whole thing is

such a dirty [ __ ] mess, you know, and

then you got Orlando Anderson going and

testifying on Suge's behalf. So Suge

pays Orlando some money. Orlando wants

to open up his own little, you know,

recording gig. So he needs to come up

with some cash. And so Suge solicits

him, "Hey man, come testify favorably at

my probation hearing. Tell everybody

that I wasn't trying to stomp you. I'm

I'm I'm desperately trying to, you know,

keep from going to jail. So Orlando's

like, "All right, give me some money.

I'll go do that for you." Now, imagine

this. You're in a car with Tupac, your

buddy, supposedly your money, you know,

your money-making artist. He gets shot

and killed by a guy, and you're looking

at going to prison because of what you

did to that guy, and you're like, "Oh,

man. my only solution is to is to now

hire and be friend of that guy. So

[laughter]

the whole story is just, you know, you

just can't make it up. And uh so of

course the judge says, "Man, your

testimony is [ __ ] You can I can read

right through your lies cuz he looked on

the stand the same way he did when he

looked when he was interviewed and

questioned about his involvement in

Tupac's murder. He's just not

believable." And then of course Suge

gets convicted regardless of Orlando

Anderson's testimony and uh Orlando

Anderson goes and gets himself shot and

killed not too, you know, not too long

after.

>> Yeah.

>> I mean, it's just

the twists and turns of this case are

fascinating.