Rodney King Beating - Los Angeles - 1991

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Gang of police thugs beat Rodney King without mercy. This led to the LA riots of 1992

Rodney Glen King (born April 2, 1965 in Sacramento, California) is an African-American taxi driver who, in 1991, was stopped and then beaten by Los Angeles Police Department officers (Laurence Powell, Timothy Wind, Theodore Briseno and Sergeant Stacey Koon) after being chased for speeding.

A bystander, George Holliday, videotaped much of the event from a distance. Part of the video was broadcast around the world and shows four LA police officers restraining and repeatedly striking a black man, while four to six other officers stand by. There is no part of the tape that shows Mr. King attacking the officers, as some have claimed. King had also been tasered by the officers.

The resulting public outrage raised tensions between the black community and the LAPD, and increased anger over police brutality and issues such as unemployment, racial tension, and poverty in the black community of South Central Los Angeles. The four officers were tried in a state court for using excessive force, but were acquitted. The announcement of the acquittals sparked the 1992 Los Angeles riots.

Arrest and trial - Rodney King was arrested by a group of police officers on March 3, 1991. The incident, except for the first thirteen seconds after King stopped, was captured on video by a private citizen, George Holliday, from his apartment near the intersection of Foothill Blvd and Osborne St. in Lake View Terrace. The officers testified that they believed King was under the influence of the dissociative drug phencyclidine (PCP).

The Los Angeles district attorney charged the four officers with use of excessive force. The initial judge was replaced, however, and the new judge changed the venue, as well as the jury pool, citing contamination of the jury pool by the media coverage. The new venue was a new courthouse in Simi Valley in neighboring Ventura County. The jury consisted of Ventura County residents — ten whites, one Latino and one Asian. The prosecutor, Terry White, was African-American. The jury acquitted three of the officers, but could not agree about one of the charges for Powell. On April 29, 1992, only Powell was convicted.

Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley said, "the jury's verdict will not blind us to what we saw on that videotape. The men who beat Rodney King do not deserve to wear the uniform of the L.A.P.D."

LINK: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_King

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Rodney King Beating - Los Angeles - 1991

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  • EVERONE IS A RACIEST-SOME WITH POWER

    RACISM EXSIST BECAUSE RACES ARE DIFFERNT. YET PEOPLE WILL NOT ADMIT IT.SOME FAMILIES HAVE MOSTLY TALL PEOPLE, SOME ARE MOSTLY FAT, SOME ARE UGLEY, SOME BEUTIFUL. LIKE DOGS, WE ALL HAVE DIFFERNT TRAITS...TO DENY IT IS ABSURD! I EVEN THINK SOME RACES ARE MORE PRONE TO VIOLENCE, LOW IQS, ETC...
    HOWEVER, WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT IS TO REMEBER, THAT ALTHOUGH THESE ARE SIMPLE TRUTHS, DISCRIMINATION BASED ON THESE SHOULD BE AVOIDED AT ALL COSTS. WE LIMIT OURSELVES AND MANKIND WITH RACISIM AND DISCRIMINATION.
    IN OUR OWN FAMILYS, WE KNOW WHAT CHILD IS PRETTY, WHICH ONE IS FAT, WHICH ONE IS SMART. I KNOW I AM STRONGER THAN MY BROTHER, I AM SHORTER THAN M SISTER, AND SEEM TO BE LESS INTELIGENT THAN MY BIGGER BORHER. THESE THINGS ARE SELF EVIDENT, BUT NOT ALWAYS DEFINITIVE.

    BUT WE ARE ALL BROTHERS AND SISTERS. MY BROTHER WOULD NEVER ATTEMPT TO HOLD ME DOWN BECAUS HE KNOWS HE IS MORE INTELLIGENT, I WOULD NEVER USE MY PHYSICAL STRENGHT AGAINST SIBLINGS. MY SISTER WOULD NEVER HURT ME BY TELLING ME IM SHORTER....

    So we ARE ABSOLUTLY differnet people. By individual, family, country, religion, race, and gender.

    Does that mean we cant all get along? So to reduce racisim, start admiting we are very differnt. Understand that YOU are not EQUAL to me. I am not superior - nor are you....

    BUT WE ARE NOT EQUAL...ALOT OF HATRED IS BEING DONE BECAUSE WE ALL THINK WE ARE EQUAL...AND WE ARE NOT.

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  • Thank you mkf,but ...

    Thank you mkf,but you should learn how to spell..Ha Ha!!!!

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  • No Hulian your just ...

    No Hulian your just probably another N****r or white trash that elected that piece of S**t muslim,because of his skin color.You will soon find out whatever if your brown,black,or white we are screwed...The American people just killed theirselves!!Give it 1 year we will see,if that.....And by the way dont let the door hit you in the ass on your way to canada..Im not your dada why should I support your lazy asses that dont want to work....

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  • what is wrong with ...

    what is wrong with you..i hope when you grow up you can see your ignorant ways,this is the flaw of human achievement,perfect example

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  • It only shows the ...

    It only shows the flaws of the human race,anyone who is different from the majority is looked down upon,and black are being used as scapegoats,i can't wait for President-Elect Obama to come in and restore some order to the American society..if not im moving to F**king canada

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  • ur a piece of S**t ...

    ur a piece of S**t u arrogent asshole

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  • he's on the ground ...

    he's on the ground not moving and the cop kicks his head in...

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  • I hope one day all ...

    I hope one day all you sorry ass bitches talking S**t need a cop and they tell you to go F**k yourselves,and that N****r probably got what he deserved none of you dipshits were there,so go find something else to bitch about and foldedintobeauty go S**k a dick bitch!!!!!

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  • F**k you dude. you ...

    F**k you dude. you give white people a bad rap.

    By foldedintobeauty2 [Affiliate User] 1226188049 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • F**k these guys. if ...

    F**k these guys. if anyone didn't know the supreme court of the united states gives citizens the right to attack police officers who are arresting you wrongly and you can defend yourself if they are arresting you wrongly even resulting in their death. however, rodney king was not able to defend himself and someone could have stepped in (theoretically) and stopped these cops and not been prosecuted. hopefully. we'll never know with the police state. i'm watching king on dr. drew and he's nice :(

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  • F**k u police !!!!! ...

    F**k u police !!!!!!!!!

    By kakabunjoomz [Affiliate User] 1225892726 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • Very nice Basic ...

    Very nice Basic Police training.

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  • gutless piece of ...

    gutless piece of S**t cops

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  • u fucked up fella ...

    u fucked up fella
    listen man stop with the racism OK yeah theres some pretty dangerous black people who dont give a flying F**k and yes theres some dangerous white fuckers who dont care good and bad in every race thats what racists can not understand!! but you blame it on a race which you find a hate and hinder you should realise that people are human your country the USA i find is liberating and different but at the same time pure inhuman and WRONG

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  • F**k The Police!!!! ...

    F**k The Police!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  • there you go with ...

    there you go with that jamel racist ass bullshit when obama wins is that the only reason your going with obama shame on you F**k obama and F**k you N****rs you wernt there that night and im tired of you F**king N****rs keep getting handouts from the white people cause they feel obligated for something that happened over 150 yrs ago!!!just get the F**k over it or get out!!!!im sure you all would go back to africa,but hell they dont want americanized P***y negros!!

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