unknown to the police and king, the incident was captured on a camcorder by local civilian george holliday from his nearby apartment. the tape was roughly 12 minutes long. while the tape was presented during the trial, some clips of the incident were not released to the public. in a later interview, king, who was on parole for a robbery conviction and had past convictions for assault, battery and robbery, said that he had not surrendered earlier because he was driving while intoxicated under the influence of alcohol, which he knew violated the terms of his parole.