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Videotape 'c~anged'<br />

man:S·lifo<br />

By John Rofe<br />

Daily News Staff Writer<br />

: <strong>The</strong> Lake View Terrace man<br />

who videotaped the police beating<br />

of Rodney Glen King was<br />

honored by Los Angeles County<br />

supervisors Tuesday, and said<br />

·the incident has "changed his<br />

life" - but not necessarily for<br />

the better.<br />

George Holliday told reporters<br />

he has been forced to change<br />

his phone number twice because<br />

he has been besieged with telephone<br />

calls. He also has hired<br />

an attorney, who cut short questioning<br />

of Holliday by reporters<br />

Tuesday.<br />

Holliday was downtown to receive<br />

a commendation from Los<br />

Angeles County for his now-fa-<br />

-. - =, ~ -·- --..<br />

mous videotape of the March 3 ·<br />

beating. KTLA-TV Channel 5,<br />

which first aired the tape, also<br />

was commended.<br />

"A lot of people would have<br />

taken that (videotape) and said,<br />

'I'm going to destroy it,"' Supervisor<br />

Kenneth F. Hahn said.<br />

"<strong>The</strong>y'd be afraid of the police<br />

department. But you stood<br />

strong."<br />

icate page, name of<br />

newspaper, city and state.)<br />

Date:<br />

DAILY NEWS<br />

Edition: ~'lED • r-1AR 2 7 , 19 91<br />

Front Section, Back page<br />

Title: VIDEOTAPE<br />

LIFE<br />

Character: CIVIL RIGHTS<br />

or<br />

Classification: 80-33B<br />

Submitting Office:<br />

IpS ANGELES<br />

11<br />

CHANGED 11 MAN 1 S<br />

Indexing:<br />

SEARCHED INDEXE0. ___ 1<br />

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APR 4 1991<br />

FBI -<br />

LOS ANGELES<br />

S~pervis~r .. K~nn~th,~-!:!~~n. ri~ht, presented George Holliday with a plaque from L.A. County.<br />

FBI/OOJ

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