Witness gets combative in Tupac murder trial - 'I don't want to send him to prison'

The shooting came at a time when gangs had a hold over the '90s hip-hop scene, street code forbade police cooperation and distrust of authorities was rampant in the wake of the high-profile police brutality case of Rodney King and the subsequent LA riots.Shakur himself, in an ambulance after he was shot, refused to talk to a police officer about what happened, instead telling him, "we'll take care of it". He died in hospital six days later.And now 30 years on, McDonald appeared conflicted over breaking that street code. The witness, who said he had little love for Davis, remained hesitant when he took the stand on Tuesday to recount what happened. McDonald - a former member of rival Blood street gang offshoot Mob Piru and enforcer at Suge Knight's Death Row Records label, which represented Shakur - testified that he was not with Shakur when the shooting took place.He was repeatedly questioned by Davis's defence attorney Michael Sanft about whether he witnessed the attack and whether he knew who was there at the time. Under oath, McDonald raised his voice and arms, saying he didn't want to answer many of these questions because it "wouldn't be good" for the defendant. McDonald looked over at Davis at one point, saying, "talk to your lawyer man, this dude is tripping". "I don't want to send him to prison, even though we don't like each other. I don't want to send you to prison," he said looking at Davis, who sat in a suit, stone faced.