[interview at 9:30]
This is part of a news piece after the night the riots started, showing clips from other news station showing the after math. During the news piece they had an interview with one of the jurors from the Rodney King trail that started the riots. The first question that the caster asked the juror was if they still stand by their decisions the night after the trail, and her response was "absolutely". She was that King was not being beaten but just resisting arrest, and laughing. But when she first saw the video on the news she was appalled by it, but after attending the trail and hearing the witnesses her opinion changed and blamed King for doing this to himself. The jurors were shown pictures of the injuries King and said that is was not that bad.
It was interesting to see how hers and the jurors changed and how early it was determined. The report also said that the decision was made days before the verdict and stories that $1 million dollars were set aside for police overtime after the trail. This leads to a lot of question about how the jurors made their so quickly, what made them change their opinions, and if the police had any influence to the decisions.
Alexander Bradtke
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