He Ordered Any Cop K*lled From Behind Bars - President Bush Kept The Badge

On February 26, 1988, a 22-year-old New York police rookie was shot five times in a patrol car in South Jamaica, Queens. The order was to kill a police officer, any police officer. It came from a man already behind bars: Howard “Pappy” Mason. This is the documented story of that order, the funeral that drew about 10,000 officers, the badge a President kept in his desk, the trial Mason refused to attend, the life sentence, and the rapper who named him in two songs. Where the record is attributed instead of proven, we say so. 0:00 February 26, 1988 1:28 South Jamaica in the crack era 4:11 Pappy and the Bebos 6:09 The arrest and the order 8:20 The night and the nation 11:44 The four men 13:02 The man in custody 16:05 Life 17:40 Nas, the badge, and what the record shows Sources: United States v. Nichols, 56 F.3d 403 (2d Cir. 1995) and 912 F.2d 598 (2d Cir. 1990); U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance, “Honoring Eddie Byrne”; NYPD press release (Feb. 26, 2018); Public Papers of the Presidents: George Bush (1989 and Oct. 8-9, 1992); UPI Archives (Dec. 25, 1988; Mar. 1, Mar. 21, Mar. 29 and Aug. 28, 1989); The Washington Post (Dec. 12, 1989); National Institute of Justice, “Crack and Homicide in New York City, 1988”; City Limits; Queens Chronicle; BuzzFeed News; NBC New York; New York Daily News; New York Post; QNS; Fox News; Wikipedia (Howard Mason; Murder of Edward Byrne). SUBSCRIBE to Bloody Reports for new documentaries several times a week: https://www.youtube.com/@bloodyreports?sub_confirmation=1 EXPLORE THE ARCHIVE Full playlists on Hollywood vs Reality, Bumpy Johnson and Harlem, the kingpins of Queens, Brooklyn, Detroit, Chicago, DC and Baltimore, prison kings, hitmen and stick-up crews are all on the channel. ABOUT THIS CHANNEL Bloody Reports tells the true, documented history of the American underworld, the people Hollywood borrowed from, rewrote, or left out entirely. DISCLAIMER This is a historical documentary made for educational and commentary purposes. Nothing here endorses, promotes or glorifies crime or violence. Some wording is adjusted to meet platform guidelines. Where accounts conflict, we say so. #BloodyReports #TrueCrime #Documentary #BlackHistory #HipHopHistory #Queens Business inquiries: [email protected]