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Watching: The Rodney King Incident: Race and Justice in America

0.0•1999-02-27•56 min

Overview

The beating of Rodney King by four LAPD officers was a defining moment of the nineties. It caused one of the worst race riots in American history and led to a national debate about police brutality, the fairness of the justice system, and the state of racism in America.