When was rodney king beating

Two of the officers, Sergeant Stacey Koon and officer Laurence Michael Powell, were convicted in of violating King's civil rights. Rodney King died in Holliday holds the videocamera he used to capture the Rodney King beating after a news conference. Our condolences are extended to his family and friends," she said.

CNN requested comment from Holliday's brother, Peter, who's also in the plumbing business. Entire blocks of homes and stores went up in flames. More than 60 people died by shootings or other violence, mostly in South Los Angeles. The uprising seemed to catch the rest of the nation by surprise, but longtime residents said tensions were building in South LA for years and the King verdict was just the tipping point. King drowned in his backyard swimming pool on June 17, , at age It was unclear if it ever sold.

Holliday told the New York Times last year that he was still working as a plumber and never profited from the video. It was March 3, , and through the lens of his camera, Holliday recorded four white Los Angeles police officers using batons, stun guns, feet and fists to beat a Black man later identified as Rodney King, whose name quickly became globally synonymous with police brutality.

What had led up to this? King, an unemployed construction worker who had been drinking and was on probation for a robbery conviction, was instructed to pull over for speeding on a Los Angeles freeway. He eventually stopped his car in front of Holliday's apartment building, where Los Angeles police took charge of the traffic stop that devolved into a violent confrontation as officers trying to subdue King pounded on him repeatedly, as others looked on.

The station became the first to air the footage that would be seen across the globe, becoming what would today be considered a viral video. The video led to upheaval within the Los Angeles Police Department, sparking calls for the ouster of then-Chief Daryl Gates and prompting the appointment of the Christopher Commission to examine the inner workings of the LAPD and allegations of excessive force and institutional racism.

When the four officers involved in the King beating were acquitted a year later of excessive use of force by a jury in Ventura County, five days of rioting ensued in Los Angeles, resulting in 54 deaths, some 2, injuries, scores of destroyed buildings and other property damage, and more than 12, arrests.

The acquitted police officers were later convicted of violating Rodney King's civil rights in a federal court trial. King, a Sacramento native, died in Rialto on June 17, , of what was described as an accidental drowning. After Holliday turns over the video to a local TV station, it quickly spreads and creates international outrage.

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