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Police Brutality and Rodney King, 25 Years Later
Remember when Rodney King’s brutal beating by the LAPD was caught on video? The nine minutes of grainy footage put an angry national spotlight on how the LAPD treated black people. The department has been through many reforms since then, but distrust between police and communities of color persists.
By Barbara Bogaev • • 1 min readRemember when Rodney King’s brutal beating by the LAPD was caught on video? The nine minutes of grainy footage put an angry national spotlight on how the LAPD treated black people. The department has been through many reforms since then, but distrust between police and communities of color persists. Violence caught on camera has played a bigger and bigger role in that.
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The full episode
1 of 5The Rodney King Beating 25 Years Later; and the Real Life 'Whiskey Tango Foxtrot'- 0:32Police Brutality and Rodney King, 25 Years LaterYou’re reading this
- 10:32The Power of Hashtag Activism
- 19:48Web Roundup: Apple v. FBI
- 28:48The Real-Life Reporter Behind 'Whiskey Tango Foxtrot'
- 43:08The Craziest Ballot Proposals of 2016