Podcasts History Witness History: Archive 2012 The Los Angeles Riots

The Los Angeles Riots

Published: Oct. 2, 2013, 10 a.m.

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In May 1992 the people of South Central Los Angeles took to the streets in fury at police brutality.

They were angry that Los Angeles police department officers accused of beating a motorist called Rodney King, had been acquitted.

Hear Rodney King's take on the beating, and the unrest and violence that followed it.

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