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(Mount Clipping in Space Below)<br />

. RODNEY G. KING TRIAL": THE VERDICTS<br />

•(Indicate page, name of<br />

newspaper, city and state.)<br />

LOS ANGELES TIMES<br />

LOS ANGELES, CA<br />

Date: THURS . , 4. I 3 0 I 9 2<br />

Edition: FRONT SECTION, PAGE 22<br />

RODNEY KING:<br />

THE VERDICTS<br />

Character:<br />

...<br />

MAY 0 6 1992<br />

.... .,........ ·. .:<br />

OFFICER LAURENCE MICHAEL POWI;LL ' . _ .,. ·:.._..; . >:,. . "· ~.:.--::<br />

•· •<br />

the most baton blows on King and of mocking ..<br />

him afterward. No history of using excessive." ._., ·~:·. :: :<br />

force ..·<br />

• Powell was indicted on three charges: ·· ·.<br />

$JIIty Not Guilty<br />

!' ·~<br />

• Assault wfth ~ ·-·<br />

a deadly weapon· ·<br />

and enhancement* •· ...<br />

• Assault under ·Mistrlcil .., •·:~ ·'<br />

color of authority<br />

.·<br />

and enhancement*<br />

• Filing false pollee report<br />

Age 29, a 3lh-year veter~. ~~ctsed of strl~i-·; ~;.'_<br />

b6<br />

b7C<br />

Age 32;he had one year With the department' ·<br />

and was the only officer who chose-not to take<br />

the witness stand. No history of uSing . ·<br />

excessive fqrce; · , · . . · ., .. · ,·<br />

• Wind was indicted on two charges: .\<br />

" Guilty Not Guilty<br />

I<br />

•Assault with ··•• · · ··v<br />

·C! deadly w~~- •• ,, • • •<br />

and enhancement* •, ·. , , .. · '• •.• ·<br />

• Assault under<br />

v<br />

coior of authority~·<br />

:and enhancement* ·· .<br />

~ • • -"- : .. ~,£, ... = -··-. - ~ ..,; • .. ..<br />

OFFICER THEODORE JOSEPH BRISENO· .•<br />

Age 39, a 10-year veteran, accused of a single<br />

kick ti)King, pitted himself against his three<br />

colleagues by testifY!_ng they were "out of<br />

control." In 1987, he was suspended without<br />

pay for 66 days after a police Board of Rights ·..<br />

found him guilty on four counts of using<br />

excessive force.<br />

• Briseno was indicted on two charges: ·· ··<br />

.GuHty Not Guilty ·<br />

il Assault with<br />

a deadly weapon<br />

• Assault under<br />

color of authority

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