1.   Brazenly trying to beat a motorist at an intersection is bad karma.

2.   The disturbance was sparked by the acquittal of white officers accused of beating black motorist Rodney King.

3.   The probe will be headed by Barry Kowalski, who prosecuted the federal case against the Los Angeles police officers who beat motorist Rodney King.

4.   The riots were sparked when a jury in Simi Valley acquitted four white police officers of beating African-American motorist Rodney King.

5.   When the vehicles got stuck, gang members would jump out and loot, rob and beat the motorists.

6.   Groups of young men had roved through the area Tuesday night, setting fires, looting stores and beating motorists.

7.   Two former police officers filmed beating motorists at a roadblock pleaded not guilty Monday to charges of attempted murder and abuse of authority.

8.   That was the case during the second trial of white policemen in Los Angeles charged with beating black motorist Rodney King.