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The 1992 Los Angeles riots (also called the South Central riots, Rodney King riots, or the 1992 Los Angeles uprising) [5] [6] were a series of riots and civil disturbances that occurred in Los Angeles County, California, United States, during April and May 1992.
The outrage resulting from the acquittal of these police officers was the principal cause of the 1992 Los Angeles riots. [1] Born in 1953 in Lansing, Michigan, [2] [1] Reginald Oliver Denny was a 39-year-old truck driver at the time of the attack. [3] His parents moved to Sylmar, Los Angeles, when he was a child. [4]
Rodney Glen King (April 2, 1965 – June 17, 2012) was an African-American man who was a victim of police brutality.On March 3, 1991, he was severely beaten by officers of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) during his arrest after a high speed pursuit for driving while intoxicated on the I-210.
The death was ruled a suicide by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office, the victim's family and community are demanding a fuller investigation. As of June 15, the California Highway Patrol, the FBI , the U.S. attorney's office and the U.S. Department of Justice ’s Civil Rights Division are monitoring the investigations and the FBI are ...
Consisting entirely of archival footage, the documentary chronicles the 1992 Los Angeles riots after 25 years have passed. [7]It includes film and video from the 1965 Watts Riots, the 1973 election of Tom Bradley, the 1978 promotion of Daryl Gates, the shooting of Latasha Harlins, the Rodney King videotape and the subsequent riots and violence that erupted after the acquittal of the officers ...
The Black-Korean conflict was an enduring storyline during the violence that erupted in 1992 after four Los Angeles police officers were acquitted in the beating of Rodney King. It was a palatable ...
Ahead of the 30th anniversary of the Los Angeles riots on April 29, Korean American and Black community leaders are planning a series of unity events to
Those tensions were later interpreted by some members of the public and activists as being one of the catalysts for the 1992 Los Angeles riots. The Los Angeles mayor's office estimated that 65 percent of all businesses vandalized during the riots were Korean-owned. [26] [27] [28] On August 17, 1991, while Du was awaiting trial, a small fire ...