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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 ]
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]
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 ...
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 January 3, 1992, a lengthy pursuit in Southern California, involving a Volkswagen Cabriolet stolen by a suspected murderer, Darren Michael Stroh, [8] who was eventually killed by California Highway Patrol officers in a shootout, became the first police chase to be broadcast live on television, airing on three channels and preempting daytime ...
California Highway Patrol said an officer encountered a “scene straight out of a movie” on March 27 at around 9:20 a.m. when a Volkswagen sedan was stopped in the middle of an intersection in ...
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 actress helped inspire the look for the famous logo, one of several actresses ordered by Columbia Pictures to pose as Miss Liberty, for which she was only paid $25. (Photo: Tim Boyle ...