On This Day, March 3: LAPD recorded beating Rodney King sparking riots
On This Day: LAPD recorded beating Rodney King sparking riots On March 3, 1991, home video captured a Los Angeles police beating of motorist Rodney King that triggered a national debate on police brutality. Acquittal of the LAPD officers in 1992 led to deadly riots during which King asked at a news conference, "Can we all get along?" King died at the age of 47 in 2012. By (0) A family rummages through a home burned during the 1992 riots in South Central Los Angeles. On March 3, 1991, home video captured a Los Angeles police beating of motorist Rodney King that triggered protests and a natio...
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