This was an incident which took place on March 3rd 1991. Rodney King was being beaten by 5 Los Angeles police officers because he was taking drugs. The 5 officers surrounded him in an residential area and hit him as much as they could. The officers struck him 52-56 times with the rod, one officer kicked him 6 times and the other hit him 1 time. A resident in a nearby area videotaped the police officers beating Rodney King. The guys name that videotaped the police officers was George Holliday. He is know known as a citizen journalist because he videotaped the incident without anyone knowing. Four of the officers were charged in the Los Angeles court.
The reason why it was significant is because it changed peoples views on the police force. The people started questioning themselves that is the police really protecting them or are they not? In some ways it creates that terrifying thought that the police is not protecting them. The relation to the citizen journalists is that the beating was shot by an ordinary man looking out of his window.
7/7 Bombing:
7th July 2005 London bombings (known as 7/7 bombings) It was a series of co-originated suicide attacks. It targeted civilians by using the London transport system during the the morning rush hour time, when everyone are trying to get to their places. There were four terrorists who took the advantage of the rush hour and placed four bombs, three of them were on the London underground trains and later on of them exploded on the double-decter bus in Tavistock Square. Due to the bombing 52 London civilians were killed and over 700 and more were injured. The Bombs were packed up in rucksacks and left on the locations. This relates to citizen journalism because it was recorded on a mobile phone.
Mumbai Terroists attacks
The 2008 Mumbai attacks were twelve co-ordinated shooting and bombing attacks across Mumbai, which is India's largest city where most people live. One of the attackers who was caught confessed that the attacks were supported by the pakistan ISI. The attacks began on Wednesday 26th November and lasted until Saturday 29th November 2008. 164 people were killed and 308 were wounded. This related to citizen journalist because the fact that is was recorded on tape by the people in the hotel.
Asian Tsunami:
The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake was an undersea megathrust earthquake that occurred at 00:58:53 UTC on Sunday 26th December 2004. The resulting tsunami was given various names such as the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, South Africa tsunami, Indonesian tsunami and boxing day tsunami. The earthquake was caused when the Indian plate was deducted by the Burma Plate and triggered a series of devastating tsunamis along the coasts of most landmasses bordering the Indian Ocean. 230,000 people were killed in 14 countries. This related to citizen journalism because it was recorded on tape by loads of people who were there at the time.
Virginia Tech Shooting
The Virginia Tech massacre was a school shooting that took place on April 16th 2007. It took place on the campus of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg. 32 people killed and 17 wounded in two separate attacks, in- between 2 hours apart. The massacre is the deadlliest shooting incident by a single gunman in the U.S. history. This relates to citizen journalism because this video is made by the person who committed the murders.
Hudson River:
US Airways flight 1549 was a flight from LAguadia Airport in New York City to Charlotte/Douglas International Airport, Charlotte, North Carolina. On January 15th 2009 the Airbus A320-214 flying this route struck a flock of Canada Geese during its initial climb out, the plane lost engine power and had to land in the Hudson River. This relates to citizen jounalism because the whole incident was recorded on tape.
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