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4 days ago · Damage. $1 billion. The 1992 Los Angeles riots (also called the 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. Unrest began in South Central Los Angeles on April 29, after a jury acquitted four ...
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- April 29 – May 4, 1992, (6 days); 31 years ago
- $1 billion
- Los Angeles County, California, United States
3 days ago · The Los Angeles riots began on April 29, 1992, at the intersection of Florence and Normandie avenues in South L.A. Photo: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images. In 1992, four Los Angeles police officers were acquitted of the brutal beating of Rodney King, an unarmed Black motorist, igniting tensions that had been simmering for years in South Los ...
3 days ago · In 1992, four Los Angeles police officers were acquitted of the brutal beating of Rodney King, an unarmed Black motorist, igniting tensions that had been simmering for years in South Los Angeles. Unemployment was almost 50%, the crack cocaine epidemic had a firm hold in the area, and gang activity and violent crime were high.
2 days ago · A quick review of what happened in 1992 helps us understand how LA’s intractable social problems, such as homelessness, continue to get worse.
4 days ago · Wilmington, Delaware (November 13) 1919 – Annapolis riot of 1919, June 27, Annapolis, Maryland. 1919 – Boston Police Strike, September 9–11, Boston, Massachusetts. 1919 – Steel Strike of 1919, September 22 – January 8 Pennsylvania. 1919 – Coal Strike of 1919, November 1 – December 10 Pennsylvania.
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1 day ago · Soldiers of the 7th Infantry Division resting on board a C-141 while on their way to El Toro Air Station in preparation to combat the 1992 Los Angeles riots. In 1991 the Base Realignment and Closure Commission recommended the closing of Fort Ord due to the escalating cost of living on the central California coastline.
1 day ago · 1992—This was the first day of the Los Angeles riots which were sparked when a nearly all White jury acquitted four White cops in the brutal beating of Black motorist Rodney King even though the beating had been caught on tape. Two of the cops were later convicted on federal civil rights charges.
