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  2. Rodney King - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Rooftop Koreans - Wikipedia

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    The unrest in urban areas was sparked by the acquittal of four Los Angeles Police Department officers in the beating of Rodney King and resulted in rioting, and looting, along with widespread violence and arson throughout the city. [1] [2]

  4. List of drowning victims - Wikipedia

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    Rodney King, American construction worker, victim of police brutality, found dead in his swimming pool with alcohol, marijuana and cocaine in his system, June 2012. Elisa Lam (born 1991), Canadian tourist in Los Angeles, found in the water tank atop the hotel where she was staying on February 19, 2013. [92]

  5. 30 years after Rodney King, parallels seen in Chauvin trial - AOL

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    The year was 1991, and images of Los Angeles cops beating Rodney King, a Black motorist, were sparking a national firestorm over police brutality. Floyd was a 16-year-old student in an ...

  6. Los Angeles Had a Chance to Build a Better City After the ...

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    The acquittal of four police officers for the March 1991 beating of twenty-five-year-old Black motorcyclist Rodney King—a two-minute assault captured on video and watched by millions of ...

  7. $1 million, no convictions: New L.A. D.A. to fire Gascón's ...

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    Los Angeles County Dist. Atty ... a former federal prosecutor who convicted several Los Angeles police officers of violating Rodney King's civil rights after they were acquitted in state court in ...

  8. Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982–1992 - Wikipedia

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    Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982–1992 is a deep examination of a tumultuous decade in the city of Los Angeles, starting with the death of James Mincey Jr. and continuing through the 1984 Summer Olympics; the rise of street gangs; the crack epidemic; the death of Karen Toshima; Operation Hammer; the raid at 39th and Dalton; the beating of Rodney King; the death of Latasha Harlins; and the trial ...

  9. 1992 Los Angeles riots - Wikipedia

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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.