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Flashpoint of 1992 LA riots becomes a place of celebration Sign In STEFANIE DAZIO, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail 11 1of11Joyce Robertson, right, clenches her fist at the intersection of Florence and Normandie Avenues in Los Angeles, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, after a guilty verdict was announced at the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin for the 2020 death of George Floyd.Jae C. Hong/APShow MoreShow Less 2of11People hold Black Lives Matter flags at the in...

The place where Florence and Normandie avenues meet is indelible in the history of the city of Los Angeles. Next week will mark 29 years since the intersection became a flashpoint for violence after the King verdict came down. The cross-streets are where, in the aftermath of the jurys decision, Black men dragged white truck driver Reginald Denny from his big rig and beat him nearly to death. Denny survived the attack, which was captured on live TV. The uprising spread as the city burned. Hundre...

LOS ANGELES -- Two Black men. Two big cities. Two horrifying videos. Two different verdicts. In 1991, four Los Angeles police officers brutally beat motorist Rodney King and their acquittal on state charges a year later prompted one of the worst race riots in American history. In 2020, a Minneapolis police officer knelt on George Floyds neck for 9 1/2 minutes as he gasped repeatedly, "I cant breathe." The excruciating bystander video touched off protests against police brutality and racial ...

GUILTY! Across the US, cheers fill city streets after Derek Chauvin is convicted in the death of George Floyd Christal Hayes, USA TODAY Replay Video UP NEXT The largely peaceful demonstrations came as cities across the country prepared for possible violence that cropped up sporadically in last years protests after Floyds death, a landmark incident that sparked a reckoning in the U.S. over racial inequities and police brutality. Some cities had already activated the National ...