and the incident sparked worldwide outrage and protests against police brutality. lora runs the rodney king foundation and joins us now from orange county california. i asked if the police killing in memphis brought back painful memories for her. it was extremely upsetting. i saw the picture on social media and i kind of figured the situation was what it was, but i scrolled past it very fast and, of course, people have started calling and asking, so then i did research and it s very disturbing it s unbelievable, really. i feel like the only difference between now and then is a hashtag and a clear camera, you know? i m proud of the officials and everyone that did not release this, so that everyone can see it at the same time. i m glad that they showed the family the respect enough to release it to them first. unlike in my dad s incident, we all saw it at the same time,
people really want to find out more details about what happened and, clearly, we won t know perhaps the full story until we hear this play out in a court of law, and that could take several months. but before then, this very pivotal moment, quite unusual in that we re being signposted by the local authorities that this is going to happen on a certain day, later on friday at a certain time, that this video will be released. and given the nature of the video and with people s emotions running high, yes, there is some concern about what is going to happen and unfold on the streets of that city. president biden and other officials have said people have the right to protest, to peacefully protest, but we ve heard many appeals already that it remains like that and people don t resort to violence to express their anger and concern at what has happened. peter bowes, our north american correspondent there. lora king is the daughter of rodney king.
in 1991, he was beaten by four police officers in los angeles and it was captured on camera. the officers were acquitted and the incident sparked worldwide outrage and protests against police brutality. lora runs the rodney king foundation. i asked her if the killing of tyre nichols brought back painful memories for her. it was extremely upsetting. i saw the picture on social media and i kind of figured the situation was what it was, but i scrolled past it very fast and, of course, people have started calling and asking, so then i did research and it s very disturbing it s unbelievable, really. i feel like the only difference between now and then is a hashtag and a clear camera, you know? i m proud of the officials and everyone that did not release this,
His mother Row Vaughn Wells describes feeling her son s pain as the officers viciously beat him just a few blocks from their home - with Tyre letting out gut-wrenching screams .