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Police Brutality
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" We were following are training as L.A.P.D. officers," said officer Stacey Koon who
was one of four officers accused of using excessive force against Rodney King.
{Brutality in Los Angles 7 } Koon along with fellow officers Timothy Wind, Lawrence Powell,
and Theodore Brines chased King through downtown Los Angles. King had allegedly committed
numerous traffic violations and was thought to be high on PCP. After a hour King pulled his car
over and the officers swarmed in to arrest him.
Screenshot of footage of King beaten by LAPD offic...
English: A crowd protests against alleged police b...
Riot police using tear gas on 21 April 2001 agains...King began to struggle then the beating began.
Little did the officers know a bystander was filming the whole thing.{Brutality in Los Angles 8}
The officers were tried for using active force and the tape were reviewed by experts
who found that king was struck with over 50 blows to the body by the officers.
{Brutality in Los Angles7} The officers were found not guilty of using excessive force
against Rodney King. This sparked a week long riot in Los Angles. There was looting and
building being torched. {Burning 14}
Following the riots it was announced that two officers Stacey Koon And Lawrence
Powell would stand trial yet again, but this time in federal court for violating Rodney
Kings civil rights. Both were convicted and sentenced to prison terms {Brutality In Los Angles 7}
The Rodney King video and trial...
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Police misconduct, including brutatilty, is a problem that is often overlooked, but comes into focus once news media get sensational video, such as in Rodney King. The causes of this problem are complex; the solutions are often unclear. It is too bad that this essay did no more than refer to four sensational cases. Looking at the causes of the problem would have been instructive. Giving examples of potential solutions would have been as well. Even just giving statistics about police misconduct generally would have put the problem into more perspective. This is not an essay helpful to an undestanding of the problem.
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