This Day in History: Riots break out after police officers acquitted in Rodney King trial

Thirty-four years ago on April 29, 1992, riots broke out in Los Angeles after four police officers were acquitted in the ...
Post and Courier

5 years after King Street riot, Charleston merchants move on and 1 man struggles

CHARLESTON — Five years after a riot erupted on King Street, merchants and the city are collaborating to keep the iconic shopping district safe and clean, even as repair bills go unpaid and one man ...
radaronline

'Just Like The 1992 Riots'

The horrifying Los Angeles protests have been compared to the historic Rodney King rampage — on the anniversary of the cop beating victim's death. RadarOnline.com can reveal King was found dead at the ...
Washington Examiner

Ex-LAPD officer: Anti-ICE riot could rival Rodney King if Bass doesn’t quell

Former Los Angeles Police Officer Moses Castillo noted the similarities he sees between recent riots against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and the 1992 Rodney King riots. The LAPD ...
Psychology Today

The Rodney King Riots: Individuality

Seeing ought to be believing - so what are we to believe, watching this videotape: eleven police officers standing around while three kick and beat, for nearly two minutes, a man struggling on the ...
EURweb

‘Kings’ Star Lamar Johnson on How Little Has Changed Since the Rodney King Beating/L.A. Riots [EUR Exclusive]

*Oscar winner Halle Berry bonds with Daniel Craig amid the L.A. riots in director Deniz Gamze Ergüven’s “Kings” — a title that pays homage to Rodney King, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and other agents ...