"Rodney King Broadcast"

The idea of police brutality is nothing new to Americans. Especially for minorities in the U.S., racial profiling and excessive police violence has been an all too real fear. In the 90s the opinions of police were at an all time low, particularly in Los Angeles and surrounding cities. All of these mixed feelings about police officers came to a head when the 1991 beating of Rodney King was broad casted around the U.S., this instance of police brutality was not the first and definitely not the last, but it was one of the most publicized. Although not all police officers or even a majority of them abuse their authority, the idea that some do, causes more harm then help for officers in public opinion.