[agnitum]

On the night of March 2, 1991, Rodney King and two passengers, Bryant Allen and Freddie Helms, were driving west on Foothill Freeway (Interstate 210) in the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles. The three men had spent the night watching a basketball game and drinking at a friend’s house in Los Angeles. The presumptive evidence, from a blood-alcohol level test taken 5 hours after the incident, when King registered just under the legal limit, is that as King drove his blood alcohol level was approximately 0.19—nearly two and a half times the legal limit in California. At 12:30 AM, Officers Tim and Melanie Singer, a husband-and-wife team of the California Highway Patrol, spotted King’s car speeding. The Singers pursued King, and they claimed the subsequent freeway chase reached speeds in excess of 100 mph. According to King’s own statements, he refused to pull the car over because a DUI would violate his parole for a previous robbery conviction.

King exited the freeway, and the chase continued through residential streets at speeds allegedly ranging from 55 to 80 mph. By this point, several police cars and a helicopter had joined in the pursuit. After approximately eight miles, officers cornered King’s car. The first five LAPD officers to arrive at the scene were: Stacey Koon, Laurence Powell, Timothy Wind, Theodore Briseno, and Rolando Solano.

Highway Patrolman Tim Singer ordered King and his two passengers to exit the vehicle and lie face down on the ground. The two passengers complied and were taken into custody without incident.[1] King initially remained in the car. When he finally did emerge, he acted bizarrely: giggling; patting the ground; and waving to the police helicopter overhead. King then grabbed his buttocks. Highway Patrol Officer Melanie Singer momentarily thought he was reaching for a gun. She drew her gun and pointed it at King, ordering him to lie on the ground. King complied. Singer approached King with her gun drawn, preparing to make the arrest.

At this point, Sergeant Stacey Koon intervened and ordered Singer to holster her weapon. LAPD officers are taught not to approach a suspect with a drawn gun, as there is a risk of the suspect gaining control of it if they get too close. Koon then ordered the four other LAPD officers at the scene—Briseno, Powell, Solano, and Wind—to subdue and handcuff King. As the officers attempted to do so, King physically resisted. King rose up, tossing Officers Powell and Briseno off his back. King then allegedly struck Officer Briseno in the chest.[9] Seeing this, Koon ordered all of the officers to fall back. The officers later testified that they believed King was under the influence of the dissociative drug phencyclidine (PCP),although King's toxicology results tested negative for PCP.

[Hunted]

excellent post

[Steve]

World famous clip and this is the first time i have seen the whole thing, excellent.

[AmericanIllusions]

Nothing like roadside justice...naw I'm jk but I must say, being a YBM in Detroit I've noticed the way the media runs with stories like this. An 18 yr old white female was shot to death by Michigan State Police following a pursuit a couple yrs back. I saw the dash cam vid and the officer had NO reason to open fire as she sat in her car. Once again, no ones life was in danger. What's more disturbing is that this happened outside her home so her mother heard the commotion aswell as the shots. The girl was scared shitless and was just trying to make it home. While running from the police is wrong she didn't deserve to die. World news never got ahold of the story and Idk what happened to that officer. Now had that been a black male then....moral of the story is that the media is not here to keep you informed, they're here to preserve racial barriers-to make it much easier for the ELITE to divide & conquer. The more you watch, the less you know.

[kellyhound]

Thanks for the post

[EricJames28]

Rodney King! Rodney King! Rodney King!

[theghost525]

i find this amazing that someone had a camera at a perfect angle to witness this event unfold just amazing nice post and story

[WillArt]

FTPThose cops are not the brightest doing that while people are filming and driving by.I too have not seen the severity of this until now.I thought he just got beat up a little.....No,he got a relentless beating,fucked up!

[nmcpunk]

A.C.A.B heres the proof! fking cops glad someone was there to film this and show what bastards the police can be
great post

[porracaralho]

police in america really don't have anything to do... why the hell you're going to chase a car with "several police cars" and even an helicopter (!!!) just to chase one drunk driver that's over the speed limit? hahaha that's just funny, sorry... it's too much boredom to just one police team.. heheaheuaheauh Americans really enjoy a hollywoodian drama heauheuahea