... following are training as L.A.P.D. officers," said officer Stacey Koon who was one of four officers accused of using excessive force against Rodney King. {Brutality in Los Angles 7 } Koon along with fellow officers Timothy Wind, Lawrence Powell, and Theodore Brines chased King through downtown Los Angles. King had allegedly committed numerous traffic violations and was thought to be high on PCP. After ... immigrants threw beer bottles at the deputies. When the truck finally stopped, the immigrant in the back of the truck fled. Three Riverside Deputies then went after the driver and his ...

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... Los Angeles apartment" (Brewster & Jennings 537). The action of an anonymous man ignited a fire that raged in the hearts of the African American citizens. Stacy Koon along with three other fellow LAPD law enforcers savagely beat Rodney King showing "undeniable proof of a serious crime and . . . a call to examine police behavior nationwide" (Brewster & Jennings 537). People on the streets knew that racial ... into the Shell station. Upon exiting his car, he noticed that although the man had pale skin, he too was a brother. These hoodlums cared little about the safety of this fellow black...

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