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Jan 27, 2023 · Rodney King, the Black motorist whose violent encounter with White Los Angeles police officers after a car chase in 1991 was captured on home video and helped prompt one of the worst race riots in ...
Jun 24, 2020 · Rejecting that offer considering that he'd almost lost his life, King sued the city for $56 million, amounting to approximately $1 million for every strike by the officers. The city of Los Angeles eventually reached a settlement with King, paying him $3.8 million for pain, suffering, and medical bills.
Mar 3, 2016 · I t was 25 years ago, on March 3, 1991, that four white Los Angeles police officers brutally beat Rodney King, an unarmed black man. In 81 seconds of video footage captured on a bystander’s ...
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- Chelsea Matiash,Lily Rothman
The 1991 videotaped beating of Rodney King by L.A.P.D. officers, and subsequent riots triggered by the acquittal of the officers involved, rocked L.A. and the nation. The events brought to the ...
Apr 29, 2022 · Thirty years ago today, parts of Los Angeles erupted in unrest after a jury acquitted four white Los Angeles police officers over the videotaped beating of Rodney King, a Black motorist.
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- Stephanie Sy,Lena I. Jackson
Apr 18, 2017 · The Los Angeles riots erupted across the southern California city in spring 1992 after four LAPD officers were acquitted of assaulting motorist Rodney King. ... Rodney King led police on a high ...
In March 1991, Rodney King led police officers from the California Highway Patrol, the Los Angeles Police Department and the Unified Police District in a high- speed pursuit. When King finally stopped his car 7.8 miles later, he was beaten with police batons as the officers allegedly attempted to get him to comply with their orders to lay down.
