Dermot Mulroney. Dermot Mulroney (born October 31, 1963) is an American actor. Acting since the 1980s, he is known for his roles in the films Young Guns, Samantha, Where the Day Takes You, My Best Friend's Wedding, The Last Outlaw, About Schmidt, and August: Osage County. Mulroney played the main antagonist of NBC's Crisis, Francis Gibson.
The 1991 videotaped beating of Rodney King by L.A.P.D. officers, and subsequent riots triggered by the acquittal of the officers involved, rocked L.A. and the nation. The events brought to the forefront concerns about racism and police brutality within the L.A.P.D.
So in a sense, my client is on trial, but you are also on trial; it's your courage that's on trial.. Braun compared the LAPD officers' trial to that of Jesus before Pontius Pilate: On April 10, the case was submitted to the jury.At first, the jury leaned slightly toward acquittal for all the officers.t was impossible.. Soon prosecutorial wheels began turning--not for Rodney King, who was released without charges, but for the four LAPD officers involved in his arrest. Officers present at the arrest scene at the intersection of Osborne and Foothill were suspended.