What is 1992 Los Angeles riots?
The '''1992 Los Angeles riots''', also called '''Rodney King uprising''' or '''Rodney King riots''', started on April 29, 1992 when a [[jury]] set four [[white people|white]] policemen free. The [[jury]] was mostly [[Caucasian]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0429.html|title=Los Angeles Policemen Acquitted In Taped Beating|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=2015-09-29}}</ref> The policemen had beaten up [[African-American]] [[motorist]] [[Rodney King]] badly and filmed this, after he fled from police. Thousands of people in [[Los Angeles]], mostly African American and [[Hispanic]], [[riot]]ed. In all, 63 people were killed in the riots.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-lopez-baltimore-los-angeles-riots-20150428-column.html|title=Baltimore riots and the long shadow of 1992 Los Angeles|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=28 April 2015 |access-date=2015-09-29}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{history-stub}} {{US-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Los Angeles riots, 1992}} [[Category:1992 in the United States]] [[Category:1990s crimes in California]] [[Category:1990s in Los Angeles, California|1992 riots]] [[Category:1990s murders in the United States]] [[Category:1990s riots]] [[Category:African-American history]] [[Category:Arson]] <!--[[Category:Crime in Los Angeles|1992 riots]]--> [[Category:Looting]] [[Category:Mass murder in California]] [[Category:Police misconduct in the United States]] [[Category:Riots in the United States]]