Rodney King (1991) was arrested for drunk driving and tried to evade arrest. One of the officers thought he was lunging at him.”””
Rodney King was trying to evade 7 different police groups in a YUGO, going 105 +++ on the 210 Freeway. I am still amazed that the YUGO didn’t seize up a wheel bearing & crash.
He had a complete cocktail of drugs in his system, including massive amounts of PCP. Liquor, also.
4 officers—one each on his arms & legs, were trying to hold him down to cuff him & subdue him. Those officers were at least 180# each.
King threw all 4 of them OFF & tried to escape.
I call the George Floyd incident Rodney King 2.0......
Thanks for the details.
I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again:
There was another well-publicized event where a black man died in police custody. Remember Oscar Grant, shot at the Oakland, CA BART station on New Year’s Day, 2009 by Officer Johannes Mehserle? He was physically restrained by the officers, he refused to give up his hands for handcuffing, but did not display the level of resistance exhibited by Rodney King or George Floyd. I don’t believe I’ve read any account of Grant being under the influence of drugs.