Nineteen toledo police officers caught on camera beating a man rodney king style. For todays college kids, the rodney king beating seems. The rodney king video was the first time a video made a major impact in a police violence case and, as such, gave us a sort of. The widely broadcast video caused outrage around the country and triggered a national debate on police brutality.
Video of the arrest, shot by an onlooker and later sold to tv networks, showed king being. Heres a look at some of the key figures in the rodney king beating, trial and civil unrest. Two served 30 months in prison, two were acquitted of all charges. The riots followed the surprise acquittal of four white police officers who had beaten up a young black motorist, rodney king, who was found. The case became famous for highlighting police brutality nationally. Its recurrent theme is the continuing, complicated significance of race in american society. Streetcrime from rodney kings beating to michael browns shooting paula rabinowitz bio the deadline for this essay came a few days before the decision of the grand jury convened to determine whether ferguson, missouri, police officer darren wilson would be charged in the august 9, 2014, killing of michael brown, the unarmed teenager. Rodney king beating video full length footage screener. Reading rodney kingreading urban uprising keeps the public debate alive by exploring the connections between the rodney king incidents and the ordinary workings of cultural, political, and economic power in contemporary america. The power of this film and everything good about it certainly comes from smith. March 3rd 1991, rodney king is arrested for speeding.
A look back at events in history on march 3, including the rodney king beating and the first solo nonstop flight around the world. Cobra crawls out of unconscious mans trousers after he is rescued from well. Rodney king beating and riots cnn doccumentary full. After the acquittals and the riots, the united states department of justice sought indictments for violations of kings civil rights. But what must have been a controlled procedure, turned into a brutal abuse of authority, all of which was captured on video from a balcony by a shocked witness, george. After holliday turns over the video to a local tv station, it quickly spreads and creates international. The 1999 documentary film the rodney king incident. Sometimes groping for words and sometimes almost inaudible, rodney g. A year later, the four acquitted police officers faced a second trial on federal charges of violating rodney kings civil rights. Rodney king was released without charges, and on march 15 sergeant koon and officers powell, wind, and briseno were indicted by. Fbirodneyking scanner internet archive html5 uploader 1.
Rodney king is a powerful piece of work, putting us in his head during that stillshocking beating, smith counting off the baton hits in a manner that returns this historical event. Riots, a slew of documentaries were released in the spring of 2017. Upon hearing the commotion from his apartment, a concerned citizen went to his balcony with a. This page once contained a copy of video of the beating of rodney king in 1991, released in 2015 by the u.
Rodney king beating is videotaped sunday, march 3rd wibbitz top stories. The rodney king case through police eyes washington. I cant be bothered to watch it again, but i remember at the time it definitely looked to me like he was complying and then theyd start whacking on him again. Rodney kings daughter stands with lapd 25 years after dads. Upon hearing the commotion from his apartment, a concerned citizen went to his balcony with a handycam, filmed the incident and turned over the footage to the local tv news. What happened to the police officers who were charged with. Police beating of rodney king, cnn takes a look back at the event that sparked deadly violence and spoke. The honorable minister louis farrakhan delivered a press conference in irans capital city tehran at presstvs headquarters, nov. The lasting effect of video capturing the beating of rodney king. Stacey koon and laurence powell were found guilty and received 30 month jail terms. I created this video with the youtube video editor.
The raw footage of the beating of rodney king would be broadcast on national television, spark the infamous l. In rodney king, roger guenveur smith pays a nuanced tribute to the man whose 1991 beating by police officers proved a seminal moment in contemporary race relations. In the spring of 1991, one man holding a small sony camcorder captured video that seemed to prove exactly what africanamericans had been protesting throughout the 20th century. Rating is available when the video has been rented. Rodney king beating 25 years ago opened era of viral cop. The book is more than 700 pages long, including its endnotes and. The holliday videotape university of missourikansas city. Im not going to sit here and say that im a fan of his or that i. With rodney king, stacey koon, laurence powell, timothy wind. Rodney king police beating historic site pacoima 0 tips. Race and justice in america produced and directed by michael pack features an interview with rodney king. In 1991, george hollidays video of rodney king being kicked and nightsticked by lapd officers shocked the nation and sparked an uprising that galvanized the discussion about police brutality.
I ran a motion stabilization program on the rodney king beating footage. George holliday, who taped rodney king beating, urges. This day in history rodney king beating caught on video. Exploring rodney kings struggles in a stage monologue. He was drunk, and according to the policemen who beat him up, he had resisted to the arrest. The infamous video of police beating rodney king in 1991. King today narrated his beating two years ago by police officers who. The video shocked the city, and the events that followed. New evidence reveals police conversations after the rodney king beating. Video of rodney king beaten by police released this transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
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