Rodney King Case

Rodney Glen King lll was an American taxi driver in Los Angeles, California. Tragically, he became nationally known after being identified as the victim, beaten by Los Angeles Police Department (L.A.P.D) officers following a high- speed car chase. Due to the incident, it caused riots all over the nation. California in particular, was the initial place the riots started. Early Sunday morning around 12:30 on March 3, 1991, Rodney King, along with two additional passengers, Bryant Allen and Freddie Helms, were driving on Interstate 210 when officers Tim and Melanie Singer, husband-and-wife members of the California Highway Patrol, noticed King's car speeding on the freeway.
King, was asked to slow down and pull over, however, it was reported
As the nation watched the beaten of Rodney King, they were all in agreement that the police brutality was excessive. However, regardless of the video, during the trial on April 29, 1992, the jury as well as Superior Court Judge Stanley Weisberg came to the conclusion that the evidence was not adequate to convict LAPD Officers Lawrence Powell, Stacey Koon, Timothy Wind and Theodore Briseno. After the verdict, many people felt like race was the reason for the jury’s conclusion. People including, Rodney King’s attorney, Steven Lerman.
Steven Alan Lerman was born and raised in Miami Beach, Florida. He attended local schools. Lerman holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree, and a Juris Doctor Degree (Law School Degree) from the highly known University of Florida located in Gainesville, Florida. He was admitted to practice law in the State of Florida in 1972. A year later Lerman moved to Los Angeles, California, and was licensed to practice law in the State that for the remaining of the year. Shortly, he went on to be admitted to practice in the State of Hawaii, and also retains a license to appear in Federal
Stone were the attorneys for Stacey Koon and Laurence Powell. The two lawyers, were well known for their work in their field. While working on this case, they did gain more publicity. Their names and faces were plastered across the nations televisions. During the trial each officer had their own attorney. Ira Salzman was Koon’s attorney. Salzman, was more on the frontline and played the leading role of the defense lawyers because his client was the lead defendant. Prior to the trial, Salzman was well known, with being a former deputy of district attorneys. He also owned his own criminal and civil law practice. Michael P. Stone represented Powell. Stone was reportedly the most known lawyer during the trial at Simi Valley. He is a former police office, who during the trial there was a dispute between he, the judge, and the other lawyers due to the fact that Stone’s law partner was representing Seargent Koon in a related civil issue. They believed his loyalty was