That was the beating of black motorist Rodney King by a swarm of Los Angeles police officers.

A year later, following the acquittal of four of the police officers by a Simi Valley jury with no blacks on it, Bush ordered then Attorney General William Barr to begin the process of slapping federal civil rights charges on the officers.

Bush had the authority to order a prosecution via a string federal criminal civil rights laws specifically authorizing the prosecution of police officers who blatantly violate the law by using deadly or excessive force against civilians, when there is a “compelling public interest” to do so.

One is to do what the Minneapolis police chief did after he took a look at the video showing Chauvin choking the life out of Floyd and three other officers in the same video piling on Floyd.

Countless studies have shown that from police chiefs and commissioners down to the beat cop when it comes to reporting misconduct by fellow officers they will lie, go mute, develop vision problems, wink and nod, and as in Minneapolis bum rush a helpless Floyd on the ground.