Legal News for Weds 4/29 - Purdue Opioid Sentence, Comey Indicted over "86 47," Trump Fires Entire National Science Board
This Day in Legal History: Rodney King
On April 29, 1992, a California jury acquitted four Los Angeles police officers charged in the beating of Rodney King, a Black motorist whose assault had been captured on videotape the year before. The beating took place on March 3, 1991, after a police chase, when officers repeatedly struck King while a bystander recorded the incident from nearby. The footage became one of the most important pieces of video evidence in modern American legal history, not because it settled the matter, but because it showed how even seemingly clear evidence can be…
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