Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Police Misconduct Pt.4

Rodney King is one of the most famous cases of police Brutality and Misconduct. Rodney was quickly taken to the hospital after the Los Angeles Police brutaly beat him to a pulp. He suffered from facial fractured due to numerous amounts of cops repeatedly beating him with the batons. As this accured other cops watched in enjoyment as Rodney is curled up on the floor being beaten for no reason. In this case four of the cops were taken to trial and was later aquitted, Meaning they got off. But later the case was taken back to federal court where two officers were sentenced to jail time as the other two were aquitted.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_King

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=1344797n

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