George Holliday, The Man Who Filmed Rodney King Being Beaten By LAPD, Dead From Covid
Sept. 20 2021, Published 2:26 p.m. ET
George Holliday, the man who filmed the LAPD’s police brutality against Rodney King back in 1991, has reportedly died from Covid-19 at the age of 61.
According to TMZ, Holliday passed away on Sunday. His close friend and business partner told the outlet that Holliday was hospitalized in Simi Valley, California since the middle of August after coming down with a bad case of pneumonia. The outlet also reported that he was not vaccinated and was taken by the Covid-19 virus in only a matter of weeks.
Other people closely associated with Holliday also reportedly told the outlet that he was put on a ventilator a few days before he ultimately succumbed to the virus. He allegedly had an oxygen tube when he was first admitted to the Simi Valley hospital, but due to his condition worsening so quickly he had to be given a ventilator. He also allegedly was suffering from blood clots and internal bleeding in the days leading up to his death.
Holliday is notorious for the video he filmed back on March 3, 1991, capturing four Los Angeles Police Department officers beating Rodney King on a Los Angeles freeway. Holliday was allegedly on his apartment balcony during the incident, and quickly started recording to violent interaction between the officers and King.