On April 29th, 1992, 12 jurors acquitted four LAPD officers of the brutal 1991 beating of motorist Rodney King. The resulting riots -- or rebellion against a great injustice -- paralyzed the city of Los Angeles and stunned a nation. Decades later it is still necessary to explore the complexities of race relations in today's America. Police abuses continue from LA to NYC. This is a 10th grade US history report on the uprising. I interviewed my parents who witnessed the LA Riots. This is but one of the many views on the event. More
Tupac Shakur (not the hologram) comments on LA Rebellion
(CNN/CIA/Taritrott) Twenty years after the vicious Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) beating of Rodney King, CNN took a look back at the event that sparked deadly violence and addressed US racism.
Things have changed so much after this event that Los Angeles gave rise to one of the largest and longest standing Occupy encampments. Things have improved in terms of day-to-day public beatings. There are fewer of those, while private abuses in custody, arrests, and spying has increased.
- PBS: "Twilight: LA, 1992" on US race relations
- Los Angeles Heritage Day
Oops. Friendly fire hits police state paramilitary unit deployed on civilians.
