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Police Brutality And Injustice

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Tupac’s poems were in response to police brutality and injustice.
Causes of the LA Riots:
Was sparked due to the unequal treatment of unarmed African Americans by LA police.
There was a video released of 4 LA police officers beating an unarmed African-American motorist and the police officers were then acquitted.
On March 3, 1991 Rodney King was brutally beaten by police officers for resisting arrests.
Injuries: was beaten over 50 times with police bats, which resulted in 11 fractures and other injuries. Tragically, there were over 20 police officers that were present but did not protect the safety of Rodney King
Rodney filed a civil case against the officers for his injuries but was awarded nothing at all.
Moreover, other things such

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