Stacey Koon

suddenly become aware and this was only the beginning. Of course like every trial known to the world , there are numerous ways of how the story went but in the end only one story can matter. On the night of March 3,1991 king along with 2 other passengers Bryant Allen and Freddie Helms had gotten into a high speed on the 210 freeway of San Fernando Valley. Eight miles into the chase king exited the freeway and was surrounded by lapd officers until the first five police officers arrived. These officers go by the name of Stacey Koon, Laurence Powell, Timothy Wind, Theodore Briseno, and Rolando Solano. Allen, Helms, and King were ordered to draw from the vehicle and lay face down on the ground. When done so officers took action and the physical harassment had begun. Bryant Allen was kicked,stomped, and man handled along with Freddie Helms who was hit in the head while lying on the ground. Both victims suffered minor abuse compared to Rodney King. Sergeant Koon ordered four of the officers to handcuff king with the method called “swarm”. King began to resist which triggered the sudden commotion. Keep in mind king was unarmed but yet suffered as if he were a threat to police officers that outnumbered him. He was tasered twice, strike with a baton several times, handcuffed, cord cuffed, and kicked. King took 33 blows to the head plus 6 kicks scaring him for life. Once the video reached new stations and citizens became alarmed there was no other option but to take it to the…

As the nation watched the beaten of Rodney King, they were all in agreement that the police brutality was excessive. However, regardless of the video, during the trial on April 29, 1992, the jury as well as Superior Court Judge Stanley Weisberg came to the conclusion that the evidence was not adequate to convict LAPD Officers Lawrence Powell, Stacey Koon, Timothy Wind and Theodore Briseno. After the verdict, many people felt like race was the reason for the jury’s conclusion. People including,…

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…

Officer wind was just months shy out of the police academy when this incident happened. Shortly after the Rodney King incident, he was fired by the Los Angeles police department (LAPD). He later got a job in 1994, as a community service officer for the Culver City Police Department. Stacy Koon was a Los Angeles police sergeant, who was unfortunately at the scene of the incident. After being acquitted in a state court, he was found guilty in federal court and spent two and a half years in prison.…

to submit the video to a local news channel. The video became a sensation and was watched by millions of people. After reports and complaints, people thought that the officers shouldn’t be wearing their uniforms anymore for what they did. The officers were brought into court. The jury which consisted of mostly whites, acquitted 4 out of 5 officers. Officer Powell’s faint was still being decided. The freeing of the officers led to the 1992 L.A riots. The riots had caused 53 deaths, 2,383…

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…

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 zipping down San…

After Latasha hit Du, Du shot Latasha in the back of the head, killing her. (Security tape showed the girl, already was dead, She was still Clutching the $2 in her hand when the investigators had arrived.) Du was convicted of volunteering of Manslaughter and forced to pay a fine of $500, but still was not sentenced to any prison time. This was the catalyst that fueled much of the the rage against the Koreans Storeowners in the Los Angeles community. With the beating of Rodney King he was…

during the 90’s. These events were the Cold War, Gulf War, and the 1992 Los Angeles Riots. The Cold War started in 1947 and ended in 1991. It started because of the economic troubles between the USSR and the USA, ending with the fall of the berlin wall. It was called the Cold War because there was no physical fighting. The Gulf War started in August 2, 1990 and ended in February 28, 1999, which started because the leader of Iraqi invaded Kuwait. The United States rushed troops into Saudi…

miles per hour in a Hyundai, when they car cannot even reach that limit. The cops chased King all over the city of Los Angeles. Full of anger, once they stopped him, they jumped on him and started beating him saying that King resisted arrest, wasn’t obeying their commands and that he was either on drugs or drunk. An eyewitness videotaped officer’s using their tasers on him, kicking, stomping and beating King with batons. The officers beat him for approximately two minutes, giving king 56 blows…