This is an episode of Now I've Heard Everything that made me think very carefully about.  Given the tensions the entire nation -- the world -- is enduring right now, I did not want to further inflame things.

But ultimately, I think this interview, from 1992, with former Sgt. Stacey Koon, may provide some relevance and context.

Let's go back to March 1991.  An LA cop makes a late-night traffic stop, pulling over a car driven by a man named Rodney King.