In 1991, Rodney King was stopped, beaten and tasered by four Los Angeles Police Department officers: Laurence Powell, Timothy Wind, Theodore Briseno and Stacey Koon. The beating was videotaped by a bystander and broadcast by the media.
Six days of rioting broke out when the officers where acquitted. The riots resulted in $1B of damage and claimed 53 lives.
The four officers were later tried on federal civil rights violations. Laurence Powell and Stacey Koon were found guilty; the other two were acquitted. Of the two officers who were acquitted twice, Theodore Briseno resigned from the L.A.P.D., and Timothy Was eventually was fired.
And as for Rodney King ...
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Rodney King has since been arrested eleven times on a variety of charges including spousal abuse, hit-and-run, and other misdemeanor charges.
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This was perhaps the first major case to illustrate the value of video recording in combating police misconduct.
Wikipedia:
Rodney King
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Los Angeles Riots of 1992
Court TV:
Rodney King's Legacy
PBS Frontline:
The Legacy of Rodney King
NPR:
15 Years Later, Rodney King Looks Back
CNN (2007):
Rodney King Wounded in Shooting
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Los Angeles, CA, 1991: Arrested, Beated & Videotape
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