rodney king

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Definition von rodney king im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

{i} African-American man who was severely beaten by white Los Angeles police officers after a car chase (resulted in the trial and acquittal of the police officers and subsequent race riots)

Many people in the US thought that this event proved that black people were still not being treated fairly by the legal system (1966- ) a black US man who was violently attacked by a group of white police officers in Los Angeles in 1991. By chance an ordinary citizen filmed the attack, and this film was later shown on US television. When the police officers were judged in a court of law in 1992, the jury decided that they were not guilty of being too violent, and this led to the Los Angeles riots (=violent public protests)

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Rodney King beating

videotaped incident in which Rodney King (an African-American) was severely beaten by white police officers after a lengthy car chase in Los Angeles (California, USA)

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Rod·ney King

Türkische aussprache

rädni kîng

Aussprache

/ˈrädnē ˈkəɴɢ/ /ˈrɑːdniː ˈkɪŋ/