Editing Stacey Koon (section)

===Rodney King beating===
On 3 March 1991, Rodney King was pulled over by the Los Angeles Highway Patrol while driving drunk. As King was arrested by Officer Melanie Singer, LAPD officers Stacey Koon, [[Laurence Powell]], [[Timothy Wind]], [[Theodore Briseno]] and Rolando Solano (who did not participate in the beating) arrived and announced that they were taking command. Koon then ordered the other LAPD officers to "swarm" King in order to overcome potential resistance. As they did so, King stood up and was tasered by Koon to get him back to the ground. When he got up again he was kicked down and beaten by Powell. Koon then ordered the other officers to subdue King with "power strikes". Powell, Wind and Briseno obliged, beating King's wrists, knees, elbows and ankles with their batons and kicking him until he was unable to get back up. He was then handcuffed and dragged to the side of the road to await an ambulance.<ref>[https://abcnews.go.com/Archives/video/march-1991-rodney-king-videotape-9758031 Video: March 7, 1991: Video of Rodney King Beaten by Police Released], ''ABC News''</ref><ref>[https://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/06/23/rodney-king-symbolized-police-brutality/l Rodney King symbolized police brutality], ''The Milwaukee Courier''</ref><ref>[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-03-07-mn-3544-story.html CHP Officer Describes Chase, Beating of King : LAPD: One defendant tried to stop another's baton blows to motorist's head, she says.], ''Los Angeles Times''</ref><ref>[https://archive.org/details/ChristopherCommissionLAPD Report of the Independent Commission on the Los Angeles Police Department (Christopher Commission Report)]</ref>