entitled action find the defendant, lawrence m. powell, not guilty. after the beating in this videotape shocked the world when verdict of not guilty was reached. when that decision came down, i got so sick. i was actually sick to my stomach. my immediate reaction is, we better get back to l.a. and start having some peaceful demonstrations. we need to be heard. before i could make arrangements to go, the place was ablaze. terrible, terrible pictures. immediately, there was anger manifesting itself across southern california.
defendant lawrence m. powell not guilty. after the beating in this videotape shocked the world when the verdict was no when that decision came down, i got so sick, i was actually sick to my stomach. my immediate reaction is, we let better get back to l.a. and start having some peaceful demonstrati demonstrations. before i could make arrangements to go, the place was ablaze. terrible, terrible pictures. immediately, there was anger manifesting itself across southern california.
three people have been shot including four students, we can only make an appeal to the gunman, stop, there s been enough already. an all white jury acquitted four white police officers of assault in the videotaped beating of black motorist rodney king. i was scared. i was scared for my life. cross the nation, people were paying attention to this. the officers struck him with batons between 53 and 56 times. it was one of the first cases where there was actual video of a case of alleged police brutality. for 13 months, the city of los angeles has been a pressure cooker, building up to the rodney king trial. we the jury, in the above entitled action, find the defendant lawrence m. powell not guilty.
sangui quinton prison. it s not something we had trained for. the lyndhurst shooting wasn t the first of its kind or the last. 30 people have been killed in this rampage at virginia tech university. just minutes after the shootings at sandy hook elementary school, radio transmissions reveal the scale of the tragedy already unfolding. today a school shooting happens almost every week in the united states. in 1993, officers stacy koon and lawrence powell were convicted in court for their role in the rodney king beating. he was our hero, my sister s and myself. the city realized it had to
playbook for this. what we now call active shooters which unfortunately is common language in law enforcement, that wasn t part of our vocabulary in 1992. it s not something we had trained for. the lyndhurst shooting wasn t the first of its kind or the last. the teenagers killed 12 students and a teacher at the littleton, colorado, school before committing suicide. 30 people have been killed at virginia tech university. just minutes after the shootings at sandy hook elementary school, radio transmissions reveal the scale of the tragedy already unfolding. today a school shooting happens almost every week in the united states. in 1993, officers stacy koon and lawrence powell were convicted in court for their role in the rodney king beating. at least he was able to be a symbol of change and a symbol of hope for people. he was our hero, my sisters and myself.