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On the recordSeptember 21, 2021
What was missed by and large in news commentary was that the only reason we know anything about Rodney King is a white man named George Holliday filmed the beating and took it public. Had George Holliday not had the quickness of thought and the character to take the film public we would have never known of Rodney King.
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Edward Jackson
Democratic · Virginia
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msnbc.com

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Jesse Jackson highlights the importance of George Holliday's actions in bringing the Rodney King incident to public attention.

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