Summary

RODNEY KING, THE BLACK MAN WHOSE VIDEOTAPED BEATING BY WHITE LOS ANGELES POLICEMEN SHOCKED THE NATION, WAS ARRESTED FOR INVESTIGATION OF DRUNK DRIVING EARLY TODAY, AUTHORITIES SAID KING WAS ARRESTED BY TWO CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL OFFICERS WHO SAW HIM DRIVING ERRATICALLY IN A RESTAURANT PARKING LOT, SAID OFFICER ANGEL JOHNSON KING, 27, WAS ASKED BY THE OFFICERS TO TAKE FIELD SOBRIETY TESTS AND HE WAS NOT ABLE TO PERFORM THEM PROPERLY, SHE SAID AT THE JAIL, KING REFUSED TO TAKE BLOOD, BREATH OR URINE TESTS AND HIS LICENSE WAS TAKEN, IN ACCORDANCE WITH CALIFORNIA LAW MS JOHNSON SAID THAT HE WILL BE ISSUED A 45-DAY TEMPORARY LICENSE AND THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES WILL DECIDE WHETHER TO SUSPEND HIS LICENSE FOR A LONGER PERIOD KING WAS BOOKED FOR INVESTIGATION OF MISDEMEANOR DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE AND WAS RELEASED FROM JAIL SHORTLY BEFORE 7 AM TODAY KING'S ATTORNEY, STEVEN LERMAN, SAID THE INCIDENT MAY BE RELATED TO POST TRAUMATIC STRESS SYNDROME - PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS IN BY VICTIMS OF A STRESSFUL OR VIOLENT SITUATION - THAT HIS CLIENT HAS SUFFERED SINCE THE BEATING

Source CONUS Archive
Record ID 95786
Story Slug RODNEY KING ARREST ON DUI CHARGES
Location SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA
Format PKG
Date 07/16/1992
Archive Time 2:55
TRT 1:32
Supers SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA ORANGE, CALIFORNIA OFFICER ANGEL JOHNSON, CHP STEVE LERMAN, KING'S ATTORNEY SHARON ITO, REPORTING
Video Description RODNEY KING LEAVING THE ORANGE COUNTY JAIL, PARKING LOT WHERE ARRESTED, SOT WITH COP, SOT WITH ATTORNEY, FILE OF BEATING (NOT LICENSABLE)
Description RODNEY KING, THE BLACK MAN WHOSE VIDEOTAPED BEATING BY WHITE LOS ANGELES POLICEMEN SHOCKED THE NATION, WAS ARRESTED FOR INVESTIGATION OF DRUNK DRIVING EARLY TODAY, AUTHORITIES SAID KING WAS ARRESTED BY TWO CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL OFFICERS WHO SAW HIM DRIVING ERRATICALLY IN A RESTAURANT PARKING LOT, SAID OFFICER ANGEL JOHNSON KING, 27, WAS ASKED BY THE OFFICERS TO TAKE FIELD SOBRIETY TESTS AND HE WAS NOT ABLE TO PERFORM THEM PROPERLY, SHE SAID AT THE JAIL, KING REFUSED TO TAKE BLOOD, BREATH OR URINE TESTS AND HIS LICENSE WAS TAKEN, IN ACCORDANCE WITH CALIFORNIA LAW MS JOHNSON SAID THAT HE WILL BE ISSUED A 45-DAY TEMPORARY LICENSE AND THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES WILL DECIDE WHETHER TO SUSPEND HIS LICENSE FOR A LONGER PERIOD KING WAS BOOKED FOR INVESTIGATION OF MISDEMEANOR DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE AND WAS RELEASED FROM JAIL SHORTLY BEFORE 7 AM TODAY KING'S ATTORNEY, STEVEN LERMAN, SAID THE INCIDENT MAY BE RELATED TO POST TRAUMATIC STRESS SYNDROME - PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS IN BY VICTIMS OF A STRESSFUL OR VIOLENT SITUATION - THAT HIS CLIENT HAS SUFFERED SINCE THE BEATING
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