"This is great! They got it on tape! Now we'll have a live, in-the-field film to show police recruits. It can be a real life example of how to use escalating force properly."
--Sergeant Stacey Koon (Koon, Presumed Guilty)

"I have seen uses of force with considerable violence, but I have not seen anything that is as violent as this in my fourteen and a half years."
--Sgt. Stacey Koon (testimony)

"I haven't beaten anyone this bad in a long time."
--Officer Laurence Powell (MDT message from Powell to another officer)

"You wanted to hit him [King] in the head, didn't you?"
--Prosecutor Terry White cross-examining Officer Powell

"Powell was an overaggressive and slightly sadistic police officer of questionable judgment."
--Jack White, investigator for district attorney (Cannon, Official Negligence)