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an aberration," he said. "It is
not the kind of conduct that we
have normally from our officers."
The FBI said it would conduct
an investigation to determine
whether police violated
! • 1 '· the civil rights of Rodney Glenn
· '· King, 25, of Altadena, when ·
they arrested him in Lake Viyw
Terrace early Sunday. ..
"We have opened a case,"
said FBI spokesman Jim Neilson.
"The FBI is investigating .
. courtesy ot
allegations .of someone's civil George Holliday of Lake View Terrae~ captured the violent arrest of Rodney Glenn King on tape.
rights being violated, we investigate
allegations in civil-rights me I did the right thing by tapmatters."
ing it," Holliday said. "A h h Prosecutors have not filed
leased.
The incident also is being in- Bradley told reporters at City nyone w 0 as any charges against King pendviewed
the tape ing further investigation, offi-
vestigated by the Los Angeles Hall that he was outraged by the
. County District Attorney's Of- · incident and promised that "apfice,
the LAPD and the Califor- propriate action" would be ta­
c;ertaln Y WOU U Tuesday without bail at the Los
• / · lr ..1 cials said. King was being held
nia Highway Patrol, whose unit ken against any officers found probably hastefi. tO Angeles County Jail after b~ing
started the pursuit of King but . to have used unreasonable
1 ~l~ 'ud treated at County-USC Medtcal
·· turned it over to the Los An- force.
mWte a) ~gment, · Center. . .
· · geles pQlice. . . ."This is something we cannot and ['Wou/dj'ust .· ... q.•John Ki. _lb~sa, field opera-
A videotape of King's arrest · and will not tolerate. I am as
• , •• r ,
was shot by George Holliday, ·shocked and O\ltraged as any-
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