King Charles I

Though sparked by the Rodney King verdict, there were many other causes of the riots that erupted on the streets of Los Angeles on April 29, 1992. The Los Angeles riots in 1992 were devastating. The obvious issue portrayed through the media was black versus white. If you did not live in Los Angeles or California chances are you did not hear full coverage of the story, you heard a simple cut and dry portrayal of the events in South Central. If you heard one thing about the riots, it was that there was a man named Rodney King and he was a black male beaten with excessive force by four white Los Angeles police officers on Los Angeles concrete. The media portrayed the riots as black rage on the streets due to the

Charles II faced a vast amount of difficulties during his reign, but particularly during the period of 1667-1678. He suffered financial difficulties, foreign policy issues and religious problems. Finance became an obvious problem due to his lack of funds, however his foreign policy was constantly needing money, and a combination of both left Charles with many difficulties.

Unfortunately, Charles happened to be the ruler when parliament became more

Charles I grew up in parliament, learning about how it worked and participating in it. Deciding to rule without parliament seems uncharacteristic, especially since Charles spent much of his time learning about and working with it. The switch from working with parliament to dissolving several parliaments between 1625 and 1629 can be attributed to Charles’s heightened sense of responsibility and the notion that parliament was not upholding its own responsibility to govern the people. Charles attempted to break from parliament for a time in order to stabilize a country weakened by war by establishing an absolute monarchy, and failed to maintain the break because of a lack of money. In order to succeed in preserving his personal rule, Charles would

Hobbes, you are adamant in the claim that an absolute monarchy is the best type of government. However, it is clear that too much power in the hands of one individual will lead to corruption. You believe that people are prone to corruption and wrong deeds. With power solely rested on the divine rulers shoulders, should he fail, the nation will crumble. This kind of government could be toppled very easily, and a lack of a stable system set up in place should the monarch die would mean chaos would run rampant throughout the nation.

On March 3, 1991 an African American man named Rodney King became a posterboy for racial tension and police brutality in America. On this day, police officers Stacey C. Koon, Laurence M. Powell, Timothy E. Wind, and Theodore J. Briseno attempted to pull Rodney King over because they suspected he was driving under the influence. Mr. King then lead the officers on a 110 mph chase through San Fernando Valley, California, and finally stopped his car in a residential area. Police officers began beating Mr. King after he got out of his car. Officers tasered, kicked, stomped on, and hit Mr. King with their batons for about 10 minutes.

The king looked to the Pope for guidance in difficult situations, seeking advice to handle angry veterans returning from the Thirty Years’ War. Persuaded by bishops, Charles reestablished congregations and restored church paintings and sculptures. Bishop Juxon took office as Treasurer, which was frowned upon by Charles’ Protestant people. Charles’ reign was largely influenced by the Duke of Buckingham, George Villiers. At first, Charles was jealous of the attention George received from Charles’ father, who treated George like a son, later on, however; they became close companions. George guided many of Charles’ decisions, including his calling off the marriage arrangement with a Spanish king’s sister. On June 18, 1625, Charles assembled Parliament for the first time during his reign to start funding for battle with Spain. Charles often went into negotiations with the mind set of his plan or no action at all. Because Parliament was

Parliament decided to limit the amount of money they gave Charles because they did not trust him. They gave him taxes for a year and then he had to call parliament to get the taxes for another year. Charles closed parliament in 1629 and made money by raising taxes like ship tax. By doing this, Charles was breaking the magna carta because he raised taxes without parliament’s

Charles II made changes in England that affected the entire world so to speak. Charles created a council of five men who were to be his ministers and a liaison with Parliament (Abbott). They were members of Parliament and the beginning of what would eventually become the cabinet of parliamentary government – that portion of the government that would perform government functions in the place of the monarch (Abbott). Charles was extremely tolerant of those who had condemned his father to death (Jokinen). He was also tolerant in religious

Rodney King was a black motorist who was beaten and arrested by four white police officers in Los Angeles on March 3, 1991. The policemen were unaware of being filmed until, George Holliday, captured the beating on videotape from his apartment window and released it to the press (Alexander, Jacobs, and Seidman, 2000). This incident was not a shock to individuals living in the Los Angeles County as it was common to be victimized by policemen. The difference in Rodney King’s case with other

African Americans in Los Angeles and throughout the United States have experienced racial oppression for centuries. (Background about racial oppression by the LAPD). Rodney King was an African American motorist who inspired positive police reforms after he had a brutal conflict and was beaten by four members of the LAPD. Rodney King’s encounter resulted in a social and legal compromise because the incident made people aware of police brutality, gave African Americans a voice against police abuse, and resulted in reforms to the way that the LAPD responds to communities of color.

King Charles II was born on May 29, 1630 in St. James’s Palace in London. After the event of his father’s execution had passed, Charles adapted to the life of expulsion until he was crowned King of Ireland, Scotland and England in 1661. With power in hands, he was appointed an army to purge against the officials to avenge his father’s murder and agreed to honor the Petition of Right to limit authority. Unlike his power hungry father, Charles II indulged in hedonic pleasures, as he soon obtained the well-known nickname of the ‘Merry Monarch.’ Upon his return in 1660 to the throne, Charles addressed his subjects in the Declaration of Breda. The declaration was a move on Charles II’s part to pave his way back to his seat of power. The document

However, the MP’s were warned, so they escaped capture and arrest. This action convinced them that Charles I was going to try to rule by himself. Using absolute power, Charles I also started to make changes to the

(Kendall, 2015) Charles was given his position of authority, as he was the only successor to the throne, in respect to familial connections. In most systems of traditional authority, the leader does not have any staff or political machines to gain their authority or to enforce it. The authority comes from the willingness of their subordinates to remain loyal and respect the designated leader, as it is seen as their duty by tradition. (Boundless, Traditional) Charles’ exceptional ability in campaigning and war tactics brought Sweden to the peak of her prestige and power. He is viewed as a national hero and was idealized to be heroic and virtuous during the 19th century romantic nationalism period. (Wikipedia,

This event may have lead to the bad attitudes towards authority, particularly against the police. Many African Americans felt that this would not have happened if Rodney King had been white. They believed that the only reason why Rodney King was beaten was because he was an African American. When the four white police officers were acquitted by a white jury selected from the suburbs, thousands of people in South Central Los Angeles responded to the verdict with several days of rioting.