... racism" (Brewster & Jennings 539). Although there existed no ideal location to hold the trial, Judge Stanley Weisberg decided, to the resentment of blacks, to hold it in Simi Valley, a predominantly white area. Criticism found its way to the judge, but the trial went on. To the shock of the country, jurors sided with a theoretical vision of what the police officers saw ... its angry motive. The riots seemed reasonably justified in a fight against racial inequality of the courts or the system, but to take a half-dead man, and barrage him with racist noise seems reprehensible. Although Gr...

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... King fend off a maneuver by his officers and managed to rise to his feet after being hit twice by an electric stun gun called a Taser. During all the confrontation, the noise and lights woke up citizen George Holliday. He rushed to get his new video camera and starting recording the action. The recording vaguely shows King rising to his feet and ... their request and even removed the original trail judge on account of ex parte. The case was over turned to Judge Stanley Weisberg and was moved to Simi Valley, a predominantly white city. The defense attorneys for the four officers all reve...

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... stands in the center. Agents of this system were to normalize and control the elements of society that were deviant. The racial layers of American society contained the principles of white superiority and black inferiority. Blacks were defined as deviant and the police were in charge of social control over the black population. Measures had already been taken to institutionalize slavery ... King was on PCP, because of his bizarre behavior. King was struck by an electrical stun gun twice, but managed to rise to his feet. Wakened by the lights and noise, George Holliday began videotaping ...

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