LOS ANGELES - Rodney King whose videotaped beating once made him an international symbol of police brutality, summoned officers to his home last night to report he had been shot. This was the first opportunity the police had to be with King since the beating incident in 1992, and they were adamant not to waste it.
"We knew this might be our last shot at him," said Sgt. Joe Friday. "I personally wanted to knock his teeth in."
Stung by criticism from the law enforcement community that King's last beating had been botched, Sgt. Friday flew in Pittsburgh Police officers accused of committing domestic violence to supervise the thrashing.
