WI Rodney King's assailants had been found guilty?

So, what if the jury found the police officers who beat King guilty? Say the State had been more convincing, or the trial had taken place in Los Angeles?
 
Guilty of what,* and what sentencing? Anything less than life and SOME rioting will occur, even if it's more cynical (new tv), less righteous (burning).

*-EDIT-Meaning 1st or 2nd degree assault, grevious, aggravated, attempted murder? Even kidnapping can be thrown in. California's laws on that crime are, IIRC, draconian, if applied. Chessman was executed for kidnapping.
 
I believe that if the officers had been found guilty, and had been sentenced to anywhere fron 2-5 years; that might have placated the black community. The outcome in OTL closely mirrored the Mcduffie riots in Miami in 1980. As for Chessman, the only thing I know about that is the movie with Talia Shire in it, and I thought he was convicted of rape.
 
I believe that if the officers had been found guilty, and had been sentenced to anywhere fron 2-5 years; that might have placated the black community. The outcome in OTL closely mirrored the Mcduffie riots in Miami in 1980. As for Chessman, the only thing I know about that is the movie with Talia Shire in it, and I thought he was convicted of rape.

Chessman was convicted of rape, yes. But you couldn't get executed for that in California. So they stretched the interpretation of the law to say that holding his victim down and dragging her on the ground constituted "kidnapping". Hence, a capital charge. The conduct of the criminal justice system in that case wasn't too far removed from the Shepard Case.
 
Guilty of what,* and what sentencing? Anything less than life and SOME rioting will occur, even if it's more cynical (new tv), less righteous (burning).

*-EDIT-Meaning 1st or 2nd degree assault, grevious, aggravated, attempted murder? Even kidnapping can be thrown in. California's laws on that crime are, IIRC, draconian, if applied. Chessman was executed for kidnapping.

Assault, I think.
 
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We had an instance in Detroit were offices were convicted. They served some of their sentence. When they were released they were treated as heros by police familys and supporters.
 
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