dec 29, 1991 - Rodney King riots, 1992 [SOCIAL]

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A black taxi driver who's beating by police officers, who were later acquitted, made national headlines.

Violent riots led to:
- 50 were killed
- 200 were injured
- $1 billion in damage was caused

Evidence of continuing police hostility (could link back to the late 1960s when the three successive years' rioting were all triggered by police brutality).

Evidence that equal protection clause of the 14th amendment was still being denied to some black people

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