Twenty-five years after the verdict in the Rodney King trial sparked several days of protests, violence and looting in Los Angeles, filmmakers examine that tumultuous period through rarely...
1992 the LA Riots
Sociopolitical Documentary with no narration published by National Geographic in 2017 - English language
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It started on March 3, 1991, in an incident that became national news, white bystander George Holliday filmed several Los Angeles police officers savagely beating a unarmed black man named Rodney King. Despite the brutality caught on tape, King's assailants were all acquitted, 25 years ago, on April 29, 1992 - sparking six days of upheaval and violence in South Central L.A. that caused 58 deaths, over 2000 injuries with more than 11,000 arrests and over $1 billion in property damage.The riots are still the in the worst case of civil unrest in U.S. history.
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