Rodney King

 Rodney King was caught after a highspeed police chase on March 3, 1991. The officers pulled him out of the car and beat him brutally with batons and tazers.  Amuetur camera man George Holliday video taped the whole ordeal. After a three month trail a mostly white jury acquitted the four policemen involved. Later that day the infamous L.A. riots began. More then 50 people were killed, more then 2,000 were injured, and 9,500 were arrested for rioting, looting, and arson. Resulting in 1 billion dollars   in damage.