Rodney King Incident (big deal in the 90's)---Brittini

Rodney King was the victim of excessive police brutality. His case was against four officers of the LAPD, and when they were acquitted, the incident sparked the 1992 Los Angeles Riots. While King was being beaten, a bystander named George Holiday caught the majority of the brutal act on tape. This footage was used in court as evidence against the officers. It all started when King was driving while intoxicated. When police tried to pull him over, a high speed freeway chase ensued. He was cornered after exiting the freeway and his passengers were arrested. When officers attempted to arrest King he struggled and allegedly struck one of the officers. The struggle continued leading to the use of a taser on King twice and several strikes with police batons. While all of this was happening he was also being stomped on repeatedly for approximately a minute and a half. When finally arrested he was taken to the hospital where it was discovered that he suffered a fracture to a bone in his face, a broken leg, and numerouscuts and bruises. He was awarded $3.8 million, some of which he gave to start a hip hop record label. The riots led to 53 deaths, 2,383 injured, over 7,000 fires, 3,100 damage businesses, and roughly $1 billion in financial losses.