The Washington Post, March 4th, 1993
Two years ago today, what began as a routine police pursuit in the middle of the night ended with the brutal beating and arrest of black motorist Rodney G. King. Unknown to King or the white Los Angeles police officers who subdued him, much of the incident was videotaped by an amateur cameraman awakened by the noise of a police helicopter. It was a tape that would shock the nation, lead to the trial and acquittal of four officers, wreck political careers and trigger a deadly riot that would destroy 10,000 businesses and take more than 50 lives. As the prosecution in the federal civil rights t...
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