Tom Robinson was a character from To Kill a Mockingbird. He was a black man who lived in Maycomb with his family, near the city dump. He had a crippled left arm, and everyday he walked past the Ewell's house, to work. He worked on Mr. Link Deas's property, picking cotton or working in the yard during fall and winter (Lee 190).

One day he was walking past the Ewell's home when Mayella Ewell called him into the yard. Mayella is the eighteen-year-old daughter of the Ewell family. Mayella proceeded to hug and kiss Tom. As Tom resisted, Mr. Ewell yelled at Mayella and Tom ran. Mr. Ewell, in the next several hours, beat Mayella for making advances on Tom, a black man (Lee 194).

Tom was arrested and charge of raping Mayella Ewell. When he went to court, Mr. Ewell and Mayella testified that Tom beat

On March 15, 1991, the four white police officers that were involved in the incident were arraigned on charges of assault with a deadly weapon and use of excessive force. The trial of the four police officers was relocated from L.A. to Simi Valley in Ventura County. On March 5, 1992 testimony for the trial began. The tape was shown. On April 29, 1992, the four police officers were acquitted (Lepore).

When the jury of all white men returned, they all found Tom guilty of raping Mayella, even though clearly Tom did not. But this was 1940's Alabama. Racism was very present, to say the least. I believe that the only reason that Tom Robinson was convicted of rape was that he was black. Atticus provided clear and reasonable arguments that Tom was innocent, and that Mr. Ewell actually beat Mayella in frustration (Lee, 211).

Tom Robinson and Rodney King can be compared in many ways. Robinson and King both suffered injustice in the courtroom, even though the evidence for each was overwhelming for their side. Tom Robinson should not have been convicted of rape. He could not beat up the right side of a healthy young woman with only his right arm. The four police officers that br

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