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Rodney Glen King (born April 9, 1965 in
Fort Worth, Texas) is an
African-American taxicab driver who was beaten by
Los Angeles Police Department officers (Laurence Powell, Timothy Wind, Theodore Briseno and Sargent Stacey Koon) after being chased for speeding. A bystander, George Holliday, videotaped much of the event. The video was broadcast around the world and shows four white LA police officers kicking a black man laying on the ground and beating him with
club (law enforcement), while four to six other officers stand by.L.A. Times
The beating raised a public outrage against the brutality, which many people found
racism and gratuitous. This 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. This sparked the
1992 Los Angeles riots.
Incident
King was on parole for a robbery conviction. On
March 3,
1991, he led police on a high speed pursuit. In an interview, King later said that he did not pull over as he feared being returned to prison. After driving through several red lights and
stop signs, he pulled over in the
Lake View Terrace, Los Angeles, California district. The incident, minus the first few minutes after King stopped, was captured on video by a private citizen, George Holliday, from his apartment. King had a record for drunk-driving, and the officers involved testified that they believed him to be under the influence of the dissociative phencyclidine (PCP), but a later blood test found no PCP. The defendants also alleged that he resisted arrest and continued to resist even after being Electroshock gun, tackled, and struck with
club (weapon), although the video does not show this. He is also alleged to have attempted to grab the weapon of one officer at the scene at the start of the altercation, before Holliday began recording.
The video became an international media sensation and a touchstone for activists in Los Angeles and around the USA.
State acquittal of police officers
The Los Angeles District Attorney charged the four officers with the use of excessive force. But the judge was changed and the new judge
change of venue and the jury-pool, citing contamination of the jury-pool due to the media coverage. The new venue was a newly built courthouse in
Simi Valley, California, in neighboring Ventura County, California, a predominantly white area. The jury consisted of Ventura County residents — ten
whites, one
Latino and one Asian people. The prosecutor, Terry White, was African-American. The jury easily acquitted three of the officers, but hung jury about one of the charges for Powell. On
April 29,
1992, only Powell was convicted.http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/trials24.htmhttp://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/lapd/white.jpg
The acquittal was partly based on a segment of the video showing King getting up and charging at Powell. That 13-second segment was excluded from news broadcasts. Before that, the officers tried to restrain King but he threw them off, according to their testimony. This was not caught on tape.The
National Geographic Channel (US version) program "The Final Report: The L.A. Riots" aired originally on October 4, 2006 10pm Eastern Daylight Time, approximately 27 minutes into the hour (including commercial breaks). On his website, Holliday's states that the prosecutor, Terry White, did not "...realize that by re-editing the images, the attorneys defending the LA police officers... had totally changed the story."
Comments of public officials
In response to the verdict,
Mayor of Los Angeles Tom Bradley (politician) 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."
President of the United States George H.W. Bush said, "The jury system has worked. What's needed now is calm respect for the law." NY Times: April 30 1992, THE POLICE VERDICT; Los Angeles Policemen Acquitted in Taped Beating
LA riots and the aftermath
The acquittal triggered the massive 4-day Los Angeles riots of 1992, one of the worst civil disturbances in LA history. By the time the police,
US Army, United States Marine Corps and
National Guard restored order, there was nearly $1 billion in damage and "55 deaths; 2,383 injuries; more than 7000 fire responses; 3,100 businesses damaged." (Smith, Anna Deavere) Smaller riots occurred in other US cities. On May 1, 1992, the third day of the LA riots, King appeared in public before television news cameras to appeal for calm, asking, "People, I just want to say, you know, can we all get along?"Ralph Keyes.
The Quote Verifier: Who Said What, Where, and When. ISBN 0-312-34004-4
Federal trial of officers
After the riots, federal charges of
civil rights violations were brought against the officers. Officer
Laurence Powell and Sergeant
Stacey Koon, were found guilty and sentenced to 30 months of prison, and the other two were acquitted.
Analysis and cultural impact of the event
The video of the incident is an example of inverse surveillance (i.e. citizens watching police). As a result of the incident, several
Copwatch organizations were formed nationwide to safeguard against police abuse. Counter-police-abuse organizations and justice committees for victims of police violence increased after 1992, and a national umbrella group,
October 22nd Coalition to Stop Police Brutality, was created. Black community and civil rights leaders have repeatedly used the Rodney King incident as an analogy.
Recent life
After the riots King was awarded $3.8 million in a civil case, and used some of the money to start a
hiphop music label, Alta-Pazz Recording Company. BBC News "Flashback: Rodney King and the LA riots" He subsequently moved to
Fontana, California.
He was arrested again for spousal assault in 1999. In 2001, he was ordered to undergo a year of drug treatment after pleading guilty to three counts of being under the influence of
phencyclidine and of indecent exposure. Where are they now? "Rodney King's claim to fame"
On
August 27, 2003, he was arrested again on similar charges as in 1991. It is alleged that King was speeding, ran a red light while under the influence of alcohol and failed to yield to police officers. Rodney King slams SUV into house, breaks pelvis
References
See also
External links
- StopPolice.net: Help Stop Police Corruption and Brutality!
