- Rodney King
He was born on April 2, 1965 in Sacramento, California. He was caught by the Los Anfeles police after a high speed chase on March 3, 1991. The officer then proceded t pull him out the car and beat him brutally, in all that time a amature cameraman George Holliday caught it all on videotape. the pfficer were indicted on chargers of assult with a deadly weapon and excessive use of police force. After a three-month trial by a predominantly white jury acquitted the officers and causing a spark that lit the flame in the citizens. Eventualy leading up to The L.A. Riots
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