and it's not about race. it is about king resisting. - you didn't see him to have any weapon, did you? - yes, i did see him to have a weapon. - what kind of a weapon did mr. king have? - it was his body. - we are ready. we are very well prepared to take care of any eventuality, no matter what it might be. - all right, the clerk will read the verdicts. - "we, the jury, find the defendant, stacey c. koon, not guilty of the crime of assault." - this was a stunning verdict. i don't think many people were expecting this, certainly not reporters. - it struck us all with great disgust because we thought that by those pictures, even, fair-minded people would know the injustice of what happened to him. - there is no justice. there is no justice. - the first and perhaps most spontaneous reaction came from "boyz n the hood" director john singleton. - it's just like a bomb. it's a bomb. we're sitting on a bomb. - they let these people off from the attempted murder of rodney king; i told everybody. i'm just like, "listen, it's gonna go down."