LA policeman retrial over Rodney King beating

Title

LA policeman retrial over Rodney King beating

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

16 May 1992

Year of production

1992

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Duration

00:03:34

Description

Paul Woodley reports from the United States where Lawrence Powell, one of the Los Angeles police officers involved in the Rodney King beating (03/03/81) is to be retried. The verdicts which acquitted the 4 police officers in the original trial led to the worst rioting in Los Angeles since the 1960s. Includes statements in court and ouside by Michael Stone, lawyer for Lawrence Powell; Alan Yochelson, prosecutor; Judge Stanley Weisberg announcing decision to hold a retrial; Ira Reiner, chief prosecutor.

Contributors

Paul Woodley; Ira Reiner; Michael Stone; Alan Yochelson; Stanley Weisberg

Keywords

California; USA; Interethnic relations; Riots; Los Angeles; Police personnel; Legal decisions; Trials; Violence against the person; Right to justice; Rodney King; Lawrence Powell; African-American people

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