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King on PCP claim used to justify force in Rodney King case
Sgt Stacey Koon testified that King’s resistance and “Hulk like strength” prompted the officers to employ batons Taser and kicks. He argued King’s actions were the cause of the beating while King sustained a broken leg and facial fractures from the arrest.
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