The video at the opening speech is the beating of Rodney King, a taxi driver who became famous after his violent arrest by officers of the Los Angeles Police Department. He was videotaped by a bystander, George Holliday. The incident raised a public outcry among people who believed it was racially motivated. The subsequent trial of the police officers involved in the beating took place in spring of 1992, a few months before Malcolm X (1992) was released in theaters. The acquittal of the police officers sparked the infamous Los Angeles riots which took place over several days at the end of April and the beginning of May of that year.

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