27 people are now dead since it all began following the acquittal of four police officers in the rodney kingating trial. >> on friday may 1, there were still a lot of hot spots, but the authorities were better organized. and my assignment was we got word that rodney was going to make a statement. an enormous assemblage of media gathered around this yard area around this podium, because we hadn't heard from him. >> i just want to say, you know, can we all get along? can we get along? >> initially, that wasn't what he was supposed to say, he was given a script to read. he felt it necessary to just speak from his heart. >> believe me, we all can get along here, you know, we're all stuck here for a while, let's try to work it out. >> i have always been very proud of him, very much, that's something that's still brought up to this day. i think it made an impact. >> amid pleas for calm. >> people are still reportedly being held hostage by an armed gunman at the library building at the lindhurst high school. >> he was in this big building, they called it building c, there was one suspect perhaps ar

27 people are now dead since it all began following the acquittal of four police officers in the rodney king beating trial. >> on friday, may 1, there were still a lot of hot spots, but the authorities were better organized. and my assignment was we got word that rodney was going to make a statement. an enormous assemblage of media gathered around this yard area around this podium, because we hadn't heard from him. >> i just want to say, you know, can we all get along? can we get along? >> initially, that wasn't what he was supposed to say. he was given a script to read. he felt it was necessary to just speak from his heart. >> please. we can get along here. we all can get along. we've just got to -- you know, we're all stuck here for a while. you know, let's try to work it out. >> i have always been very proud of him. very much. that's something that's still brought up to this day. i think it made an impact. >> as king pleas for calm -- >>> people are still reportedly being held hostage by an armed gunman in the library building at the lindhurst high school in olivehurst. >> officers arrive

in response to the rodney king verdict. officials prepare for night fall. >> i can't predict what's going to happen, but it's fwong to be worse. >> the saga of sidney reso is now a kidnapping case. >> in the case of exxon executive sidney reso, the fbi is racing against the clock to interpret clues from a ransom letter. >> investigators have received a ransom note from a group that calls itself the rainbow warriors. >> rainbow warrior is a name of a ship owned by greenpeace uk. the letter implies the kidnappers are part of an international group of environmental terrorists. >> first letter clearly wanted to make the point that this, in fact, was in retaliation for the "exxon valdez," which had occurred a few years prior to that. they threatened to kidnap additional executives. >> they demanded millions of dollars and a cellular phone number for further instructions. >> they set a ransom demand, which was the high nest the history of the united states, $18.5 million. >> you made the to glig toir calls to greenpeace, called o

jury acquitted four white police officers of assault in the videotaped beating of black motorist rodney king. >> i was scared. i was scared for my life. >> across the nation, people were paying attention to this. >> the officers struck him with batons between 53 and 56 times. >> it was one of the first cases where there was actual video of a case of alleged police brutality.

27 people are now dead since it all began following the acquittal of four police officers in the rodney kingbeating trial. >> on october 21st, there were a whole lot of hot spots, but we got word that rodney was going to make a statement. an enormous assemblage of media gathered arrange this podium. because we hadn't heard from him. >> i just want to say, can we all get along? can we get along? >> initially, that wasn't what he was supposed to say. he was given a script to read. he felt it was necessary to just speak from his heart. >> please, we can get along here. we all can get along. we just got to, you know, we're all stuck here for a while, let's try to work it out. >> i have always been very proud of him. very much. that's something that's still brought up to this day, i think it made an impact. >> as king pleas for calm -- >> people are still reportedly being held hostage by an armed gunman in the library building at the lindhurst high school. >> do not miss the apennine p.m. eastern right here on msnbc. >>> coming up for you, a look at what donald trump's latest controversy has put

27 people are now dead since it all began following the acquittal of four police officer of the rodney kingng trial. >> there were still a lot of hot spots but the authorities were better organizati better organized and my assignment was we got word that rodney was going to make a statement. enormous media gathered around this podium because we have not heard from him. >> i want to say, can we all get along? >> can we get along? >> initially, that was not what he was supposed to say. he was given a script to read. he felt it was necessary to speak from his heart >> please, we can all get along here. we are all stuck here for a while, lets try to work it out >> i have always been very proud of him, very much. >> that's something that still brought up to this day, it made an impact. >> king pleased for calm. >>> people are still reportedly being held hostage by an armed gunman in the library building. officers arrived on the scene and briefed. >> he pointed to this building, they call it building c. there is a suspect half armed with a machine gun, he was last seen entered that building and d

in the wake of rodney king beating by white cops. department of justice or d. o. j. information and police use of excessive and deadly force. since then, few big city federal scrutiny often results in mandatory reforms that cost taxpayers millions of dollars. it's better to manage it on the front end. and incur these costs. >> since president obama tooks off, 16 cities have reached agreements with the feds. one analysis last year, found the federal interventions don't always work. >> we try talking to you. you got to fight. probe of learanie police. found "problems regarding the use of force" but two years following the d. o. j. probe, this incident was caught on camera. causing critics to wonder if these are effective. police found slamming his face into a windshield, system shattering the glass. >> it doesn't appear the training and recommendations made in the letter have been followed very closely by the city. >> reporter: police chief about the video and the lawsuit connected with it. it was only after we aired the video twice that he called a news conference. he

