In the early morning hours of March 3, 1991, construction worker Rodney King and two companions were pulled over after a high-speed chase in Los Angeles. King’s friends were arrested without incident, but the violent confrontation between King and the officers on the scene made national headlines, and ignited racial tensions in the city and the nation.
King was tasered, kicked, and beaten by officers on the scene. He received more than 50 baton blows that crushed bones, shattered teeth, injured his kidneys, and fractured his skull. And now, 20 years later, CNN is talking with Rodney King to retrace the events of that morning, and take a closer look at the riots that divided LA and the nation. Here is a clip from ‘Race Rage, The Beating Of Rodney King.’
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