The teacher’s edition for this lesson can be found here on April 26. Or, you may send an email request for the teacher’s edition as well.
Police brutality is a concern all over the world. In this lesson, we will examine an infamous case that took place in Los Angeles, California. Watch the video and fill in the blanks as you go along. I would suggest that you copy/paste the worksheet into a word document so that you can watch the video with ease. The lesson will alternate between fill in the blank and True/False questions. If you answer “False”, the write the correct answer in the space provided. Good luck!
Rage + ______: The Beating of Rodney _______
This incident of police brutality happened on: _______________. Rodney King was 25 years old at the time. This event occurred in ________________, California and eventually caused rioting. Entire neighborhoods were burnt to the ground.
At the age of 45, Mr. King still has nightmares.
T F__________________
He was coming from a friend’s house around noon.
T F__________________
Mr. King was driving at high speeds of 110 miles per hour.
T F__________________
Mr. King had never committed a crime before.
T F__________________
Mr. King’s friends ran away.
T F__________________
The police were using racial slurs during the incident.
T F__________________
The beating lasted about ___ minutes and he sustained about ___ strikes with police batons and shocks with a taser gun. His beating was too extreme to be handled at a nearby hospital. Mr. King had about ___ fractures. He was then taken to the trauma unit at USC Medical Center. His first surgery took ___ doctors and about ___ hours to keep him alive. They were surprised that he actually survived the beating.
There was no evidence to support Mr. King.
T F__________________
The video was broadcast around the world one week later.
T F__________________
The officers were called to trial for assault with a deadly weapon.
T F__________________
Three officers were found not guilty after 3 months.
T F__________________
Within 2 days of the verdict, riots broke out in LA.
T F__________________
Federal troops were sent into the city to break the riot up.
T F__________________
Rodney King did not think that the violence would get that bad. Neighborhoods were destroyed and after the first day, ___ people were already dead. _________-American owned businesses were being particularly targeted. The Korean-American community felt as if the police were ignoring them. There had been tension between _________-American and Korean-Americans.
Korean-Americans started to defend themselves.
T F__________________
Korea town was over-run and there was no more hope for them.
T F__________________
Mr. King made a statement after the fourth day.
T F__________________
Order was restored after a full week and a half.
T F__________________
By the end of the riots, 55 people died and 2,000 were injured.
T F__________________
Property damage went beyond $1 billion.
T F__________________
The riots ended, but the threat of violence was still there. A year after the riots, the outcome of a second trail against the police involved in the situation. The Department of _________ filed federal charges against the officers to see if Mr. King’s _____________ were violated. Mr. King testified that racial slurs were used during the attack. After 45 days the trial came to an end and the jury found ___ out of the ___ officers guilty. Officers Laurence Powell and Stacey Koon were sentenced for ________ years in federal prison. Mr. King was awarded $____________.
The worksheet ends at 29:00. How did you do?
***CNN takes a look back at the event that sparked deadly violence and
spoke to racism in America. CNN owns the copyright, all rights are
theirs.
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