Rodney King (full video) |
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Description: The full 9 minute video on the FBI's YouTube channel, of Rodney King being beaten and arrested by members of the LAPD (Los Angeles Police Department). Rodney Glen King III (1965-2012) became known internationally after being beaten by LAPD (Los Angeles Police Department) officers following a high-speed car chase on 3 March 1991. George Holliday, witnessed and video taped much of it from his balcony, and sent the footage to local news station KTLA. The video footage shows four police officers surrounding King. Several of them strike him repeatedly, while other officers stood by. Some of the footage was aired worldwide. It inflamed outrage in cities where racial tensions were high, and raised public concern about police treatment of ethnic minorities. Four of the officers were charged with assault with a deadly weapon and the use of excessive force. Three were acquitted of all charges. The fourth was acquitted of assault with a deadly weapon, but the jury failed to reach a verdict on the use of excessive force. The jury was deadlocked in favour of acquittal, at the state level. The acquittals are considered to have triggered the 1992 Los Angeles riots, in which 53 people were killed and over 2000 were injured. The riots ended after the military was called in. 
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