Freeman will produce the project through his production company, Revelations Entertainment.
If you didn’t know any better, you might think that you woke up in 1994 or 1995 all over again, as the current fascination and endless media attention involving the OJ Simpson murder trial just refuses to slow down. Today a former juror has a controversial theory as to why Simpson received a not guilty […]
Twenty-five years ago today, the videotaped police beating of Rodney King brought police brutality and racial inequality to the forefront of public discourse, social issues that still reverberate today. Twenty-five years ago today, in the early morning hours of March 3, 1991, what should have been a routine police stop for excessive speeding became a […]
The “Rodney King Riots,” also known as the “Los Angeles Riots,” began this day in 1992, after four Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officers were…
Stacey Koon, the Los Angeles cop who was involved in the notorious beating of the late Rodney King back in 1990, was seen driving a…
Rodney King’s death was a tragic ending to the story of his life- a life that included a beating by LA police that kicked off one of the most violent race riots in this nation’s history. Read the 5 Things here on Newsone.
“Can’t we all just get along?” Those were the words spoken by Rodney King after his beating touched off one of the deadliest riots in US history and; after the police officers who beat him, were acquitted of the charges. There is no foul play suspected in the drowning death of Rodney King. Rodney King was found […]
As a 22-year-old white kid from New Jersey fresh out of college, Mark Ford encountered the Los Angeles riots of April 1992 the way most Americans did — through journalist Bob Turr’s striking helicopter footage of the violence at Florence and Normandie avenues. Turr’s impromptu narration as a white outsider literally looking down on South […]
Rodney King was arrested Tuesday in southern California on suspicion of driving under the influence. King was pulled over and arrested after committing several traffic violations, Moreno Valley officers said. King’s 1991 traffic arrest and beating by four Los Angeles police officers became national news, and subsequently shaped America’s conversation on police brutality. He was […]
Los Angeles — Today marks the twentieth anniversary of the Rodney King beating, which was coincidentally caught on tape by a voyeuristic bystander, George Holliday. Unbeknown to Holliday that night, the nine minutes of taping would change the criminal justice system forever. With new technological advancements and the Internet, anyone with a cellphone now can […]
ATLANTA- Rodney King talked to CNN’s Don Lemon about his infamous moment of police brutality, and if he is willing to forgive the police officers who brutally beat him. RELATED: Top 9 Black reality TV personalities The interview will air this Friday at 8 p.m. on CNN and will be live tweeted by both CNN […]
It’s been awhile since we’ve seen or heard this fella’s name in the news, right? Guess you can find love just about anywhere! Rodney King, the victim of a 1991 beating by Los Angeles police, is set to marry one of the jurors from his controversial civil trial.
