Why Rodney King and the Los Angeles Riots Still Matter
Why Rodney King and the Los Angeles Riots Still Matter
On the 25th anniversary of the infamous Los Angeles riots, we reflect on how America has resisted police brutality.
Why Rodney King and the Los Angeles Riots Still Matter
On April 29, 1992, at about 6 p.m., thousands of people in Los Angeles took the streets, setting fires and invading stores. They erupted in reaction to the outcome of a major trial concerning police violence, a decision that saw the acquittal of officers who had been caught on video brutally beating Rodney King, a 25-year-old black man. Over five days, in riots that spanned the massive city, 63 people died, almost 12,000 people were arrested, and over 2,000 were injured.
A quarter of a century later, there have been countless cases of police violence and militant dehumanization of people of color caught on camera, then dispersed to the world — but it's important to understand how the benchmark video really riled a nation.
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On the 25th anniversary of the infamous Los Angeles riots, we reflect on how America has resisted police brutality.
Why Rodney King and the Los Angeles Riots Still Matter
On April 29, 1992, at about 6 p.m., thousands of people in Los Angeles took the streets, setting fires and invading stores. They erupted in reaction to the outcome of a major trial concerning police violence, a decision that saw the acquittal of officers who had been caught on video brutally beating Rodney King, a 25-year-old black man. Over five days, in riots that spanned the massive city, 63 people died, almost 12,000 people were arrested, and over 2,000 were injured.
A quarter of a century later, there have been countless cases of police violence and militant dehumanization of people of color caught on camera, then dispersed to the world — but it's important to understand how the benchmark video really riled a nation.
READ MORE: Why Rodney King and the Los Angeles Riots Still Matter https://www.teenvogue.com/story/why-rodney...
On the afternoon of the riots, I was in San Diego feeding the Mayor to be..fish and been pie...
..Her security and the SDPolice Escorts wanted her to leave this part of town immediately...
I convinced her that I and my men would protect her until Election Day..
1. Our subsequent talk with a wonderful meal..centered around 'blacks' as Natives did before DRANK
the COLORED'whiteMan's' alcohol-natives Lost their land while the 'blacks' lost since of self and lost
respect for the USA Constitution and the Laws that govern a civilized society..
2. She remained jittery till I dropped her downtown...
.BUT she nor I will ever forget our Lunch April 29, 1992 or the drunken Rodney King and the Horders of
drunken uncivilized mobs that destroyed much of 'black' LA and Korean Hard working businesses..