Police Brutality " We were following are training as.
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 a hour King pulled his.
car over and the officers swarmed in to arrest him. King began to.
struggle then the beating began. Little did the officers know a.
bystander was filming the whole thing.{Brutality in Los Angles 8} .
The officers were tried for using active force and the tape were reviewed.
by experts who found that king was struck with over 50 blows to the.
body by the officers. {Brutality in Los Angles7} The officers were.
found not guilty of using excessive force against Rodney King. This.
sparked a week long riot in Los Angles. There was looting and building.
being torched. {Burning 14} Following the riots it was.
announced that two officers Stacey Koon And Lawrence Powell would stand.
trial yet again, but this time in federal court for violating Rodney .
Kings civil rights. Both were convicted and sentenced to prison terms.
{Brutality In Los Angles 7} The Rodney King video and trial sparked a.
question in many peoples mind through out the nation, "How big of a.
problem is police brutality? Little did they know that this would be.
the beginning of a streak of police related violence. Sandra.
Antor a Miami, Florida residence was driving through South Carolina.
heading north on vacation. When she was stopped by a South Carolina.
Highway Patrol officer. .
{Bruning 15} He dragged her.
from the car and cursed at her.