Undercover St. Louis officer: Colleagues beat him 'like Rodney King'

Wednesday, January 23, 2019

ST. LOUIS -- An undercover St. Louis police officer reported his colleagues beat him "like Rodney King" when they mistook him for a protester following the acquittal of a white former officer in the fatal shooting of a black man, according to newly released court documents.

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