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landmark time that changed the conditions on law enforcement and the use of excessive force. Who would have thought that a basic routine traffic stop would change policing and racial relationship not only in Los Angeles, but in the United States? Rodney King on the night of March 3rd, 1991 was stopped and removed from his car after an alleged speed chase by the Los Angeles Police Department. He was pulled from his car and brutally beaten by the striking of police batons, Tasers were used several

scientists and engineers refine and create what we call AI, Artificial intelligence. Today, the AI that humanity has developed carries a relatively low intellectual capacity. On the other hand, specialists of the field such as Andrew Garrison and Rodney Brooks predict that in the future, AI will carry a level of intelligence higher than that of a human. This development raises questions. What are the possible advantages and disadvantages of Artificial intelligence, and to what extent is it ethically

LOS ANGELES — Twenty years after the videotaped Rodney King beating exposed racial wounds and ignited passions that eventually sparked a devastating riot, Police Chief Charlie Beck said Thursday he's confident a similar police beating couldn't happen again. The Los Angeles Police Department has made sweeping reforms in its use of force and handling of complaints, is under more civilian oversight, and community-based policing has eased tensions in crime-plagued communities, Beck said. In addition

There has been cases of public activism against these injustices, one of the most controversial being the 2004 Palm Island death in custody incident. Cameron Doomadgee was arrested as of public drunkenness to be found hours later in his cell killed by wounds resembling that of a high-speed accident in a localised area. Lex Wotton, the councillor of the Palm island Aboringal shire council when Doomadgee was killed led a riot in response resulting in the burning down of the police station. This lead

What is nationalism? Nationalism is another word for patriotism, but the word nationalism is used more negatively. The definition of nationalism is loyalty and devotion to a nation, but are there problems with nationalism? Of course, there is. Nationalism is to be proud of your nation, and when you're proud of something great, you want to keep it great. Now, let's think of a more recent form of nationalism, white nationalism. Not too long ago, in Charlottesville, Virginia, a "Unite the Right" rally

Summarize of Events Rodney King was involved in a high speed chase with the Los Angeles police on March 3, 1991, when caught King was pulled from the vehicle and brutally beaten by a multitude of LAPD officers. The entire incident was caught on tape by an amateur cameraman George Holiday (“Rodney”, n.d.). The officers in question were all charged by the state of California with excessive force by a police officer

who senselessly beat Rodney King which was caught on camera. To understand the core issues of the L.A. Riots, we have to go back to what started it all, the injustice of Rodney King. Rodney King, an African-American man who already had a run in with the law, lead police on a high-speed car chase in Los Angeles on March 3rd, 1991. Following the end of the chase, King was violently beaten by four police officers before being taken into custody. What made the story of Rodney King big was the very

among people and cultures, it may come a moment where these can turn the lasting ashes into flames. However, there are some strategies all communities can do in order to prevent the riots. While watching the LA Riots Documentary video and reading the Rodney King’s article I was able to find some actions the community can do to keep concord between races. First of all,

Watts Riots Introduction Martin Luther King, Jr. once said “The limitation of riots, moral questions aside, is that they cannot win and their participants know it. Hence, rioting is not revolutionary but reactionary because it invites defeat. It involves an emotional catharsis, but it must be followed by a sense of futility.” Marquette Frye was a 21 year old African American man who was arrested on Wednesday August, 11th, 1965 bye an unspecified member of the Las Angeles police department

during the 1990s. Dr. Cassandra Chaney of Louisiana State University and Dr. Ray V. Robertson of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette co-wrote a moving article based on Rodney Glen King, a man who quickly became the face of police brutality after a tragic event occurred that no one would ever forget. On March 3, 1991 Rodney King was a victim of a merciless beating by four Los Angeles Police Department officers. With the helpful use of Critical Race Theory (CRT) and Critical Discourse Analysis