SOUTH LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- An empty lot at Vermont and Manchester avenues in South Los Angeles was once buzzing with activity, businesses and more. It was destroyed during the 1992 civil unrest ...
LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Thirty years ago, Los Angeles erupted in anger after four LAPD officers were found not guilty of the brutal beating of Rodney King after a high-speed chase. Fury over the ...
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 ...
The images of cars set ablaze, protesters tossing rocks at police and officers firing nonlethal rounds and tear gas at protesters hearkens back to the last time a president sent the National Guard to ...
April 29th, 1992 was the day that four LAPD members were acquitted for the use of excessive force in the arrest of Rodney King after a high-speed chase down the streets of Northern Los Angeles.
2017 marks the 25-year anniversary of the 1992 L.A. riots, a devastating moment in Los Angeles and American history. Amid growing racial tensions, the riots began following the acquittal of four Los ...
Family members of Rodney King and Latasha Harlins will join community leaders Friday to mark 30 years since the Rodney King verdict and the violence that followed. They plan to urge unity during the ...
LOS ANGELES — It’s been more than three decades since Yongsik Lee grabbed a shotgun and climbed to the top of his furniture store during the 1992 Los Angeles riots — becoming one of the infamous era’s ...
On April 29, 1992, Reginald Denny was driving his truck through the part of Los Angeles known as South Central. Protests following the acquittal of Rodney King had begun around 3:15PM that afternoon, ...