CNN Anderson Cooper 360 July 17, 2013 08:25:00
Central park. all either confessed or were implicated. at trial a year later they were all convicted. 12 years later, those convictions were vacated and questions raised about how the police obtained those confessions. in los angeles, a black motorist named rodney king was beaten over and over again by los angeles police. the videotape that surfaced ignited a nation. when the officers were found not guilty, the rioting was unlike anything the country had recently seen in the wake of the trial. sentiments then sound familiar to the sentiments now. >> today, the system failed us. >> reporter: ra...
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