The family of Tyre Nichols and their lawyers say a video being released today will show officers savagely beating Nichols for three minutes. The legal team likened the assault to the infamous 1991 beating of Los Angeles motorist Rodney King.…
Here's a collection of images from the days that followed King's beating and the riots that unfolded upon the acquittal of the officers charged in the case.
This file photo of Rodney King was taken three days after his videotaped beating in Los Angeles on March 6, 1991.Rodney King, 25, shows a bruise on his chest during a press conference at the Los Angeles County Jail on Wednesday, March 6, 1991 prior to his expected release on Wednesday by police without being charged. King was the subject of a videotaped and nationally televised beating by officers of the Los Angeles Police Department on Sunday. One of King's attorneys, Bob Rentzer, looks on.
This combination of March 14, 1991 booking photos shows the four police officers indicted for brutalizing black motorist Rodney King in a videotaped attack. From left are Sgt. Stacey C. Koon, Officer Theodore J. Briseno, Officer Timothy E. Wind and Officer Laurence Powell. Two served time in prison and all four lost their careers.Los Angeles Police Officer Theodore Briseno looks around the Simi Valley, California Courtroom during pretrial motions, Monday, Feb. 3, 1992.
In this April 30, 1992 file photo, a man removes a couch from a store in South-Central Los Angeles as looting and rioting continued throughout the area. The acquittal of four police officers in the videotaped beating of Rodney King sparked rioting that spread across the city and into neighboring suburbs. In this April 30, 1992 file photo, a Los Angeles police officer takes aim at a looter in a market at Alvarado and Beverly Boulevard in Los Angeles during the second night of rioting in the city.
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