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-King finally lay .down on the
ground at the officers' orders
Talkington said, but resisted being ·
h~dcuffed, causing Officer Lau-~
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ren~e P9well to lose his balance
and1all.
...;rhat's when the fight started "
:Talkington said. ',. :
'King charged toward Powell ·;
anc!_ Sgt. Stacey Koon fired a st~ \
. ~-dart at King, hitting him in the ·
ba~, Tal~n~on said. Although
momentarily mcapacitated King '
·.r~vered and charged tow~d the
'offifers again, the detective said.
Powell and Officer Timothy Wind
~~en d,.cw their bato•:::- ar.d struC'!:
Kll1_£ on t .. t: arms, 1eg, c:nd tor~.:~.
1 'l::!llkington said King continued
to ~ck and swing but was subdued
by $everal officers, using a method
·Talkington called "the swarm
technique." ·
: ~e vi~eo-shot by amateur photogfdovin
. ·when told to pull over by police. He
, stepped out of the car "and all of a
·. ~dd,;n they started beating :on
him, ~he said. :·He said he didn't do
1
. anything. That san he kept saying.
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~. thought the police were supf
posed to protect us •• the
~ woman said. ~·u was a traffid viola-
1' tion. Why co~dri't'they just arrest
t
-~·or fine him,~ somet1yng?"
:c. A.~ :X'TLA,· ;:Which .-originally
· _.g;,road~ the tape 'Monday night, ·
· :news director Warren Cereghino
~ :~d the newsroom had received
}.,nearly 300 calls. fro~ viewers py
i1}ate Tuesday. He satd the callers
}... .-responded to. the tape ·with "total
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