What conclusion did most Americans reach when watching this 1991 video clip of Los Angeles police beating African American Rodney King after pursuing him on an 8-mile car chase?
A) Most Americans were divided on whether there was a racist police force using brutality
against blacks or whether police were just doing their job to keep law and order.
B) The majority of the American public believed that the Los Angeles policemen were poorly
trained and harbored racist attitudes toward blacks and Latinos.
C) Most Americans supported the jury's decision that the officers were overworked and were
doing their job to uphold law and order in a dangerous neighborhood.
D) Blacks and Latinos in Los Angeles marched in peaceful demonstrations to protest the jury's
"not guilty" decision against the police charged with King's beating.
A
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A) strikes B) marriages C) escapes D) uprisings
What were the differences between direct and indirect rule in Africa?
What will be an ideal response?