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.
MLK, Jr. was shot April 4 1968 while standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel. NBC's Thanh Truong reports. This week the Tennessee Shelby County Register's office released newly digitized video tape reels of James Earl Ray, the man who assassinated civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.