The L.A. disturbances weren't inevitable, but you could see why they happened. Looking deeper, it all makes sense.
Lorraine Devon Wilke | Posted 04.30.2012
As I watched the advancing columns of smoke as the marauders shifted from points south toward Hollywood -- burning, looting and killing along the way -- it became clear that we were in the crosshairs and there was no one to call.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sasha Bronner | Posted 04.30.2012
The Rodney King beating set off a spark within Los Angeles' black community, and when the four officers charged with assaulting him were acquitted, th...
The Huffington Post | Anna Almendrala | Posted 05.07.2012
Twenty years ago today, four police officers were acquitted on all charges in the beating of black motorist Rodney King, and Los Angeles was soon on f...
The Huffington Post | Lucy Blodgett | Posted 04.29.2012
On March 3, 1991, a Lake View Terrace, Calif. resident named George Holliday filmed the beating of an unarmed black man at the hands of several Los An...
The Huffington Post | Lucy Blodgett | Posted 04.26.2012
The death of Latasha Harlins and the beating of Rodney King not only prompted the cataclysmic Los Angeles Riots, but they also influenced artists to s...
Posted 04.27.2012
Perhaps the most innocent of all the innocent victims of the 1992 Los Angeles riots was Elvira Evers and the baby inside her womb. Elvira was seven...
AP | JOHN ROGERS | Posted 04.26.2012
LOS ANGELES -- We saw his face a bloody, pulpy mess. And in 1992, when the four Los Angeles Police officers who beat him after a traffic stop were acq...
Rev. Al Sharpton | Posted 04.24.2012
In the case of Trayvon Martin, we have to unite and remember that it isn't about race, but rather justice for a dead teenage boy whose only crime was walking home with a bag of skittles and an iced tea.
The Huffington Post | Kathleen Miles | Posted 04.29.2012
Twenty years later, the Rodney King LA riot videos are just as shocking as they were in 1992. Through a then-groundbreaking but soon-to-become regu...
TMZ | Posted 04.24.2012
Rodney King sincerely hopes Trayvon Martin's family will eventually get justice, but says Trayvon's case makes him realize how lucky he was to have hi...
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Posted 04.23.2012
This story comes to us courtesy of Neon Tommy. By Tracy Bloom Lucky is not exactly the word one would use to describe someone who’s videotaped...
Deborah Stambler | Posted 04.21.2012
In discussing Rodney King's new book and her upcoming conversation at the festival, columnist Patt Morrison shared some thoughts on how we look at Rodney King and what's happened in L.A. since the riots in 1992.
Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 04.18.2012
This year, on the 20th anniversary of the King verdict and the L.A. riots, many still ask the incessant question: Can it happen again?
Varun Soni | Posted 04.29.2012
During the 1992 civil unrest in Los Angeles, the Rev. Dr. Cecil "Chip" Murray became a household name as the city's most visible and effective peacemaker. I recently had the opportunity to sit down with him to discuss the impact and legacy of the riots for South Los Angeles.
Posted 04.12.2012
In a statement to the Los Angeles Times Wednesday, Rodney King compared his 1991 beating at the hands of Los Angeles police to Florida teen Trayvon Ma...
Andy Ostroy | Posted 04.11.2012
George Zimmerman has created a website ostensibly to "thank" his supporters and to raise funds for his living and legal expenses. It's never a good sign when your attorneys quit and you start pleading your case in the court of Sean Hannity and Fox News.
Posted 04.29.2012
Rodney King, the man whose videotaped beating at the hands of Los Angeles police officers became the flashpoint for the 1992 Los Angeles riots, pleade...
Marshall Fine | Posted 01.21.2012
Having teamed up for the emotionally demanding The Messenger, filmmaker Oren Moverman and actor Woody Harrelson join forces again for Rampart, a seari...
AP | Posted 01.07.2012
RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Rodney King has pleaded not guilty to charges of driving under the influence stemming from his arrest in Southern California in J...
newsone.com | David Moye | Posted 01.07.2012
Court trials have become spectacles for the American public. Heroes and villains are made in the media and court trials have a way of dividing Amer...
newsone.com | David Moye | Posted 10.16.2011
Sometimes, the long arm of the law stretches a bit too far. Here are some famous and infamous examples of outrageous police brutality....
AP | Posted 09.11.2011
RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Rodney King has been arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence in Southern California. The Moreno Valley Police Depar...
Beaumont, CA Patch | Posted 09.11.2011
Rodney G. King, the man whose videotaped beating by police in 1991 and subsequent acquittals sparked the 1992 Los Angeles riots, was arrested on suspi...
npr.org | By Marcia Clark | Posted 06.19.2011
Marcia Clark was a rising legal star in the Los Angeles District Attorney's office when she was assigned to the OJ Simpson trial. Clark's every move w...
Luis J. Rodriguez | Posted 05.01.2012