In mathematics and statistics, the term arithmetic mean is preferred over simply mean because it helps to differentiate between other means such as geometric and harmonic mean. Statistical mean is the most common term for calculating the mean of a statistical distribution.
There were, in my opinion, two main reasons for this: 1  I believe that Dr. King believed that nonviolence was a more moral strategy than one that included violence. 2  King also believed that nonviolence was a more effective way to get people on the side of the protestors.
LAPD (King Beating) Trial (1992) It seemed like an open-and-shut case. The George Holliday video, played on television so often that an executive at CNN called it wallpaper, showed three Los Angeles police officers--as their supervisor watched-- kicking, stomping on, and beating with metal batons a seemingly defenseless African-American named Rodney King.