Officers acquitted in taped beating of Rodney King
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SIMI VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — Four white Los Angeles police officers w ere acq u itted of all b u t one a s s a u l t c h a rg e W ednesday in the v ideo taped beating of black m otorist Rod ney King. A m is tria l w as d e clared on one count. The verd icts, in the seventh day of deliberations, came after a y e a r o f p o lit ic a l u p ro a r sparked by the graphic video ta p e of a b lack m an b e in g b ea ten by w hite o fficers, d e nounced in m any q u a r te rs as brutality. The backlash brought dow n the Los A ngeles police chief.
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