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![I| Police Brutality in Theory and Practice
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for itself what will count as police brutality and where the limit of
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authority falls. It is in these conflicts, not in the courts, that our rights
The Rodney King Beating: "Basic Stuff Really"
On March 3, 1991, a Black motorist named Rodney King led the California Highway Patrol and the Los Angeles Police Department on a ten-minute chase. When he stopped and exited the car, the police ordered him to lie down; he got on all fours instead, and Sergeant Stacey Koon shot him twice with an electric taser. The other passengers in King's car were cuffed and laid prone on the street. An officer kept his gun aimed at them, and when they heard screams he ordered them not to look. One did try to look, and was clubbed on the head.®
Others were watching, however, and a few days later the entire world saw what had happened to Rodney King. A video recorded by a bystander shows three cops taking turns beating King, with several other officers looking on, and Sergeant Stacey Koon shouting orders.
The video shows police clubbing King fifty-six times, and kicking him in the body and head. When the video was played on the local news, KCET enhanced the sound. Police can be heard ordering King to pur his hands behind his back and calling him "nigger."
The chase began at 12:40 A.M. and ended at 12:50 A.M. At 12:56, Sgr. Koon reported via his car's computer, "You just had a big time use of force ... tased and beat the suspect of CHP pursuit, Big Time." At 12:57, the station responded, "Oh well ... I'm sure the lizard didn't deserve it ... HAHA." At 1:07, the watch commander summarized the incident (again via Mobile Data Terminal): "CHP chasing... failing to yield ... passed [car] A 23 ... they became primary ... then tased, then beat ... basic stuff really. Koon himself endorsed this assessment of the incident. In his 1992 book on the subject, he described the alter-cation: "Just another night on the LAPD. That's what it had b…](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:t2nqc2rnyz2hco3uqxc457cd/bafkreib4rzual56snovancndt3ge3xch6zzmjukvsqc3rhpjqfh5oksawa)
