Los Angeles Police Department

being beaten by Los Angeles Police Department, followed by a high-speed car chase on March 3, 1991. The crimes that occurred in 1992 Los Angeles riots, also known as the Rodney King riots. These riots consisted of lootings, arsons, civil disturbance and deaths throughout Los Angeles, California. The riot of the Rodney Kings’ police brutality case began on April 29, 1992 with a protest that shortly began after the acquittal of police officers on trial regarding a widely covered police…

Let’s begin with the killing of Los Angeles Police Department officer Kevin Gaines. He was shot by undercover officer frank Lyga. Lyga was involved in a road rage incident with Gaines and suspected him of being a gang member. After his untimely death it came to be known that on his off duty time he worked as a security guard. It also came to light that this was not his first road rage case where he would threaten drives with a gun. Kevin Gaines came to be employed on his off time by Suge Knight…

organization from which the case study is based is the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) which is the law enforcement agency for Los Angeles, California, United States of America. The problem herein referred to in the case study emanates from the 1992 Los Angeles Riots that were in response of what became to be known as police brutality. The problem is particularly a conflict between the LAPD and African American residents who felt that the police were unfairly treating the blacks with…

Torres, was a member of the Los Angeles Police Department and he experienced firsthand what the Los Angeles riots were all about in 1992. When he got out of high school, my father enlisted in the United States Army. During his military service he was stationed in Panama , and many other places all over the world. July of 1989, he married his high school sweetheart, Sarah Blossom. My mother, Sarah gave birth to their son, Ross. Danny decided to become a Los Angeles Police Officer and so…

symbols of racial tension in America. On March 3, 1991, Rodney King decided to go out with two of his friends, Bryant Allen and Freddie Helms. They were driving in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles. Before driving that night, Rodney and his friends spent the night drinking. At about 12:30 am, police officers noticed that Rodney was going over…

The Rodney King incident is an event that took place on March 3, 1991. Rodney King was pulled over by Los Angeles police after a high-speed chase. When the officers were able to finally to seize Mr. King they pulled him out of his vehicle and almost beat him to death. What the four police officers didn’t know is that they were being recorded by a civilian name George Holliday. After the video got to release the four officers were charges with assault with a deadly weapon and excessive use of…

This “Dirty Scandal” took place in the New York City Department in 1992-1995. Thirty-three officers were charged with several law violations, including extortion, civil rights conspiracy, grand larceny, and narcotics distribution. It was one of the largest collection of police officers with corruption charges in almost a decade. Those officers were not acting alone, they were organized group under the leadership of - mentioned above - Kevin P. Nannery. Because of this scandal, not only that many…

1,186. 1,186 is the number of people killed by police in 2015 (Petrohilos, 2015). In 1991, Rodney King could’ve been one of those numbers, with the perpetrators getting off scot-free. The acquittal of the four officers who brutally attacked Rodney King was an outrage to the American people as well as being the catalyst for the 1992 Los Angeles Riots. Rodney King was driving one night when he was pulled over and beaten by police. Upwards of one-hundred miles per hour, Rodney King’s car was…

How did police brutality for African Americans socially changed then and now, particularly in Rodney King and Laquan McDonald's case? How did the news media capture the event, what were the consequences of the police officers involved, and how the public responded? The film L.A. Riots Revisited examined Rodney King's police beating and how South-Central Los Angeles community was affected. A&E Television Networks created the film in 1999 which provided the original video footage of Rodney…

pursue legal action for vandalism. This can be seen if we compare Beverly Hills to South Central Los Angeles. One community is littered with graffiti, trash, and gang violence, however in contrast, the other community is extremely well taken care of and has virtually no graffiti. There are countless more solutions to combating and preventing graffiti as explained in a flyer made by the Richmond Police Department titled “How Can I Prevent Graffiti”. However, after our interview with Susan…