Wednesday, December 9, 2015

Thoughts on Rodney King

The whole idea of the beating of Rodney King troubles me.  I thought it would be an easy case for the judge in determining all of the police officers guilty.  King looked like he would get the justice he deserved, but somehow the case went the other way for King.  The case was moved to Ventura County where there is a high percentage caucasian population.  This put King at a disadvantage and I was surprised when I saw this happen.  It's legal to do so, but it is obvious that the intention of the move was to give the policemen an advantage.  This made the jury have more white people in it, and potentially these white jurors had a bias towards the police officers because King was African-American.

1 comment:

  1. I totally agree Cole, the clear intentions of moving the trial was to ensure the majority of the jury was white. I had a hard time understanding how the court allowed this despite the clear intentions.

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