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Mar 3, 2016 · By Cydney Adams. March 3, 2016 / 6:00 AM EST / CBS News. On March 3, 1991, four police officers were filmed beating taxi driver Rodney King after a pursuit through the streets of Los Angeles. The ...
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- Cydney Adams
- 3 min
Mar 3, 2021 · On 3 March 1991, just after midnight, 25-year-old Rodney King was pulled over, and four white LAPD officers brutally kicked and beat him on the pavement. The officers struck King 56 times with ...
- Sam Levin
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March 3, 1991: California Highway Patrol officers pull over Rodney King for speeding on a Los Angeles freeway. King, who was on probation for a robbery conviction, exited the freeway and stopped in front of an apartment building in the San Fernando Valley community of Lake View Terrace. Los Angeles Police Department officers took over the traffic s...
Nov. 15, 1991: Shopkeeper Soon Ja Du is convicted of voluntary manslaughter for the killing of Latasha Harlins. She could have been sentenced to 16 years in prison, but the judge placed her on probation. The light sentence for the Black teen's shooting death came a week before a Los Angeles County court case involving cruelty to a dog ended with a ...
April 29, 1992: The jury acquits the four officers after seven days of deliberations on almost all charges. Jurors deadlocked on one assault count against Powell. April 29, 1992: Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley calls the verdicts "senseless." "The jury’s verdict will never blind the world to what we saw on the videotape," Bradley says. April 29, 1992...
- Jonathan Lloyd
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Apr 27, 2022 · Full coverage: 30 years since the 1992 L.A. riots. The corner of Florence and Normandie avenues on April 29, 1992. Thirty years ago, the police officers who beat Rodney King were acquitted, and L ...
- Los Angeles Times Staff
Apr 26, 2017 · This week 25 years ago, policemen were acquitted in the savage beating of African-American Rodney King. Five days of riots, arson and looting ensued, fueled by deep-rooted tensions that persist today.
Mar 5, 2021 · Rodney King trial: Sketches reveal drama from court. In March 1991, black motorist Rodney King was beaten by white police officers in Los Angeles - and it was caught on camera. The trial and ...
3. 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.
