Rodney King

No.An all American jury ruled that the cops were justified in using force to restrain an out of control suspect.
BTW...that is so 90's. Try to keep up with todays news, Zippy

Officers Koon and Powell were found guilty in a Federal Court of violating Rodney King's Civil Rights by excessively beating him with batons. They could have received 10-years in prison. The judge showed them the kind of mercy all humans deserve. They had made a mistake. Their training and rules of conduct did not support the excessive anger driven beating they meted out. They were highly paid public servants, who were expected to rise above impulsive behavior. The judge noted that their lives had been changed forever by their unprofessional behavior. He also noted that Rodney King's behavior contributed to their unprofessional responses, in that he acted provocatively, once the CHP officers relinquished control of the situation to the LAPD and holstered their weapons. These former LAPD Officers were sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison.

There seems to be a pattern, pertaining to people who "beat the rap," in one venue. These LAPD officers got away with criminal behavior in the Simi Trial. O.J. Simpson was found Not Guilty. Eventually, justice was done, if even indirectly. Moscow Mitch may deliver the goods in the current trial of Donald J. Trump. One day we will have all the evidence, and there will be no mistake that justice was/is being miscarried. The Republicans in the Senate want the evidence to show the president is not guilty. If they don't have to see more evidence, proving otherwise, their desired verdict will stand. One day, we will have the facts. I suspect they won't matter to a great many people. Sometimes it is hard to be proud of my country. Maybe we were naive to believe that, "Right matters here."

Not the edited version the Media showed us

That jury was predisposed to find them not guilty of all charges. They were even found not-guilty of filing false police reports. Their reports failed to mention the beating at all. To paraphrase Moscow Mitch, they had their minds made up from the start.

The jury watched the other two people in the stolen car get out and comply with police orders. King (already a felon) who had just led them on a high speed chase, kept fighting.

When your options are to stop resisting, or get your ass kicked - and you choose to get your ass kicked, you got what you asked for.

A little excessive?, no?

his friends who followed police commands weren't harmed. That was the opinion of the jurors (what they've said publicly). I lived in the area at the time, and saw the riots firsthand.

I believe you. I know an unecessary beating when I see one.

I'm guessing that you didn't see the whole recording. When the police tell you to stay down - don't try to get back up and take swings at them 6 more times.....especially after you led them on a high speed pursuit in a stolen vehicle.

Obviously it was a little excessive, otherwise 2 of the officers would not have bin found guilty later in federal court for violating King's civil rights, nor would the police force had retrained and overhauled their policies in the years that followed. They don't do stuff like that for imagined cruelty.

Your opinion doesn't count purgey