15 apr 1992 anni - Los Angeles Riots

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In March 1991, officers with the California Highway Patrol attempted to pull over an African American man named Rodney King for speeding. King, who was on probation for robbery and had been drinking, led them on a high-speed chase, and by the time the patrolmen caught up to his car, several officers of the Los Angeles Police Department were on the scene. After King allegedly resisted arrest and threatened them, four LAPD officers shot him with a TASER gun and severely beat him.
Caught on videotape, the beating inspired widespread outrage in the city's African American community. Eventually, the case was tried and in April 1992 a jury found the officers not guilty.
Rage over the verdict sparked and the four days of the L.A. Riots subsided. The next year, two of the four LAPD officers involved in the beating were retried and convicted in a federal court for violating King's civil rights.

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