Rodney King Trial

LAPD captured Rodney King and as he came out from his taxi that he was driving, he was welcomed with a severe brutal beating and clubbed by the police about sixty times. After he had been captured, he was confined in jail by the police for four days in the pretense of conducting investigations. After the four days, the prosecutors alleged that they found no sufficient evidence to try him. However, this was just an excuse or mask to try to evade the three Los Angeles police officers who were involved in the crime. The act was considered by many citizens who watched the videotape of the police beating King, as one which the police used excessive force “After the video was screened on television, the “Rodney King beating” became the most well-known case of police use of force in history” (Martin, 2007, p. 30). The police have been given the mandate to punish any wrongdoing done in their presence and to arrest any wrongdoer believed to have committed an offense in their sight, with or without a warrant of arrest. …show more content…
The presumption of innocence should always prevail in any case. An accused person is innocent until he is proven guilty by the courts of law after a trial process has been done. Conviction or acquaintance should be based on the standard of prove which the prosecutor uses in court during the trial process. A prosecutor must always establish a prima facie case before a conviction is imposed on an accused person.The accused persons, in this case, were the three Los Angeles police officers, and the victim of their actions is Rodney King” Rodney King was beaten by officers of the Los Angeles Police Department” (Martin,2007, p.