Rodney King

On March 3, 1991, Rodney King was driving his car in the city of Los Angeles, California. Bryant Allen was a passenger in the back seat. King didn't stop when signaled by a police car behind him, but instead, sped up and increased his speed. It is estimated that King drove at speeds reaching 100 miles per hour for 7.8 miles. When King finally stopped the car, officers of the Los Angeles Police Department delivered 56 baton blows and six kicks to King in a period of two minutes, resulting in eleven skull fractures, brain damage, and kidney damage. A man named George Holliday was standing on the b



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	Police Brutality Rodney King .... We were following are training as LAPD officers," said officer Stacey Koon who was one of four officers accused of using excessive force against Rodney King. .... (821 3 )

	Rodney King Riots The Rodney King Riots of Los Angeles The case of the assault on Rodney King ended in disaster as many angry blacks all across Los Angeles (particularly in .... (409 2 )

	Rodney King Trail For everyone who saw the horrifying beating of Rodney King by Los Angeles police officers, it seemed like an open-and-shut case. .... (1587 6 )

The 1991 videotaped beating of Rodney King by Los Angeles Police Department officers, and riots triggered by the acquittal of the officers involved, rocked L.A. and the nation. The events brought into play concerns about racism and police brutality within the L.A.P.D. If not for the videotape made by George Holliday, the officers would have more than likely never been taken to trial and the world would not know of the brutality against Rodney King.

alcony of a nearby building and videotaped the incident. The next day, March 4, he gave his 81-second tape to a local L.A. TV station. By the end of

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Police Brutality, Rodney King, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Police Department, Grand Jury, Jury, Police, Los Angeles County California, Los Angeles County, Theodore Briseno,

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PROFESSIONAL ESSAYS:

Rodney King The 1991 beating of California motorist Rodney King will have an impact on law enforcement for years to come. The videotape of the .... (1994 8 )

The Rodney King Beating The Rodney King incident in Los Angeles has been characterized by many in the black community as a reflection of "business as usual" as far as how the police .... (2123 8 )

Rodney King Trial Reactions Reactions to the verdict in the 1992 Rodney King trial ranged from sober dismay to outright hostility. .... The Rodney King case is not alone in history. .... (3076 12 )

State Acquital & Federal Conviction of Officers in Rodney King In April, 1992, the four Los Angeles Police officers accused of beating Rodney King were acquitted, touching off the most destructive civil unrest in United .... (2342 9 )

"On Doing Being Ordinary" & "Professional Vision" .... archeological pedagogy and the other example from the context of expert-witness testimony in a highly publicized trial in California (the Rodney King case, in .... (1836 7 )

Police Brutality as a Social & Legal Problem .... The suspect, Rodney King, was a black man who had given the police a high-speed chase before finally being stopped. Unbeknownst .... (2268 9 )

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