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On March 3, 1991, an amateur video recording showed Rodney King, a black motorist, being badly beaten by Los Angeles Police Department officers during an arrest. The outrage resulting from the acquittal of these police officers was the principal cause of the 1992 Los Angeles riots.
From 1992 to 2007, the black population dropped by 123,000, while the Latino population grew more than 450,000. [208] According to the Los Angeles police statistics, violent crime fell by 76 percent between 1992 and 2010, which was a period of declining crime across the country. It was accompanied by lessening tensions between racial groups. [212]
Kidnapping of judge followed by shootout with police, led to manhunt for Angela Davis [86] [87] 6: Newhall incident: Valencia: 1970-04-05: 5: Shootout in which four California Highway Patrol officers were killed, deadliest day in California law enforcement history [88] [89] 7: Symbionese Liberation Army shootout: Los Angeles: 1974-05-17: 6
On May 1, 1992, Houston, then 20, entered his former high school armed with a rifle and shotgun. He killed three students and one teacher, injured nine students and held over 80 students hostage ...
In 1991, police discovered Jeffrey Dahmer had 84 polaroid photos depicting 17 murders he committed between 1978 to 1991. The act is shown in 'Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story' on Netflix.
On January 31, 1992, Thomas murdered Carlos Adkins in an apartment in Torrance by shooting him. [5]Over a year later, on the night of February 22, 1993, at about 11 p.m., Compton Police Officer Kevin Michael Burrell, 29, [6] and Reserve Officer James Wayne MacDonald, 24, [7] made a routine traffic stop in Compton, at the intersection of Rosecrans Avenue and Dwight Avenue, on a red 1992 ...
California Highway Patrol responded at 3:52 p.m. to reports of racing between several motor bikes and dirt bikes on the westbound 60 Freeway at Rosemead Boulevard near South El Monte.
2012 Anaheim, California police shooting and protests: Anaheim: 2012-07-21: 2 6: Protests after police officer killings: Fresno meat plant shooting: Fresno: 2012-11-6: 3: 2 Christopher Dorner shootings and manhunt: Los Angeles (and nearby) 2013-02-3 to 2013-02-12: 5 Attack on the police: 2013 Santa Monica shootings: Santa Monica: 2013-06-07: 6 ...