because there are video, people's experiences they grew up with where there was rodney king, where fearbecause we don't have positive ent interactions with police officersar often. we had a show this year where you asked us to talk about our implicit bias. we are human beings. some of them are more dangerous than others. when there is power that you can use your hands to use your bias to exploit that is where we have a problem. to me, it was presidential for hillary clinton to okay edge implicit bias is real, alive and a problem in america. >> van i want to look at polling, too, because the black lives matter show only 18% of americans have favorable view of this. why is that? >> that's one of the big tragedies. we mentioned there are republicans who are working on some issues that are important like criminal justice reform and i've got a chance to closely with some of these groups and i've been surprise today hasn't just been the white collar issues or the economic issues. there have been issues moved and transformed by the fullness of this problem. that's something good to holed up an

for what sure as hell looked to me like a wildly excessive and prolonged beating of an unarmed rodney kinghey were acquitted. for me, it was a, "holy shit, i never saw that coming," moment. for african americans, it was a somewhat ruder surprise. to say people were angry would be an understatement. >> protestor: they don't represent the people no more. >> roy choi: south central is that way. so, you could almost -- >> anthony: right. >> roy choi: -- feel it like a tidal wave coming. >> anthony: the l.a.p.d. were completely unprepared for what happened next. >> roy choi: everything you see right here, all this, was being looted. chairs and rocks and everything being thrown through walls. if you go straight down western, on venice, the whole plaza burned on fire. we were calling 911 and there was no response. >> anthony: did cops come at all? >> roy choi: i was here all three days. i didn't see any cops. >> anthony: well, where did they set up their front line? >> roy choi: rodeo drive. >> anthony: where did the forces of law and order set up their perimeter? not here. koreatown was left to

in 1992, during the rodney king demonstration, san francisco officers made widespread arrests as well and 2000 copies of the san francisco bade times they ran an unflattering story about the department were stolen and found at a police station. that led to the firing of chief--and an officer who was involved in the theft of the papers became the poa president. in 1995, san francisco officers raided a new year's eve aids benefits. the police commission found four officers used excessive force. none were fired. also, at that time and williams a black man died in police custody and officer was deemed to have been involved in the death for which he was not fired. but suspended for 90 days. in 2002-2003, in 2002 three off-duty officers one of whom was the son of the then assistant chief assaulted two civilians who refuse to give them their fee he does. the theater-data grand jury indicted the entire airship of the police department for covering up that incident. however, all of the charges were dropped. a civil jury awarded damages to the victims of the beating. in 2005, was videotaped and

in 1992, during the rodney king demonstration, san francisco officers made widespread arrests as well and 2000 copies of the san francisco bade times they ran an unflattering story about the department were stolen and found at a police station. that led to the firing of chief--and an officer who was involved in the theft of the papers became the poa president. in 1995, san francisco officers raided a new year's eve aids benefits. the police commission found four officers used excessive force. none were fired. also, at that time and williams a black man died in police custody and officer was deemed to have been involved in the death for which he was not fired. but suspended for 90 days. in 2002-2003, in 2002 three off-duty officers one of whom was the son of the then assistant chief assaulted two civilians who refuse to give them their fee he does. the theater-data grand jury indicted the entire airship of the police department for covering up that incident. however, all of the charges were dropped. a civil jury awarded damages to the victims of the beating. in 2005, was videotaped and

in 1992, during the rodney king demonstration, san francisco officers made widespread arrests as well and 2000 copies of the san francisco bade times they ran an unflattering story about the department were stolen and found at a police station. that led to the firing of chief--and an officer who was involved in the theft of the papers became the poa president. in 1995, san francisco officers raided a new year's eve aids benefits. the police commission found four officers used excessive force. none were fired. also, at that time and williams a black man died in police custody and officer was deemed to have been involved in the death for which he was not fired. but suspended for 90 days. in 2002-2003, in 2002 three off-duty officers one of whom was the son of the then assistant chief assaulted two civilians who refuse to give them their fee he does. the theater-data grand jury indicted the entire airship of the police department for covering up that incident. however, all of the charges were dropped. a civil jury awarded damages to the victims of the beating. in 2005, was videotaped and

in 1992, during the rodney king demonstration, san francisco officers made widespread arrests as well and 2000 copies of the san francisco bade times they ran an unflattering story about the department were stolen and found at a police station. that led to the firing of chief--and an officer who was involved in the theft of the papers became the poa president. in 1995, san francisco officers raided a new year's eve aids benefits. the police commission found four officers used excessive force. none were fired. also, at that time and williams a black man died in police custody and officer was deemed to have been involved in the death for which he was not fired. but suspended for 90 days. in 2002-2003, in 2002 three off-duty officers one of whom was the son of the then assistant chief assaulted two civilians who refuse to give them their fee he does. the theater-data grand jury indicted the entire airship of the police department for covering up that incident. however, all of the charges were dropped. a civil jury awarded damages to the victims of the beating. in 2005, was videotaped and