The LA Riots were in response to the Rodney King video that showed LA Police officers beating an unarmed African- American motorist. On March 3rd 1991 King, a paroled felon led police on a high speed chase through the LA county, he was intoxicated and uncooperative during the arrest. Unbeknownst to the 3 officers, Laurence Powell, Theodore Briseno, and Timothy Wind was involved in the beating of Rodney King while arresting King someone was filming the officers beating King long after he was able to resist. The video was released to the public and it was met with questions about police brutality.
King was released without charges, and on March 15,in front of a Grand Jury, Sgt Stacey Koon and the officers were indicted on charges of Assault with a deadly weapon, and excessive force and Koon, while not taking a part in the beating he was the commanding officer during the time of the beating was charged with aiding and abetting.
In response to the National uproar that the case received from the video being released, the judge moved the trial away from LA County to Simi County which is about an hour away via google maps. Interestingly …show more content…
They were pillaging and looting and riots on a mass scale in LA. The violence first started at the intersection of Florence and Normandie, three African American males beat a motorist nearly to death, this happened to many motorists throughout the span of the riots, some Korean store owners took to defending the stores with rifles. The police were kinda late to respond to the start of the riots, so if they were earlier to respond maybe they would’ve contained it faster and minimize the damage and destruction. The national guard were called in at the behest of the Mayor and Governor
King was released without charges, and on March 15,in front of a Grand Jury, Sgt Stacey Koon and the officers were indicted on charges of Assault with a deadly weapon, and excessive force and Koon, while not taking a part in the beating he was the commanding officer during the time of the beating was charged with aiding and abetting.
In response to the National uproar that the case received from the video being released, the judge moved the trial away from LA County to Simi County which is about an hour away via google maps. Interestingly …show more content…
They were pillaging and looting and riots on a mass scale in LA. The violence first started at the intersection of Florence and Normandie, three African American males beat a motorist nearly to death, this happened to many motorists throughout the span of the riots, some Korean store owners took to defending the stores with rifles. The police were kinda late to respond to the start of the riots, so if they were earlier to respond maybe they would’ve contained it faster and minimize the damage and destruction. The national guard were called in at the behest of the Mayor and Governor