He was born on April 2, 1965 and died June 17, 2012
He was Famous for being a victim of a police brutality case the caused pubil protests and riots.
On March 3rd, 1991 husdand-and-wife Officers Tim and Melanie Singer attempeted to pull over King two of his friends, Bryant Allen and Freddie Helms due to speeding. He lead police into through the residential streets at 55-80 MPH. Finally, King was cornered into pulling over and other officers; Stacey Koon, Laurence Powell, Timothy Wind, Theodore Briseno and Ronaldo Solano; arrived on sceane. King and his freinds where ordered to get out and lie face down on the ground.
King’s friends obeyed the officer and got arrested, but King refused to get out of the car. Finally getting out of the veichle, King started acting strangely and insultingly by giggling and waving to the police helicopter above his head. He proceded to grabb his backside which makeing Melanie Singer think he was taking out his weapon. Singer recacted by drawing her gun and ordered him to lie face down on the ground. LAPD Sergeant …show more content…
The other four LAPD Officers, Briseno, Powell, Solano and Wind, were ordered to handcuff King by grabbing him at the same point. After King resisted to it, a taser was used on him twice and King rushed Powell either to attack or escape. King and Powell crashed into one another. When Powell and King colided, Powell smacked King with his baton causeing King to fall to the ground. Powell continued to attack King until Officer Briseno stoped Powell. King tried to stand up on his knees, but Powell and Wind struck King with their batons, repetatlly. As King tried to stand up repeattly, Koon encouraged his officers to hit King repeattlly with “power strokes”, struckin King’s joints, elbows, wrists, knees and ankles. After handcuffing him, officers dragged to the side of the road to await medical assistance to
He was Famous for being a victim of a police brutality case the caused pubil protests and riots.
On March 3rd, 1991 husdand-and-wife Officers Tim and Melanie Singer attempeted to pull over King two of his friends, Bryant Allen and Freddie Helms due to speeding. He lead police into through the residential streets at 55-80 MPH. Finally, King was cornered into pulling over and other officers; Stacey Koon, Laurence Powell, Timothy Wind, Theodore Briseno and Ronaldo Solano; arrived on sceane. King and his freinds where ordered to get out and lie face down on the ground.
King’s friends obeyed the officer and got arrested, but King refused to get out of the car. Finally getting out of the veichle, King started acting strangely and insultingly by giggling and waving to the police helicopter above his head. He proceded to grabb his backside which makeing Melanie Singer think he was taking out his weapon. Singer recacted by drawing her gun and ordered him to lie face down on the ground. LAPD Sergeant …show more content…
The other four LAPD Officers, Briseno, Powell, Solano and Wind, were ordered to handcuff King by grabbing him at the same point. After King resisted to it, a taser was used on him twice and King rushed Powell either to attack or escape. King and Powell crashed into one another. When Powell and King colided, Powell smacked King with his baton causeing King to fall to the ground. Powell continued to attack King until Officer Briseno stoped Powell. King tried to stand up on his knees, but Powell and Wind struck King with their batons, repetatlly. As King tried to stand up repeattly, Koon encouraged his officers to hit King repeattlly with “power strokes”, struckin King’s joints, elbows, wrists, knees and ankles. After handcuffing him, officers dragged to the side of the road to await medical assistance to