1. By Kyle Cline

2.  Born April,1965 in Fort Worth, Texas  Has been arrested several of times  Drug infractions  Violence (Such as Beating his wife)  Motoring Offenses

3.  March 3 rd 1991  Driving down 210 freeway in LA around midnight, he was caught by highway patrol  He did not want to violate his probation (for robbery) so he than lead them on a high speed chase  When caught, police than decided King was resisting arrest and had drugs in his system (He didn’t)  He was than hit over 50 times and was hit twice with a taser gun  He was sent to jail and waited sentencing BUT……

4.  A man named George Holliday caught the King beating on Film  He was a manager at a plumbing company  He heard sirens so he woke up and grabbed his video camera to see if he could catch something http://www.youtube.com/watch ?v=SW1ZDIXiuS4

6.  Shot King with a taser gun twice  Was the one who decided king was resisting  Lead the attack (made first move)  Told jury King attacked him

7.  A top officer in the police academy  Has probably the brightest future out of any officer  Swung his baton over 40 times at King saying he felt attacked because King had a drug that makes me people go crazy

8.  Rookie cop on the force  Working his 3 rd day along the car with Powell  Kicked king 6 times and stroked him with his baton also  As the others were dropping back he would keep on attacking.  Also said King attacked him

9.  Charged with excessive force while working before  Only stomped king once, telling him to stay down, that way the other officers would stop  It didn’t!

10.  Seemed like an open and shut case  92% of Americans (Including Whites) found all 4 men guilty  Feb 3 1992 – The trial begins in East Venture Courthouse in Simi Valley  March 2 nd - Jury contains 10 whites, 1 Hispanic and 1 Filipino  April 29 th - at 3:15 pm all 4 men are acquitted of all charges due to lack of evidence and because it was self defense

11.  Los Angeles broke out into riots throughout the city  People we upset over the verdict and wanted to make a statement to the police and court system  53 people dead  7000 people were arrested  51 billion dollars in property damage http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wc_ SgpyJWRY

12.  Next day Bush announces Department of Justice to investigate filing charges on officers for violating Kings civil rights  August 4 th - Jury returns  August 4 th 1993 (A year later)- Judge Dawes orders Powell and Koon to 30 months in correctional camp (Wind and Briseno get nothing)  April 19 th 1993- King is awarded 3.8 billion dollars in damages  June 1 st - Civil trial against officers ends up awarding $0 to Rodney King.