After the police officers who beat Rodney King were acquitted of any crime:
(a) The vast majority of Blacks thought the verdict was wrong; the vast majority of whites thought it was correct.
(b) The vast majority of Blacks thought the verdict was correct; the vast majority of whites thought it was wrong.
(c) The vast majority of both Blacks and whites thought the verdict was wrong.
(d) The vast majority of both Blacks and whites thought the verdict was correct.
(e) none of the above
Answer: (c) The vast majority of both Blacks and whites thought the verdict was wrong.
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a. English Bill of Rights.
c. Declaration of the Rights of Man.
b. Assize of Clarendon.
d. Magna Carta.
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