- Stan Chambers: "Rodney King and the Los Angeles Riots"
- Salon: "Rethinking Rodney King"
- Court TV: Rodney King's Legacy
- LA Riot Spectacular, a movie with Snoop Dogg about the 'event' and the riots that followed
- Information and media in trial of the LAPD officers
- Koon v. United States Supreme Court Decision
Rodney Glen King (born April 9, 1965 in Fort Worth, Texas) is an African-American
taxicab driver who was beaten by Los Angeles Police Department officers (Laurence Powell, Timothy Wind, Theodore Briseno and Sargent Stacey Koon) after being chased for speeding. A bystander, George Holliday, videotaped much of the event. The video was broadcast around the world and shows four white LA police officers kicking a black man laying on the ground and beating him with
club (law enforcement), while four to six other officers stand by.L.A. Times
The beating raised a public outrage against the brutality, which many people found
racism and gratuitous. This 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. This sparked the
1992 Los Angeles riots.
Incident
King was on parole for a robbery conviction. On
March 3,
1991, he led police on a high speed pursuit. In an interview, King later said that he did not pull over as he feared being returned to prison. After driving through several red lights and stop signs, he pulled over in the
Lake View Terrace, Los Angeles, California district. The incident, minus the first few minutes after King stopped, was captured on video by a private citizen, George Holliday, from his apartment. King had a record for drunk-driving, and the officers involved testified that they believed him to be under the influence of the dissociative phencyclidine (PCP), but a later blood test found no PCP. The defendants also alleged that he resisted arrest and continued to resist even after being Electroshock gun, tackled, and struck with
club (weapon), although the video does not show this. He is also alleged to have attempted to grab the weapon of one officer at the scene at the start of the altercation, before Holliday began recording.
The video became an international media sensation and a touchstone for activists in Los Angeles and around the USA.
State acquittal of police officers
The Los Angeles District Attorney charged the four officers with the use of excessive force. But the judge was changed and the new judge
change of venue and the jury-pool, citing contamination of the jury-pool due to the media coverage. The new venue was a newly built courthouse in
Simi Valley, California, in neighboring Ventura County, California, a predominantly white area. The jury consisted of Ventura County residents — ten whites, one Latino and one Asian people. The prosecutor, Terry White, was African-American. The jury easily acquitted three of the officers, but
hung jury about one of the charges for Powell. On April 29, 1992, only Powell was convicted.http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/trials24.htmhttp://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/lapd/white.jpg
The acquittal was partly based on a segment of the video showing King getting up and charging at Powell. That 13-second segment was excluded from news broadcasts. Before that, the officers tried to restrain King but he threw them off, according to their testimony. This was not caught on tape.The National Geographic Channel (US version) program "The Final Report: The L.A. Riots" aired originally on October 4, 2006 10pm Eastern Daylight Time, approximately 27 minutes into the hour (including commercial breaks). On his website, Holliday's states that the prosecutor, Terry White, did not "...realize that by re-editing the images, the attorneys defending the LA police officers... had totally changed the story."
Comments of public officials
In response to the verdict,
Mayor of Los Angeles Tom Bradley (politician) 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." President of the United States
George H.W. Bush said, "The jury system has worked. What's needed now is calm respect for the law." NY Times: April 30 1992, THE POLICE VERDICT; Los Angeles Policemen Acquitted in Taped Beating
LA riots and the aftermath
The acquittal triggered the massive 4-day Los Angeles riots of 1992, one of the worst civil disturbances in LA history. By the time the police,
US Army,
United States Marine Corps and
National Guard restored order, there was nearly $1 billion in damage and "55 deaths; 2,383 injuries; more than 7000 fire responses; 3,100 businesses damaged." (Smith, Anna Deavere) Smaller riots occurred in other US cities. On May 1, 1992, the third day of the LA riots, King appeared in public before television news cameras to appeal for calm, asking, "People, I just want to say, you know, can we all get along?"Ralph Keyes.
The Quote Verifier: Who Said What, Where, and When. ISBN 0-312-34004-4
Federal trial of officers
After the riots, federal charges of
civil rights violations were brought against the officers. Officer Laurence Powell and Sergeant
Stacey Koon, were found guilty and sentenced to 30 months of prison, and the other two were acquitted.
Analysis and cultural impact of the event
The video of the incident is an example of inverse surveillance (i.e. citizens watching police). As a result of the incident, several
Copwatch organizations were formed nationwide to safeguard against police abuse. Counter-police-abuse organizations and justice committees for victims of police violence increased after 1992, and a national umbrella group,
October 22nd Coalition to Stop Police Brutality, was created. Black community and civil rights leaders have repeatedly used the Rodney King incident as an analogy.
Recent life
After the riots King was awarded $3.8 million in a civil case, and used some of the money to start a hiphop music label, Alta-Pazz Recording Company. BBC News "Flashback: Rodney King and the LA riots" He subsequently moved to Fontana, California.
He was arrested again for spousal assault in 1999. In 2001, he was ordered to undergo a year of drug treatment after pleading guilty to three counts of being under the influence of phencyclidine and of indecent exposure. Where are they now? "Rodney King's claim to fame"
On
August 27, 2003, he was arrested again on similar charges as in 1991. It is alleged that King was speeding, ran a red light while under the influence of alcohol and failed to yield to police officers. Rodney King slams SUV into house, breaks pelvis
References
See also
External links
- StopPolice.net: Help Stop Police Corruption and Brutality!
- Stan Chambers: "Rodney King and the Los Angeles Riots"
- Salon: "Rethinking Rodney King"
- Court TV: Rodney King's Legacy
- LA Riot Spectacular, a movie with Snoop Dogg about the 'event' and the riots that followed
- Information and media in trial of the LAPD officers
- Koon v. United States Supreme Court Decision
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