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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Stacey_KoonStacey Koon - Wikipedia

    Stacey Cornell Koon (born November 23, 1950) is an American convicted criminal and former policeman with the Los Angeles Police Department. He is one of the four policemen who were responsible for beating Rodney King in March 1991.

  2. Jun 16, 2020 · Stacey Cornell Koon is a former LAPD sergeant, who gained much critical attention in the wake of the Rodney King incident. In March 1991, Rodney King was observed driving a white Hyundai Excel over 100 miles per hour, by a Highway Patrol officer.

  3. Mar 2, 2023 · Two of the four officers, Stacey Koon and Laurence Powell, were given guilty verdicts (via History) and served 30 months in prison for their crimes (via Time). After his stint in jail was over in 1995, Koon was released into a halfway house, and a potential assassin discovered he was there and came to kill him, resulting in a standoff with ...

  4. Mar 3, 2016 · The officers involved, Laurence Powell, Timothy Wind, Theodore Briseno and Stacey Koon, were put on trial and acquitted by a majority white jury in April of 1992. The following three days were...

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  5. Apr 18, 1993 · Koon and Powell face maximum sentences of 10 years in prison and fines up to $250,000 each, but federal sentencing guidelines suggest that they would not be likely to receive such...

  6. In his 1992 book, Presumed Guilty: The Tragedy of the Rodney King Affair, Koon further defended his actions and blamed the riots on the media and community leaders. A year...

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  8. Apr 26, 2017 · In 1993, Stacey Koon and Laurence Powell, two of the four officers in the King case, were found guilty of violating King's civil rights. They both served 30 months in prison and did not return...