Rodney King's beating: True Crime Rewind | Banfield
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[{'start': '11.711', 'end': '14.747', 'text': ">> ANY GUESSES? HOW LONG?   WE'VE HAD POLICE BODY CAMS.   >> IT'S HARD TO REMEMBER WHEN   WE DIDN'T, BUT BELIEVE IT OR   NOT, THEY DIDN'T SHOW UP IN   THIS COUNTRY UNTIL 2012, JUST   13 YEARS AGO. AND FOR   COMPARISON, THE IPHONE CAME   OUT IN 2007. PREPA BODY CAM.   THE DETAILS OF A TRAFFIC STOP   OR A HIGHWAY CHASE OR TAKE   DOWN. WE'RE PRETTY MUCH   WHATEVER THE COPS INVOLVED   SAID THEY WERE UNLESS, OF   COURSE, IT WAS LIKE AN   INDEPENDENT WITNESS SOMEWHERE.   THE WAY BACK IN 1991.   CAMCORDERS WERE THING JUST   BARELY. AND LET ME TELL YOU   NOT EVERYONE HAD ONE, BUT   GEORGE HOLIDAY DID. HE LIVED   IN L A AND WHEN HE HAPPENED TO   NOTICE SOME POLICE GETTING   ROUGH LIKE. REALLY, REALLY,   REALLY ROUGH WITH A GUY THAT   THEY PULLED OVER. HE STARTED   ROLLING HIS CAMCORDER. THE MAN   WHO OFFICERS WERE BEATING AND   TASING AND STOPPING IN   STRIKING WITH THE TIMES THAT   WAS RODNEY KING AND HOLIDAYS.   GRAINY VIDEO LAST 9 MINUTES   AND 20 SECONDS. IT BECAME THE   STAR WITNESS IN THE 1992 TRIAL   OF 4 OF THOSE OFFICERS. BUT   THOSE COPS WERE ACQUITTED. 33   YEARS AGO THIS WEEK. AND A   HUGE NUMBER OF ANGELENOS WERE   OUTRAGED. 3 HOURS AFTER THE   VERDICT. RIOTS BROKE OUT IN   SOUTH CENTRAL AND SPREAD FROM   THERE INTO SOME OF THE MOST   JOB DROPPING CHAOS THAT THAT   CITY HAS EVER SEEN. AND OUR   NEWS NATION AFFILIATE KTLA WAS   LIVE FOR ALL OF IT. YOU ARE   WATCHING.   >> CONTINUING COVERAGE OF LA   UNDER SIEGE HERE ON KTLA,   CHANNEL 5 IN LOS ANGELES.   APRIL, 30TH 1992, THE KTLA   MORNING NEWS IS LESS THAN A   YEAR OLD AND WE'RE COVERING   THE STORY OF A CITY THAT IS   OUT OF CONTROL. WE HAVE NOT   MOVED. POLICE HAVE FT.   >> AND THESE LOOTERS OF THE   PEOPLE COMING IN HERE AGAIN IN   LARGE NUMBERS TAKING WHAT THEY   SEE LEFT IN THE STORES THAT   TOWN HAVE BEEN DESTROYED OR   HEAVILY DAMAGED. AND IT'S IT'S   LIKE A FESTIVAL. IT'S I DON'T   KNOW HOW ELSE TO DESCRIBE IT.   OTHER NO OFFICERS, THEIR WARM   AT ALL. NOW THERE ARE NO   OFFICERS HERE. NOW THEY WERE.   THEY WERE HERE BUT THEY HAD TO   BE CALLED TO ANOTHER LOCATION   AFTER THEY CLEAR THIS OUT.   IT'S A FREE FOR ALL ITS MR.   BYRNE BUSINESSES IN SOUTH   CENTRAL LA. HOW MANY PEOPLE   WILL IT TAKE TO STOP ON THE   MORNING AFTER THE 4 COPS   INVOLVED IN THE RODNEY KING   BEATING WERE ACQUITTED AND YOU   SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE RUNNING   AROUND HERE IN THE PARKING   LOT.   >> BROKEN THE WINDOWS TO   SPORTING GOODS STORE, WHICH IS   VERY FRIGHTENING BECAUSE YOU   IMAGINE THAT THERE MIGHT BE   WEAPONS INSIDE THERE FOR OUR   CREWS ON THE GROUND THAT   MORNING. IT WAS DOWNRIGHT   DANGEROUS. THERE ARE SOME VERY   ANGRY FEELINGS AMONG THIS   CROWD. IN FACT, WE'VE HAD TO   GET UP ON TOP OF OUR TRUCK TO   BROADCAST TO YOU BECAUSE THEY   WOULDN'T LET US GET THROUGH   AND GET PICTURES. BUT WE DID   GET PICTURES OF ONE MAN WHO   REFUSED TO JUST WATCH WHILE   THE CITY BURNED. WHAT WE'RE   GOING TO THEM.   >> ON THE ROOF OF APARTMENT   WITH THIS GENTLEMAN TELL ME   WHAT, YOU'RE FIGHTING YOU. WHY   YOU FIGHTING ABOUT YOURSELF?   WHAT YOU WANT TRYING TO HELP   PEOPLE MORE LOOTING GOING ON.   THE CHAOS CONTINUED ALL DAY.   BLACK COLUMNS OF SMOKE FILLED   THE SKY UNTIL NATIONAL GUARD   TROOPS ROLLED IN LATER THE   FIRST OF 4,000 PATROL, THE   STREETS. AND BY THE NEXT   MORNING, WE WERE FINALLY   SEEING A SIGN OF HOPE. THIS IS   A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO ARE   CLEANING UP.   >> AND IT'S A SPONTANEOUS   GROUP OF PEOEOPLE. THERE   CARRYING BROOMS. THEY'VE GOT   DUMPSTERS THAT THEY'RE ROLLING   ALONG SOUTH.   >> HAD VIDEO. TODAY IS MAY   FIRST RIGHT AND ON MAY. FIRST   OF THAT YEAR, 33 YEARS AGO AND   EMOTIONAL, RODNEY KING GAVE AN   IMPROMPTU NEWS CONFERENCE   OUTSIDE OF HIS LAWYER'S OFFICE   AND MADE THIS NOW INFAMOUS   PLEA.   >> I WANT TO SAY, YOU KNOW,   CAN  CAN WE ALL GET ALONG?   CAN CAN WE GET ALONG?   >> SHE WASN'T FAMOUS. PLEASE.   NOT. AN INFAMOUSLY WAS A   FAMOUS PLEA. THE MAJOR RIOTING   STOPPED THAT DAY. SMALLER   RIOTS CONTINUE ACTIVE DUTY   MILITARY STATE IN THE CITY   UNTIL MAY 9TH TO KEEP THE   PEACE. THE NATIONAL GUARD   STATE UNTIL THE 14TH. ALL TOLD   RIOTS RESULTED IN 63 DEATHS   MORE THAN 2000 INJURIES AND   12,000 ARRESTS AND PROPERTY   DAMAGE TOPPED."}]