Legal Opinion
Allen v. City of Los Angeles
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 25, 1995No. 94-55560PublishedCited by 104 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DAVID R. THOMPSON, Circuit Judge:
This appeal arises from the now infamous “Rodney King incident” of March 3, 1991. Plaintiff-appellant Bryant Allen was a passenger in Rodney King’s car when it was pulled over by police officers. King had been speeding and failed to obey police directions to stop. During the time King was being beaten, Allen was forced at gunpoint to lie on the ground, handcuffed, frisked, placed in a police car, and questioned. As soon as the officers determined Allen was not involved in any wrongdoing, a period which lasted no more than 24 minutes, he was released.
Allen sued…
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