Oh, no doubt that it came to a point where the police chose to beat him instead of putting the cuffs on and taking him in. King was beaten senseless by the time it got to the part of the video that you were referencing. That was somewhere around the point where it became clear that the police took it WAY out of hand. As for the PCP argument though, I've got to say, until you see first hand what it does to a person while they're on it, you have no idea what they (the police officers) were messing with.

 

If what he says in the video is true then it explains his behavior.

I'm curious. What race were the other two men in the car with Rodney King? And what happened to them that night? I honestly do not know.

 

According to the video Clyde posted they were arrested without incident.