The really sad thing is that when someone gets a video like that the only this that they can think about is how much they are going to make. The guy that shot the Rodney King video, edited it and sold it to a tv station that then aired it as the entire video of the beating. The media then promptly hung the cops before anything had been done to investigate the incident. Some guy working at the crime lab realized that the tape had been edited when he noticed 1/2 of a frame of static at the very begenning of the tape. They got a search warrent and found the un cut version in the guys house. That is why the cops got off on the first trial. You could hear them in the video telling King to place his hands on the car, not to resist, ect. ect and then see him punch the female cop in the face and throw the male over the trunck of his car. That is what was removed...
They finally convicted the cops later, because they went WAY overboard on taking the guy into custody.. Yes some of the people do deserve that beating, but MOST do not.
Just my
