. -- through after rodney king. how do you make the switch? >> you figure out what works. we had to do hand-to-hand combat. we were at work here everybody from johnnie cochran to the police and we were inundated day contact. lapd was impervious. they were like the board. the spartans, they were spartans. you cannot talk to them. you could not reason with them. so you had to sue them. there was no other choice. while that was well -- well, communique was not possible. they were terrorizing the black community. they were emasculating are men. they did not carry fewer the mayor or the ex-convict, they were pulling you out of cars. but the lapd was cruel and aggressive and excessive in terms of its force and then they saw the community as a target. they did not see the community as a partner. they did not see the committee as someone to protect. they saw the black community as you are a danger so we will contain and surprise you, just like the sleeper and -- the slave plantations did. that is where the police model come

what bothered me -- it was not only the people hitting rodney king -- but it was the other 19, 20 officers who stood around and did nothing. and allowed it to go on. that bothered me as much. and i was a police chief at the time. one of the things a new chief and parents is the department culture -- inherits is the department culture, which chief suhr is working with, whether you come from internally or externally. sometimes cultures change. what bothers me is when we see evidence like we saw, we can tell the numbers of officers who were allegedly involved in that and put that against the numbers of officers there are in this bay area region or nationally. but it makes good press. and so, what we do is -- including me -- we paid with that broad a brush. i understand what. it is perception, and truth is only 10% fat and 90% perception. -- fact and 90% perception. what do we do to prevent it? we start teaching what our expectations are in the academy. we reinforce those expectations, not just to the academy, but throughout every single daily -- every day, every hour, every minute. this is wh

. >> very good rodney king quote, number one. number two, not enough people heed the advice of rodney king. it is what he said. it made him want to vomit. if you listen to the speech which i did today, it is actually a fairly robust -- it is a big anti-communist bit and talking about the individual and he says, you know, you have to stop the spread and my religion should be important to me and it speaks to the point that it is his catholicism. if it makes you want to vomit that you have a separation of church and state, it does suggest that he is irritated that people are -- they give short trips to the presbyterians or something. >> remember the kennedys, none let their catholic beliefs in ter fear with their drinking or woman niecessing. >> we will end on that note. >>> from garments to gaffs. he kicked some tires and the plan backfires. such as romney's campaign lately. he visited the daytona 500, and the candidate replied, quote, not as close as some of the most ardinate fans. as we nascar fans say, oy. that comment comes aft

. >> it was interesting that "the bodyguard" also came out the year of the rodney king riots, when tensionween the races was very much in the news and very much a concern of everyone. then, there was "the bodyguard," where this interracial romance occurred. and really, no one discussed it. >> reporter: of course, there had been others. including the ground-breaking and first-ever interracial kiss on the big screen in the movie "guess who is coming to dinner." and there were subsequent kisses, to name a few. but those movies made interracial love their pivotal plot points. this film seemed to transcend race. >> two stars. it was not a white man and a black woman. and that speaks to the power of whitney houston. >> reporter: it was one more moment in a career of breaking barriers. in 1981, she was one of the first black models to grace the cover of "seventeen" magazine. and her mentor, clive davis, molded her into a crossover sensation. she holds the most consecutive number one singles. seven in a row from 1985, through 1988, including "saving all my love for you," and "so emotion." ♪ i get

. >> you know what, david, so was rodney king. a videotape rodney king would be another guy with a prior record claiming abuse. >> please. it happens every single day that unfortunately it's a small percentage. most police officers do their jobs correctly. but the small -- honorable. but i'm not saying that a -- small percentage ruins it for the rest, violates the civil rights and we need to use every tool possible to stop these rogue cops from acting the way they do. >> at least give them 10 minutes to figure out whether or not that's what happened and let the investigation happen and let the department come out and say this is what happened, yes, the tape or the cell phone was destroyed or not. i mean, at least let them do that before gang up on them. >> can we agree that the argument by police that video recording or whatever kind of recording of their activities interferes with their duties? is it other specious argument because they don't know when they're being recorded. >> they should know they're being recorded. they are d

. >>> from the rodney king riots to the occupy d.c. arrests, the phrase police brutality brings emotionally charged responses from all sides. tonight for the first time a local police officer convicted for excessive force speaks out. former prince george's county police officer stephanie moore spent 8 1/2 years in prison and speaks exclusively with fox 5's stacey cohan, a story you'll see only on fox 5. >> it was everything i ever wanted to do. >> reporter: stephanie moore always wanted to be a cop and in february, 1993 she joined the prince george's county police department. >> it was exciting. it was thrilling. >> reporter: after just 18 months on patrol she became the first female officer in the canine unit. she calls it a dream job combining her love of dogs with her love of police work. she trained with the dogs for six months. >> i knew that i had to work harder than the average male in order to make my way, but i accepted that and i welcomed that. >> reporter: it was a quick ascent for the young officer but things would take a d

. >> thank you very much from the rodney king riots to occupy dc arrest the phrase police brew it willty charged responses from all sides. >> this morning for the first time a local police officer, convicted for excessive force speaks out. >> former prince georges police officer, stephanie moore spent 8.5 years in prison and speaks with stacey cohappen it is a story -- cohan it is a story you will only see here on fox 5. >> it was everything i ever wanted to do. >> reporter: stephanie moore always wanted to be a cop. and in february 1993 she joined the prince georges county police department. >> it was exciting. it was thrilling. >> reporter: after just 18 months on patrol, she became the first female officer in the canine unit she calls it a dream job combining her love of dogs with her love of police work. she trained with the dogs for 6 months >> i knew that i had to work harder than the average male in order to make my way but i accepted that and i welcomed that. >> reporter: it was a quick assent for the young officer but things would soon take a dramatic turn >> back in 1995, tacom