▁was ▁used ▁as ▁the ▁basis ▁for ▁Rand all ▁S ull ivan ' s ▁book , ▁LA by rin th : ▁A ▁Det ect ive ▁Investig ates ▁the ▁Mur ders ▁of ▁T up ac ▁Sh ak ur ▁and ▁Not orious ▁B . I . G ., ▁the ▁Imp lication ▁of ▁Death ▁Row ▁Records ' ▁Su ge ▁Knight , ▁and ▁the ▁Orig ins ▁of ▁the ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁Police ▁Sc andal . ▁The ▁book ▁is ▁now ▁made ▁into ▁a ▁film ▁named ▁City ▁of ▁L ies , ▁st arring ▁Johnny ▁De pp ▁as ▁Det . ▁Po ole . ▁The ▁film ▁was ▁released ▁on ▁December ▁ 8 , ▁ 2 0 1 8 ▁at ▁the ▁No ir ▁film ▁festival . ▁ ▁Chief ▁Park s ' ▁invol vement ▁and ▁Po ole ' s ▁res ignation ▁ ▁Po ole ▁sent ▁his ▁find ings ▁to ▁the ▁then - ch ief ▁of ▁the ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁Police ▁Department , ▁Bernard ▁C . ▁Park s , ▁who ▁ordered ▁Po ole ▁to ▁ce ase ▁all ▁investig ations ▁of ▁Officer ▁David ▁Mack . ▁Po ole , ▁in ▁protest ▁of ▁Park s ' ▁and ▁the ▁L AP D ' s ▁handling ▁of ▁the ▁case , ▁retired ▁from ▁the ▁department ▁in ▁late ▁ 1 9 9 9 ▁after ▁a ▁long ▁and ▁reward ing ▁career . ▁Dist ra ug ht ▁from ▁being ▁forced ▁into ▁early ▁ret irement ▁and ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁investigation , ▁Po ole ▁later ▁stated ▁that ▁" I ▁almost ▁took ▁my ▁life , ▁but ▁it ▁was ▁my ▁k ids ▁that ▁actually ▁saved ▁me ." ▁Furthermore ,