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Rodney King

Beginning on March 3, 1991, four Los Angeles police, Stacy Koon, Ted Briseno, Lawrence Powell, and Timothy Wind, make the traffic stop of a car driven by Rodney King. When Rodney King stepped out of the car, the officer fired a 50,000 volt Taser gun electric arrows, similar to a stun gun, on Rodney King. After that, the police officers reportedly beat Rodney King with their sticks between 53-56 times. As a result of the beating, Rodney King suffered serious injuries, including broken bones. 

A private citizen recorded the beginning to the end of the incident on video and then sell it to a local television news station. Local news station, in turn, sold a copy to Ted Turner's Cable News Network, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. In the wake of the national broadcast repeated beatings, 4 officers involved in the incident faces charges of assault in state court in California.
Remarkably, in a state criminal court, the judge found the four officers not guilty of the charges. A large riot broke out in Los Angeles. In just a few hours of the announcement of the verdict, the people protesting in the streets and reportedly burned, looted, and terrorized the whole city. protest was regarded as a race riot, because of the fact that the King of African Americans and police officers who allegedly beat him all Caucasian. Popular belief that racially motivated beatings validated by the fact that transcripts of communications from the police car where the officer made several racial slurs both before and after the beating. 

In a civil trial in connection with the beating, the jury awarded Rodney King $ 3,800,000 in damage.Rodney King reportedly use some money to create a company recording.Rodney King also has stated that he wanted to be involved in helping young people to overcome the problem of racial minorities. 

Later, Stacy Koon and Lawrence Powell was charged in federal court for violating the civil rights of Rodney King during an arrest. In the Federal Guidelines Penalty, two officers facing 70-87 months in prison. Although the range of punishment, however, the United States District Judge John Davies to punish them for a term of 30 months. The judge sentenced him to choose to depart from the guidelines because the Rodney King refused to arrest and, thus, contributed to the beating. The judge also reduced the sentence based on the fact that the officer faces charges in connection with events in both state and federal courts. 

Since these events, the city has been trying to fix. For example, the Los Angeles Police Department to change the racial composition of its personnel. In 1991, the department has a non-minority population of 61.3 percent, compared with 50 percent in July 1997. In addition, during the same time, the number of female police officers, who said to be less prone to violent behavior, an increase of almost 5 percent. To further combat the possibility of future police mistake, behind the beating Rodney King, citizen complaints about the actions of all officers who were sent to an inspector general, who investigated the behavior of police. In addition, the city Police Commission established civil body, which consists of nearly 9,500. His job was to oversee the activities of the department. 

After receiving national media attention in 1991, Rodney King made headlines once again in subsequent years for a variety of arrests in California. In 1997, Rodney King to serve three-month term of imprisonment for conviction of domestic violence. He also was arrested for asking a prostitute and drunk driving. In March 1999, Rodney King gave himself up to police officers in San Bernadino County in California due to allegations of domestic violence and vandalism. The charges against Rodney King incurred in connection with domestic dispute involving the daughter of Rodney King.

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