level of hell? On March 3, 1991, paroled felon Rodney King led police on a high-speed chase through the streets of Los Angeles County before eventually surrendering. Intoxicated and uncooperative, King resisted arrest and was brutally beaten by police officers Laurence Powell, Theodore Briseno, and Timothy Wind. Unbeknownst to the police, a citizen with a personal video camera was filming the arrest, and the 89-second video caught the police beating King with their batons and kicking him long after he
Angeles police officers on tape, King suffered 11 skull fractures, kidney damage and physical/emotional trauma. Charged with use of excessive force on King, the officers’ jury consisted of ten white people, one Latino person and one Asian person. All of the officers were initially acquitted of their charges, sparking complete outrage across the nation. In Los Angeles, massive riots broke out over six days, from April 29th to May 4th. The media extensively covered the widespread violence among minorities
On March 3, 1991, Rodney King was caught by Los Angeles police after a high speed car chase. Police officers dragged him from his car and brutally beat him, a beating which was caught on tape and immediately seen by the country’s population. The four LAPD officers were indicted on charges of assault with a deadly weapon and excessive force. After a three month long trial, the jury acquitted the officers, sparking the 1992 Los Angeles riots. The beating of Rodney King was a watershed moment in American
The 1992 Los Angeles Riots started on April 29th and spanned six days. There were riots, lootings, civil disturbances and killings that ultimately led to property damage that was over $1 billion. This was the opposite of community based organizations, and there was nothing good to come out of these riots. 53 people were killed and over 2,000 were hurt. Anger, frustration and hurt got the best of people who were not looking to forgive. They wanted revenge or anything close to that. This outrage drove
gangs and violence but what happened 1992 really put Los Angeles on the map. On April 3, 1991 police stopped a car who was apparently going over the speed limit. This car was driven by Rodney King. He was 34 years old at that time. Police called Rodney King out of the car and when he proceeded to do so, the police officers beat him. The police officers involved said that King got out in a way showing he was going to attack them so they beat him in self-defense. On April 29, 1992 the police involved
The 1992 Los Angeles riots (otherwise possibly known as the South Central riots, the 1992 Los Angeles civil disturbance/unrest, or more popularly as the Rodney King riots) were a chain of civil disturbances including riots, arsons, and lootings that occurred in 1992 in the Los Angeles County of California. The riots broke out after the acquittal of the police officers on trial for police brutality incident that was videotaped and widely-covered. But that moment was the climatic peak from years
01/30/2018 Police Brutality Police is the civil force of local government responsible for the prevention and detection of crime in local communities, Brutality is savage physical violence. By definition these two words are very opposing to each other. Police officers are supposed to protect and serve the people, not to use brutality on the people by abusing their power. Many of the times, the Police uses savage, and brutal force which is not necessary. Personally, I am against police brutality because
piece crew celebrated violence of the criminal life, with blunt, harsh language. In 1986, O’Shea “Ice Cube” Jackson met Andre “Dr Drew” Wright. They started working with Eric “Easy-E” Wright. HBO rejected Cube and Dr Drew’s song ‘Boyz n The Hood’ so Easy E recorded the song himself and the three of them started working together. In 1988, their album Straight Outta Compton went double platinum, they bought Gangster rap mainstream. The song ‘Fuck Thai Police’ foreshadowed the 1992 LA