Unrest began in South Central Los Angeles on April 29, after a jury acquitted four officers of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) charged with using excessive force in the arrest and beating of …

Nov 21, 2025 · The videotape of Rodney King ’s beating, which was broadcast across the U.S., prompted a huge outpouring of protest and confirmed suspicions of police brutality.

Apr 18, 2017 · On April 29, 1992, anger boiled over after four LAPD officers were found not guilty of assaulting King, leading to several days of widespread violence, looting and arson throughout L.A.

Apr 26, 2017 · Twenty-five years ago this week, four Los Angeles policemen — three of them white — were acquitted of the savage beating of Rodney King, an African-American man. Caught on camera …

It's been 25 years since the start of one of the deadliest race riots in American history. The violence erupted in South Los Angeles after a jury acquitted four white police officers in the...

Jun 11, 2008 · The Rodney King Riot of 1992 occurred in Los Angeles, California in response to a highly publicized incident of police brutality. Rodney King, who had worked as a Dodgers Stadium usher, …

Sep 25, 2024 · A victim of police brutality whose assailants were acquitted in court, Rodney King found himself at the center of the 1992 Los Angeles riots.

In the second half of the twentieth century, Los Angeles, California, endured considerable domestic turmoil, suffering violent and destructive urban riots that erupted in the wake of confrontations …

Los Angeles Riots (1992) On March 3, 1991, four Los Angeles Police Department officers stopped motorist Rodney King (1965–) after a high-speed chase. A man nearby, who happened to have his …

The rioting lasted six days and 63 people were killed, and 2,383 other people were injured; the riots only ended after the California Army National Guard, the Army, and the Marine Corps provided …