Los Angeles Police Officer Case Study

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The job of a police officer is to ensure the protection of basic moral rights, including the right to life, liberty, physical and property security. The oath goes on to include policing and protecting constitutional rights. With everything in life there is good and bad, ones who follow the rules and ones who believe they are above them. This week’s focus reminded me of one ground breaking case that is still controversial today. In the case of On March 2, 1991 in Los Angeles, California, Rodney King and two of his friends had been parked in King’s car, drinking. King then preceeded to drive while intoxicated. King was observed traveling at a speed over 100 mph by the California Highway Patrol. The officers activated there lights and sirens and ordered him via loudspeaker to pull over but, King kept driving. Help was called over the radio which followed in pursuit of King. Officer Laurence Powell and his trainee, Timothy Wind followed King for approximately eight miles. …show more content…

At this time, backup arived (Los Angeles Police Officers Stacey Koon, Ted Briseno and Roland Solano-- sergeant Koon took charge of the scene. King’s friends quickly complied but King would only get to his hands and knees. While attempting to get King to furthur comply, he became combative which caused Officer Koon to fire her taser gun at King. So far all events that had occured were correctly handeled by the

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