Rodney King led the California Highway Patrol on a high-speed chase on the 210 Freeway in Los Angeles because he was caught speeding and he thought his probation would be revoked due to traffic violation. . When Rodney King was arrested, he was told to get out of his vehicle, there was a struggle and some officers felt he was resisting arrest. Sergeant Stacey Koon shot Rodney King twice with a Taser. Rodney King was then beaten by Sergeant Stacey Koon and other officers with their batons (Gray). George Holliday filmed the beating (A) (Gray). Rodney King had a blood alcohol content of 0.19, so he was considered “intoxicated” (Saten). The four officers charged in the beating were found not guilty of beating Rodney King in a Simi Valley court on April 29, 1992, by a mostly white jury. Officer Timothy Wind, Officer Theodore Briseno and Sergeant Stacey Koon were found not guilty on all counts of assault with a deadly weapon, filing false police reports, official misconduct and excessive force (Staten). Riots broke out at the intersection of Florence and Normandy in South Central Los Angeles hours after the verdict (A). Black civil rights activists said it was racist that no black people were chosen to serve on the jury (Staten). Reginald Denny was driving an 18-wheeler for Transit Mixed Concrete when he traveled to Florence and Normandy and was pulled from his truck by a group. angry rioters and was beaten. Angry rioter Damian Williams hit Reginald Denny on the head with a cinder block. Damian Williams fractured Reginald Denny's skull into ninety-one pieces, causing severe brain damage. Bobby, Lei Yuille, Titus Murphy and Terri Barnett saw what happened to Reginald Denny and ran to help him. The four So...... middle of paper...... moved the money to safer places. Businesses closed and boarded up their windows to prevent future looting (Staten). Governor Pete Wilson said he was sending the National Guard to the South Central (Mydans). President George Bush sent 3,000 to 4,000 soldiers and marines as well as 1,000 riot-trained federal police officers to help put an end to the riots (Wallenfeldt). Sergeant Stacey Koon and Officer Laurence Michael Powell are found guilty of violating Rodney King's civil rights. Koon and Powell were sentenced to thirty months in prison. Rodney King was awarded $3.8 million in compensatory damages in a civil lawsuit by the U.S. District Court in Los Angeles. He used most of the money to create the rap label Straight Alta-Pazz Records. Over the years, he was arrested for drunk driving and domestic violence (Gray). On June 17, Rodney King was found dead in his swimming pool (A).