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Rodney Glen King (April 2, 1965 – June 17, 2012) was an African-American man who was a victim of police brutality.On March 3, 1991, he was severely beaten by officers of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) during his arrest after a high speed pursuit for driving while intoxicated on the I-210.
She had ridden in the ambulance with King and testified that he was laughing and spat blood on her uniform. She had remained in law enforcement and was a Sheriff's Detective at the time of her death. [194] [195] Rodney King was awarded $3.8 million in damages from the City of Los Angeles.
The suspected cause of death was a heart attack, said Ian Connell, his son. ... the beating of Rodney King, the 1992 L.A. riots,O.J. Simpson's trial and the Northridge earthquake.
On March 3, 1991, an amateur video recording showed Rodney King, a black motorist, being badly beaten by Los Angeles Police Department officers during an arrest. The outrage resulting from the acquittal of these police officers was the principal cause of the 1992 Los Angeles riots.
Thirty years after the acquittal of four cops in the beating of Rodney King sparked a rebellion in L.A., experts reflect on police reforms
OPINION: The city burned for six days over tensions between Black residents and police. Today, law enforcement in Los Angeles is still viewed with distrust. The post 30 years after the 1992 Los ...
Tensions only continued to mount, particularly after police officers were found not guilty of beating Rodney King. [36] These events were considered factors in deadly and destructive riots which began on April 29, 1992, and continued through May 4, 1992. [ 37 ]
George Holliday, the plumber who shot video of Los Angeles police officers beating Black motorist Rodney King in 1991, has died at a hospital in California due to complications from COVID-19, a ...