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  1. Injuries. 2,383. Arrested. 12,111 [2] [3] 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.

    • Racial Tensions Rise in Los Angeles
    • The Rodney King Beating
    • The L.A. Riots
    • Violence Spreads Rapidly
    • Los Angeles Begins to Recover
    • Aftermath of The L.A. Riots
    • LAPD Slowly Reforms

    The 1980sbrought rising unemployment, gang activity, drugs and violent crime to the poorer neighborhoods of Los Angeles. Aggressive efforts to exert control by the Los Angeles Police Department fostered a belief among minority communities that its officers were not held liable for abusive police actions. In August 1988, as part of LAPD Chief Daryl ...

    Early on March 3, 1991, an intoxicated parolee named Rodney Kingled police on a high-speed car chase before stopping in Lakeview Terrace. His subsequent beating, which left him with a fractured skull and cheekbone, was caught on video by Lakeview resident George Holliday, who forwarded it to local station KTLA. Within days, the footage of police re...

    At about 3:15 p.m. on Wednesday, April 29, the jury released their verdict: All four officers were acquitted of charges in the King case, save for a mistrial on one charge against Powell of excessive force. The response was immediate, as protesters took to the streets. Hundreds of people gathered at the Los Angeles County Courthouse to protest the ...

    In a matter of hours, neighborhoods across South and Central Los Angeles were in flames as rioters firebombed thousands of buildings, smashed windows, looted stores and attacked the Parker Center police headquarters in downtown L.A. By the end of the day, CaliforniaGovernor Pete Wilson had declared a state of emergency and ordered the activation of...

    By May 2, with 6,000 National Guardsmen bolstered by the addition of another 4,000 federal troops and Marines, the disorder had largely quelled. An estimated 30,000 people marched at a peaceful rally for Korean merchants, and volunteers began cleaning up the streets. Meanwhile, arraignments began for some 6,000 alleged looters and arsonists. Highwa...

    The final tally for the L.A. riots included 2,000 injuries, 12,000 arrests and 63 deaths attributed to the uprising. Upwards of 3,000 buildings were burned or destroyed and 3,000 businesses were affected as part of the $1 billion in damages sustained by the city, leaving an estimated 20,000 to 40,000 people out of work. At the conclusion of the rio...

    Attention was also focused on the culpability of the city’s law enforcement. On May 11, former FBIDirector William H. Webster was named to head an investigation into the LAPD response during the riots, and in late June embattled Chief Daryl Gates stepped down. In October, the commission issued a report that criticized both the LAPD and City Hall fo...

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  3. Apr 22, 2024 · Los Angeles Riots of 1992, major outbreak of violence, looting, and arson in Los Angeles that began on April 29, 1992, in response to the acquittal of four white Los Angeles policemen on all but one charge (on which the jury was deadlocked) connected with the severe beating of an African American motorist in March 1991.

  4. Apr 28, 2022 · The L.A. Riots Were 30 Years Ago. I’m Still Trying to Understand Them. In 1992, Héctor Tobar was a young reporter at The Los Angeles Times when the city erupted in violence. What really...

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  5. Apr 28, 2022 · What Were the L.A. Riots? By The New York Times Magazine April 28, 2022. Share full article. 23. In 1992, L.A. went to war with itself. The violence lasted a week, but its causes...

  6. Apr 27, 2022 · The corner of Florence and Normandie avenues on April 29, 1992. (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times) By Los Angeles Times Staff. Published April 27, 2022 Updated April 30, 2022 7:06 AM PT....

  7. May 6, 2022 · May 6, 2022. Long Beach’s Woodrow Wilson High School campus. Kirby Lee/Associated Press. On the second day of the 1992 riots, Woodrow Wilson High in Long Beach was the scene of a terrifying...

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