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Los Angeles Riots Fast Facts
CNN via Yahoo News· 12 months agoHere’s a look at the 1992 riots in Los Angeles. The riots stemmed from the acquittal of four white Los Angeles Police Department officers in the beating of black motorist Rodney King in 1991 ...
Los Angeles' mass uprisings in search of Black justice have punctuated my life, and my library
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 2 months agoI've lived in L.A. during the Watts riots, the beating of Rodney King and the death of George Floyd....
Rodney King's daughter on Tyre Nichols: 'People wonder where the anger comes from, this is where'
NBC Universal via AOL· 1 year agoRodney King's daughter weighed in on the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols earlier this month and the...
'New things to learn' in Anna Deavere Smith’s revised ‘Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992'
Patriot Ledger via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFor more than three decades, playwright, actor and scholar Anna Deavere Smith has asked audiences to...
Riots in L.A., Roosevelt opens World's Fair: News Journal archives, week of April 30
Delaware Online | The News Journal via Yahoo News· 1 year ago"Pages of history" features excerpts from The News Journal archives including the Wilmington Morning...
Tyre Nichols brutal arrest ‘worse’ than Rodney King, Memphis police chief says
The Independent via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe video showing the police beating of Tyre Nichols is perhaps worse than the notorious footage...
Photos: Former L.A. Mayor Richard Riordan remembered at memorial Mass
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFormer Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan, who guided the city through the aftermath of the Rodney...
Richard Riordan, Former Mayor of Los Angeles, Dies at 92
The Hollywood Reporter via Yahoo News· 1 year agoRichard Riordan, the two-term Los Angeles mayor who helped rebuild the city in the wake of the...
Rodney King’s lawyer on Tyre Nichols: Racist policing has plagued the US for decades
The Independent UK via AOL· 1 year agoTYRE NICHOLS: Exclusive: “The violence impacted on African Americans speaks of a culture of...
Opinion: How Rodney King helped O.J. Simpson win a not-guilty verdict
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 2 months agoAfter the King beating and the 1992 riots, the LAPD forfeited the city's trust. It isn't surprising...