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Los Angeles Riots of 1992 The evidence A National Guardsman in camouflage uniform and helmet stands holding a rifle in front of a burned, partially destroyed building in Los Angeles. A group of LAPD officers in riot gear advances across a lawn toward a protestor who is ducking and covering his head, with a burning police car visible in the background at night. Tom Bradley
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Los Angeles Riots of 1992

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Los Angeles Riots of 1992, major outbreak of violence, looting, and arson in Los Angeles that began on April 29, 1992, in response to the acquittal of four white Los Angeles policemen on all but one charge (on which the jury was deadlocked) connected with the severe beating of Rodney King, an African American motorist, in March 1991. As a result of several days of rioting, more than 50 people were killed, more than 2,300...

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