Search results
Apr 28, 2022 · Here is a look at key events before and after the April 29, 1992 criminal case acquittal of four white LAPD officers in the beating of Rodney King. By Jonathan Lloyd • Published April 28, 2022...
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...
The 1992 Los Angeles rebellion has significant resonance for the current moment. Race, crime, and justice continue to be central to debates about full inclusion and citizenship in American society. Reflecting on the 1992 rebellion reveals how the reliance on punitive policies created hostility between the police and inner city residents, fed ...
May 4, 2017 · 62K. 3M views 6 years ago. ...more. Over twenty-five years after the verdict in the Rodney King trial sparked several days of protests and violence in Los Angeles, LA92 immerses viewers in...
Apr 26, 2017 · On the afternoon of April 29, 1992, a jury in Ventura County acquitted four LAPD officers of beating Rodney G. King. The incident, caught on amateur videotape, had sparked national debate about...
Unemployment remained alarmingly high — as much as 25 percent among young black men; rates of drug addiction and alcoholism soared; gang violence was exacting a staggering toll on South Los Angeles. 2 In 1991 and 1992 — the dreadful record years for homicide in Los Angeles — more than 3,200 people were murdered in the city, most of them young bl...
Mar 3, 2010 · This Day In History: 04/29/1992 - Riots Erupt in Los Angeles. In Los Angeles, California, four Los Angeles police officers that had been caught beating an unarmed African...
