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The Rodney King Case

The Rodney King Case

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The Rodney King case transformed the public debate over police violence in the United States. In 1991, King was beaten by LAPD officers after a car chase in Los Angeles, and the incident was recorded on video by George Holliday. This episode reconstructs the arrest, the impact of the footage, the state trial of the officers, the 1992 acquittals, the Los Angeles riots, and the later federal civil rights trial, which ended with two convictions. A case about racism, use of force, video evidence, juries, and the gap between what society sees and what a court declares proven.

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