George Holliday was a plumber who videotaped the 1991 police beating of Rodney King (1965–2012) that led to riots in Los Angeles.Holliday was asleep on the early morning of March 3, 1991, when he was awakened by the sounds of sirens and a helicopter.
He stepped out onto his apartment’s balcony, grabbing his new camcorder on impulse. When he saw police severely beating King, who had been pulled over after a chase, Holliday began recording what he saw.
He later contacted news station KTLA, which aired his video in a story on the beating that soon became a major nationwide headline.
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