rodney king

These days we take the cell phones and digital cameras in our pockets, purses and bags and a short video of babies, art, food, friends and fun moments. We place on our Facebook pages, Twitter accounts, or sites such as YouTube, where videos are of a personal welcome home. 20 years ago, but that is a short video is a bit tedious and cumbersome equipment. Imagine testing the new camera is a theme that would go down in history: Los Angeles officers beating a black man's car.This happened to George Holliday, the memory of the LA Times today, 20 anniversary since we met, as the "Rodney King":

The nine minutes of grainy video [Holliday] caught by Los Angeles police beating Rodney King has helped spur dramatic reform, many felt the department operates with impunity. The video played a central role in the trial of four officers who are not guilty of convictions in 1992, triggered days of riots in Los Angeles, where more than 50 people died.Holliday pictures sold KTLA to $ 500. The rest, as you know, uncomfortable history.

The Los Angeles long way since then, when the king himself. King knew many people today remember him in 1991, saying that the consequences that one moment, deeply affect them and their communities. In 2009, 17 Anniversary of the 1992 riots in LA, LAist King said he remembered the beating on March 3, 1991 and how he told himself that "it would be better for survival."