Black Fact = 1991 (March 14) – The four police officers who savagely beat Los Angeles motorist Rodney G.King were indicted by a grand jury on this date in 1991.
At least four Los Angeles police officers were indicted Thursday by a county grand jury investigating the videotaped attack on a motorist who had been stopped for speeding.
The indictments were sealed and the precise allegations and number of indictments issued by the grand jury were not known.
According to their attorneys and a law enforcement source, four of the 15 officers present at the beating were indicted and were ordered to surrender in court.
All 15 officers present at the assault on Rodney G. King, a 25-year-old Altadena construction worker who is on parole after a robbery conviction, have been removed from active field duty by Gates. On Thursday, King’s doctor and city officials denied a widespread rumor, spread largely by word of mouth, that King had died during surgery.
According to their attorneys, the officers ordered to appear in court are
Sgt. Stacey Koon, 40;
veteran Officers Ted Briseno, 38, and Laurence Powell, 28, and
Timothy Wind, 30, a rookie still on probation.
A law enforcement source said all four were indicted, and attorneys for Koon and Powell confirmed that their clients face prosecution. #theraydiotwins
