CUT & PASTED:Rodney Glenn King (born April 2, 1965 in Sacramento, California) is an African-American who — while being videotaped by a bystander (George Holliday) — was continually struck with batons, and subsequently arrested by Los Angeles police officers (LAPD). This followed an 8 mile (13 km), high speed (110 mph / 180 km/h)[citation needed] freeway pursuit by police, after King refused to pull over on March 3, 1991, in the residential community of Lake View Terrace. He suffered eleven skull fractures, broken bones and teeth, kidney injuries, and permanent brain damage due to injuries suffered during his arrest. In a later interview, King, on parole from prison for a robbery conviction, said that he feared being arrested and returned to prison for a parole violation.
Question: He is obviously a convicted criminal who endangered lives of many on that day during the high speed chase. He deserves the punishment he got on the side of the road?
2006-06-15
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