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Mr.Bill

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6. When Rodney King was beaten

Reply to tulipsandroses (Reply #1)

Wed Jun 19, 2019, 12:11 AM

Jun 2019

there were 25 officers from I think four different agencies present. Every single one of them wrote a report saying that King was not struck after he was on the ground. Back then, citizen video was the farthest thing from their minds.

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