On the record · Updated October 18, 2026
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4 things Binu Palal said, verbatim, on September 1, 2026, each linked to where it ran. Grouped by the story each one belongs to.
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“He's the shot caller - in every instance in every iteration he's the leader of the South Side Crips”
on Davis's own repeated accounts of gang leadership proving he ordered the killing
BBC News Ex-gang boss guilty of orchestrating 1996 murder of rapper Tupac Shakur ›
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“Duane Davis, in the culture of gangs, could not let that stand”
on the murder as gang-code retaliation for the casino beating of Davis's nephew
Al Jazeera Ex-gang leader Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis found guilty of murdering Tupac Shakur ›
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“So what did he do? He acquired a firearm, got his group together and went hunting for Mr Shakur.”
on the deliberate, organized drive-by hunt for Tupac Shakur
Al Jazeera Ex-gang leader Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis found guilty of murdering Tupac Shakur ›
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“plan the shooting in retaliation of the beating of his nephew”
on the prosecution's theory Davis orchestrated the murder without firing the gun
Breitbart News Jury Finds Duane 'Keffe D' Davis Guilty in the Murder of Rap Icon Tupac Shakur ›
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