Simi Valley

Simi Valley has only relatively recently become the city it is known as today. Prior to the 1970’s, Simi Valley had been mainly a place of groves and farmland. Also prior to that, this was the land of the Chumash which is where the word Simi originated from. While most of the people of Simi are of European descent, there seems to be a strong community of hispanic people. There are also people from Asian backgrounds, African American backgrounds, and Native American backgrounds. On the surface Simi is predominantly comprised of people of European descent, but if you look closer the true ethnicity of Simi is more subtle. In the last century there were predominantly people of hispanic origins living in Simi Valley. That makes since California was originally a part of Mexico and even when California was signed over to the United States, the people who lived there remained there. Victor Andazola remembers that he “lived not too far from Simi and [he] would come over and pick oranges from the groves that were all around.” That was around the 70’s and Simi Valley has since expanded…

connection with the beating. Not only did the jury refuse to indict seventeen officers who stood by while Mr. King was being beaten and did nothing but Judge Weinsberg ordered the trial of the four officers charged to be moved to Simi Valley. Simi Valley is an all white community who easily acquitted the four Los Angeles police officers of the Rodney King beating. In the spring of 1992 when the news reached the ears of African Americans living in South Central riots broke out and lasted five…

Los Angeles heavy metal band, Body Count, found themselves in the middle of censorship disputes with the release of their self-titled album in March 1992. The main issue surrounded Ice-T’s lyrics in the song, “Cop Killer” which was deemed to encourage violence towards police. Calls to Time Warner to discontinue distribution of the track gained in popularity when the song was publically condemned by Vice President Dan Quayle. There were also appeals to boycott all Time Warner media from the…

EXCESSIVE FORCE 8 was receiving, Superior Court Judge Stanley Weisberg agreed to move the case from Los Angeles to Simi Valley, California a predominate white residential community which is located thirty miles from Los Angeles. The prosecution in this case motioned to have the case be tried in a more diverse county like Alameda. Since Simi Valley is where police officers are known to reside, Judge suggested that moving it to Simi Valley will guarantee a fair trial in their own…

The LA Riots were a huge event that transpired in 1992. They occurred after a man named Rodney King was beaten to death by four police officers. He was kicked while on the concrete. Police brutality has always been a heavy issue in America and there have been numerous amounts of incidents that involve police brutality. The police force has changed since the riots occurred and have fewer incidents that are categorized as brutality. Police brutality has been present for forever. There have been…

In April 29, 1992 civil unrest and riots occurred. When the Rodney King beating verdicts reached by Simi Valley jury, Simi Valley triggered civil unrest in cities across the United States. In south central Los Angeles, People began to protest the verdict immediately; protests began to grow in number, size, and anger. However, during the next six days, the reaction escalated to a terrifying reign of violence, looting, and property destruction. The first incident took place within an hour after…

with him in his 1988 Hyundai was two of his friends. Mr.King was caught by L.A.P.D. on the foothill freeway in Los Angeles on March 3, 1991. Officers pulled him out of his car and without any hesitation the four police officers brutally beat Mr. King, while George Holliday videotaped the whole event. Rodney King was almost beat to death by four police men. All four police officers struck Mr. King at least fifty times each. Mr. King was beat with knight sticks by each police officer. Knight…

The report I chose was retrieved from ABC News and written by reporter Dennis Romero, addressing the heartbreaking shooting of an unarmed African American male name Stephon Clark who lived in Sacramento, California. This tragedy initiated a large protest by the Black Lives Matter movement in the Sacramento area. It affected the local community and an event in the community all day on a Thursday, March 22, 2018. The local community the protestors affected were five expressed highways. Protestors…

The flawed emergency response to the 1992 LA riots Institution Affiliated Date Introduction The organization from which the case study is based is the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) which is the law enforcement agency for Los Angeles, California, United States of America. The problem herein referred to in the case study emanates from the 1992 Los Angeles Riots that were in response of what became to be known as police brutality. The problem is particularly a conflict between the LAPD…

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…