Bystander George Holliday caught the beating in 81 seconds of graphic video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sb1WywIpUtY … #cjhistorypic.twitter.com/rIkPwUAYte
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Bystander George Holliday caught the beating in 81 seconds of graphic video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sb1WywIpUtY … #cjhistorypic.twitter.com/rIkPwUAYte
King was hit at least 56 times with police batons. @nytimes story from March '91: http://www.nytimes.com/1991/03/06/us/videotape-appears-to-show-police-beating.html … #cjhistorypic.twitter.com/1VkKG5AvWv
Four officers were charged with the beating. In April 1992, all were acquitted. http://www.nytimes.com/1992/04/30/us/the-police-verdict-los-angeles-policemen-acquitted-in-taped-beating.html … #cjhistorypic.twitter.com/CnqDVKD8eE
On April 29, 1992, riots erupted around Los Angeles in response to the verdict. #cjhistorypic.twitter.com/AVjNg9LKMn
More than 50 were killed, over 2,000 injured and $1 billion in damage accrued in the LA riots. #cjhistorypic.twitter.com/uUrc1akS1j
Two officers were later found guilty of violating King’s civil rights. http://www.nytimes.com/1993/04/19/us/verdict-in-los-angeles-fear-subsides-with-verdict-but-residents-remain-wary.html … #cjhistorypic.twitter.com/ePp52ZbkJz
They were sentenced to two and a half years in prison. http://graphics.latimes.com/towergraphic-where-they-are-now/ … #cjhistorypic.twitter.com/ElkHCvYij5
Rev. Jesse Jackson: King is “in the lineage of Emmett Till, Medgar Evers, Trayvon Martin” https://www.themarshallproject.org/2016/03/02/the-rev-jesse-jackson-remembers-rodney-king-and-the-l-a-riots?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sprout&utm_source=twitter#.sACZWZcGT …pic.twitter.com/729Oowhqzw
King passed away in 2012 at the age of 47, from drowning. His last interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2w8-M3nDwg … #cjhistorypic.twitter.com/QQ3Kts7XIt
.@latimes breaks what happened to other key figures in the Rodney King beating:
http://graphics.latimes.com/towergraphic-where-they-are-now/ … #cjhistorypic.twitter.com/a1JiCyjI6p
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