FADE IN:
EXT. LOS ANGELES FREEWAY – NIGHT – MARCH 3, 1991
Red and blue lights slice through the darkness.
A car pulls over.
RODNEY KING steps out, confused, unsteady.
Police voices shout commands.
A bystander, GEORGE, watches from a nearby apartment balcony.
He raises a camcorder.
GEORGE
(to himself)
Someone needs to see this.
The camera keeps recording.
⭐ ACT I — THE TAPE
INT. LIVING ROOM – NIGHT
The grainy video plays on television screens across America.
Gasps. Silence. Anger.
A Black mother turns away, shaken.
A teenager clenches his fists.
NARRATOR (V.O.)
For the first time, millions watched police violence unfold on tape.
What had long been whispered… was now undeniable.
⭐ ACT II — THE TRIAL
INT. COURTROOM – DAY – 1992
Four LAPD officers sit quietly.
The jury watches the slowed-down video, frame by frame.
A DEFENSE ATTORNEY speaks calmly.
DEFENSE ATTORNEY
These officers feared for their lives.
The PROSECUTOR stands.
PROSECUTOR
Fear does not justify brutality.
The jury deliberates.
⭐ ACT III — THE VERDICT
INT. ELECTRONICS STORE – APRIL 29, 1992 – DAY
Televisions display breaking news.
NEWS ANCHOR (V.O.)
We have a verdict.
All four officers have been acquitted.
The store goes silent.
A young man, MARCUS, whispers:
MARCUS
That’s it?
After everything we saw?
Outside, voices rise.
⭐ ACT IV — THE CITY ERUPTS
EXT. SOUTH CENTRAL LOS ANGELES – NIGHT
Sirens wail. Fires glow against the sky.
Crowds surge through the streets—anger spilling over years of frustration, poverty, and mistrust.
EXT. INTERSECTION – DAY
A truck driver is pulled from his vehicle.
Helicopter cameras hover above.
A woman in the crowd shouts:
WOMAN
No justice!
No peace!
Police retreat. The city fractures.
⭐ ACT V — THREE DAYS OF FIRE
MONTAGE — LOS ANGELES BURNS
— Buildings engulfed in flames.
— National Guard troops deploy.
— Families barricade their homes.
— Korean-owned shops defended from rooftops.
— Smoke blankets the skyline.
NARRATOR (V.O.)
For six days, Los Angeles burned.
More than fifty lives were lost.
Billions in damage.
A nation forced to confront its reflection.
⭐ ACT VI — THE VOICE
INT. HOSPITAL ROOM – DAY
Rodney King, bruised and exhausted, faces cameras.
His voice trembles—but holds.
RODNEY KING
Can we all get along?
Can we get along?
The room falls silent.
⭐ EPILOGUE
EXT. LOS ANGELES – SUNSET
The fires are out.
The scars remain.
Children walk past charred buildings.
Community leaders gather for uneasy talks.
NARRATOR (V.O.)
The Rodney King case did not start America’s conversation about police brutality—
but it made it impossible to ignore.
The question he asked still echoes through the streets:
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