Rodney King

As I searched the web to find the most interesting event to talk about, I stumbled upon Rodney King.  Why Rodney King?  Why not Rodney King!  "We often hear that we should learn from history... however-- what should we learn from history?"  I think Rodney King is a great example of learning from history.  This event is important because, of him, people of America finally saw what white policemen back in the 90's were doing to black men and that it was not all just a rumor.  This event was nationally known due to a person videotaping the whole event.  It was proof.  Actual evidence that the event happened; while it did show the police beating him, it didn't show the whole story.  I am going to keep looking though Rodney's history before the arrest to see how he got to the point of speeding down the highway going 100 miles per hour to the point of where he is today.  I'm going to get the point of view of Rodney himself, the people who watch it happen, the people who saw it on TV, and the people who did it.