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The 1992 Los Angeles riots (also called the South Central riots, Rodney King riots, or the 1992 Los Angeles uprising) [4] [5] were a series of riots and civil disturbances that occurred in Los Angeles County, California, United States, during April and May 1992.
Sep 25, 2024 · That man’s name was Rodney King. Holliday raised his camera, and pressed “record.” As Holliday quietly filmed the scene from his balcony, the LAPD officers, most of whom were white, surrounded King, a 25-year-old Black man.
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Apr 18, 2017 · The 1992 Los Angeles riots—also called the Los Angeles uprising—sprung from years of rising tensions between the LAPD and the city’s African Americans, highlighted by the 1991 videotaped...
May 2, 2020 · On March 16, 1991—just 13 days after the brutal beating of King—15-year-old Latasha Harlins was fatally shot in the back of the head inside Empire Liquor Market. The shooter was the liquor...
May 4, 2020 · Twenty-eight years ago, the iconic city of Los Angeles fell into a state of historic unrest after four police officers were acquitted in the savage beating of an African-American man named Rodney...
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Apr 28, 2012 · The Los Angeles riots erupted on 29 April 1992 after four white police officers were acquitted over the videotaped beating of black motorist Rodney King. Anger led to days of looting and burning,...
Jun 25, 2024 · Edward Jae Song Lee, Latasha Harkins, Rodney King, and a City on Fire is the story of an uprising that tore the city of Los Angeles apart, lasted five days, killed 63 people, destroyed 2,300 Korean-owned businesses, and caused $1 billion in damages. Filled with archival photos and vivid first-person accounts, the story's central focus is the ...
