George Floyd killing verdict brings some relief for man who witnessed the LA riots
Normal text size Very large text size Washington: Twenty years later, Jud Kilgore still canât get the video out of his mind. In March 1991 Rodney King - a black man on parole for robbery - led police on a high-speed chase through Los Angeles. The police officers eventually stopped him and ordered King out of the car. A group of officers proceeded to kick the 25-year-old repeatedly and club him with batons for around 15 minutes as colleagues watched. The beating left King with a fractured skull, broken bones and permanent brain damage. A bystander with a home video camera filmed the assau...