Rodney King III was an American taxi driver who became world known after being beaten by Los Angeles Police Department, followed by a high-speed car chase on March 3, 1991. The crimes that occurred in 1992 Los Angeles riots, also known as the Rodney King riots. These riots consisted of lootings, arsons, civil disturbance and deaths throughout Los Angeles, California.
The riot of the Rodney Kings’ police brutality case began on April 29, 1992 with a protest that shortly began after the acquittal of police officers on trial regarding a widely covered police brutality incident. The Los Angeles Police Officers that were involved in the arrest of Rodney King were put on trial for a crime of assault. The four police officers were put on trial …show more content…
The police officers had conducted over sixty hours of extra training planning in preparation for the this day. There were officers assigned to work over time the night of when the verdict was going to be read, in case a riot broke out. Over one million dollars were set aside for the LAPD for that day. After the verdict was read only a few extra police officers were kept on shift. Most of the other police officers were scheduled to deal with the riots for that night. However Officer Steve Zaby of the Los Angeles Police Department reported that tension on the streets began to rise and police officers began receiving a lot of hard looks and comments regarding the …show more content…
All police had retreated leaving the streets open for rioters and protesters to impose their will on innocent bystanders. African Americans from South Central were beating white news reporters and any white people that was passing by. During this time, the Chief of Police was at a fundraiser, while the Mayor of Los Angeles was not on location either or twelve of the department's eighteen police captains because they were coming back from a training exercise outside of Los Angeles. This caused a huge communication breakdown which did not allowed the officers on the ground to do their jobs properly and stop these riots. By this time, the Mayor and Chief of Police were talking about having the National Guard assist in the riots. Soon after the command was in place, the police were fully mobilized and all officers in the Los Angeles were ordered to come assist in the riots. By the time the officers were placed on duty to assist, there were buildings on fire, traffic was heavy and sirens were blaring down all the streets. This made it extremely hard for all the off duty police officers to come to the command post as
The riot of the Rodney Kings’ police brutality case began on April 29, 1992 with a protest that shortly began after the acquittal of police officers on trial regarding a widely covered police brutality incident. The Los Angeles Police Officers that were involved in the arrest of Rodney King were put on trial for a crime of assault. The four police officers were put on trial …show more content…
The police officers had conducted over sixty hours of extra training planning in preparation for the this day. There were officers assigned to work over time the night of when the verdict was going to be read, in case a riot broke out. Over one million dollars were set aside for the LAPD for that day. After the verdict was read only a few extra police officers were kept on shift. Most of the other police officers were scheduled to deal with the riots for that night. However Officer Steve Zaby of the Los Angeles Police Department reported that tension on the streets began to rise and police officers began receiving a lot of hard looks and comments regarding the …show more content…
All police had retreated leaving the streets open for rioters and protesters to impose their will on innocent bystanders. African Americans from South Central were beating white news reporters and any white people that was passing by. During this time, the Chief of Police was at a fundraiser, while the Mayor of Los Angeles was not on location either or twelve of the department's eighteen police captains because they were coming back from a training exercise outside of Los Angeles. This caused a huge communication breakdown which did not allowed the officers on the ground to do their jobs properly and stop these riots. By this time, the Mayor and Chief of Police were talking about having the National Guard assist in the riots. Soon after the command was in place, the police were fully mobilized and all officers in the Los Angeles were ordered to come assist in the riots. By the time the officers were placed on duty to assist, there were buildings on fire, traffic was heavy and sirens were blaring down all the streets. This made it extremely hard for all the off duty police officers to come to the command post as