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Apr 28, 2022 · Thirty years ago this week, widespread violence erupted in Los Angeles in the aftermath of the acquittal of four white Los Angeles Police Department officers in the videotaped beating of...
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Apr 18, 2017 · The Los Angeles riots erupted across the southern California city in spring 1992 after four LAPD officers were acquitted of assaulting motorist Rodney King.
Apr 22, 2024 · As a result of several days of rioting, more than 50 people were killed, more than 2,300 were injured, and thousands were arrested. About 1,100 buildings were damaged, and total property damage was about $1 billion, which made the riots one of the most-devastating civil disruptions in American history.
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The LAPD and the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) organized response began to come together by midday. The LAFD and Los Angeles County Fire Department (LACoFD) began to respond backed by police escort; California Highway Patrol reinforcements were airlifted to the city.
After the announcement of the not guilty verdicts, thousands of residents took to the streets of South Central Los Angeles and in front of LAPD headquarters near downtown, declaring “no justice, no peace.” Protesters in Los Angeles after police found not guilty. (Photo from framework.latimes.com)
Apr 26, 2017 · April 26, 20171:21 PM ET. By. Anjuli Sastry Krbechek. , Karen Grigsby Bates. Enlarge this image. Looters load up a car at the Viva shopping center near a billowing fire during the rioting that...
May 18, 2021 · By Elizabeth Hinton. May 18, 2021 9:40 AM EDT. Hinton is a professor of history and African American studies at Yale University. Her new book is America on Fire: The Untold Story of Police Violence...
