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- Today marks 30 years since four white Los Angeles police officers were acquitted in the violent beating of Rodney King, a verdict that sparked six days of deadly rioting across the city and exposed a deep-seated anger felt by many Americans over police brutality.
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Apr 28, 2022 · After the Rodney King Verdict April 29, 1992: The jury acquits the four officers after seven days of deliberations on almost all charges. Jurors deadlocked on one assault count against Powell.
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Mar 3, 2021 · by Sam Levin in Los Angeles. Wed 3 Mar 2021 01.00 EST. T hirty years after the savage assault on Rodney King, the Los Angeles police department is facing a reckoning over its failure to curb...
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Apr 26, 2017 · Looters load up a car at the Viva shopping center near a billowing fire during the rioting that erupted in Los Angeles on April 29, 1992, after a jury found four Los Angeles Police Department...
Apr 28, 2022 · Thirty years after the acquittal of four cops in the beating of Rodney King sparked a rebellion in L.A., experts reflect on police reforms.
Mar 3, 2016 · In a TIME/CNN survey conducted shortly after the verdict, 57% of those polled (including 45% of black respondents) felt the outcome was the result of racism. Those feelings helped fuel the...
Mar 3, 2010 · Rodney King was released without charges, and on March 15 Sergeant Stacey Koon and officers Powell, Wind, and Briseno were indicted by a Los Angeles grand jury in connection with the beating.
