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boyfriend-boyfriend thing" (CQ Researcher, p. 637). One of the most celebrated cases in recent times was the beating of a black motorist by several white police officers in Los Angeles. It stirred nationwide concern about police brutality. On March 3, 1991, Rodney Glen

Critical Race Theory and the Rodney King Case In reviewing the article, Canadian Critical Race Theory, I found that the author, Carol Aylvard, raises some very interesting as well as disturbing questions on the nature of racism within the realm of police enforcement. In looking through the lens of the Rodney King case, we are provided with a very specific example of how the issue of race was dealt with, or not dealt with within the LAPD and judicial system. To gain a clearer understanding of

That was not enough for some officers they believed King was resisting arrest. Due to their belief some cops shot Rodney with a taser gun. Shortly several officers started to fiercely beat King with their batons. “We won that game didn‘t we,” says officer Laurence Powell to his mates. George Holliday, a men standing near the scene, video tapped the action. Rapidly

a story about an African American who has been a victim of police brutality. In many of these cases, police officers claim that the victims posed a threat or were a danger to their own well being. Moreover, one example that led to looting was the Rodney Glen King case which was about an American taxi driver who became nationally known after being beaten by Los Angeles Police Department officers following a high-speed car chase on March 3, 1991. The police attempted to pull him over in Lake View Terrace

midst of us watching the news, she mumbled "damn, 50 years later and ain't none changed". It then began to dwell on me that when it comes to police brutality, protesting has not changed anything. Even back in 1992, when the LA riots occurred after the Rodney King beating, all of

Ventura County acquitted four white Los Angeles Police Department officers of brutally beating Rodney G. King, an unarmed African-American motorist. The riots that followed over the next five days left more than 50 people dead, more than 2,000 injured, and nearly 12,000 arrested (Los Angeles Riots Fast Facts). My father, James Webster, was a witness to these riots. “On March 3, 1991, paroled felon Rodney King led police on a high-speed chase through the streets of Los Angeles County before eventually

Police brutality continues to be a major concern in society.It is a term used to describe the excessive use of physical force, assault, verbal attacks or slurs, and threats by any law enforcement officer. Efforts to police communities, throughout history, have been tainted by brutality and abuse of power to some degree. The term police brutality is commonly used very loosely to any and all forms of police misconduct. When in reality, the excessive force element of police misconduct is what clearly

to law enforcement’s desire to cover up the mistreatment and because police brutality is difficult to prove depending on the scenario. The case of Rodney King, racial discrimination, NFL protests, body cameras, excuses, and the September 11th terrorist attacks were all affected by the misconduct and violence brought upon by police brutality. Rodney King was an African-American man whose beating by the Los Angeles police officers was videotaped and displayed to all of the United States. He was involved

In this essay, I will be proposing a suitable research method to identify the causes of the 2011 London Riots that took place between the 6th August and the 10th August, which resulted in lawlessness – chaos, looting, arson, attacks, etc. My aim is to determine why the riots happened, so that such violence can be prevented in the future. I will do this using scientific methodology and choose the most appropriate method for my research. Firstly, a summary of the Experimental Method. It originates

can plague a society to a terminus degree through the initial case of Rodney King. All Involved is set in 1992, based on the incident of Rodney King, and the rioting and uproar of Los Angeles that lasted for six days after. The book weaves multiple different perspective of people with different views on the riots. Gang members, nurses, firefighters, the homeless, etc., tell their story as they have seen it. Nonetheless, Rodney King was said to have been pulled over by police after a high-speed chase