<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Los_Angeles_riots" id="mwARo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1992 Los Angeles riots">Riots in Los Angeles</a> begin, following the acquittal of police officers charged with excessive force in the beating of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_King" id="mwARs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Rodney King">Rodney King</a>. Over the next three days 63 people are killed and hundreds of buildings are destroyed.<sup about="#mwt199" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-36"}}' id="cite_ref-36" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./April_29#cite_note-36" id="mwARw" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 36;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAR0">[36]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-36"><cite about="#mwt196" class="citation news cs1" id="CITEREFSerrano1992">Serrano, Richard A. (30 April 1992). <a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100501174513/https://articles.latimes.com/1992-04-30/news/mn-1942_1_ventura-county-jury" id="mwCSo" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"All 4 Acquitted in King Beating Verdict Stirs Outrage; Bradley Calls It Senseless Trial: Ventura County jury rejects charges of excessive force in episode captured on videotape. A mistrial is declared on one count against Officer Powell"</a>. <i id="mwCSs">Los Angeles Times</i>. Archived from <a class="external text" href="https://articles.latimes.com/1992-04-30/news/mn-1942_1_ventura-county-jury" id="mwCSw" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">the original</a> on 1 May 2010<span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwCS0">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwCS4">29 November</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span about="#mwt196" class="Z3988" id="mwCS8" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=Los+Angeles+Times&amp;rft.atitle=All+4+Acquitted+in+King+Beating+Verdict+Stirs+Outrage%3B+Bradley+Calls+It+Senseless+Trial%3A+Ventura+County+jury+rejects+charges+of+excessive+force+in+episode+captured+on+videotape.+A+mistrial+is+declared+on+one+count+against+Officer+Powell.&amp;rft.date=1992-04-30&amp;rft.aulast=Serrano&amp;rft.aufirst=Richard+A.&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farticles.latimes.com%2F1992-04-30%2Fnews%2Fmn-1942_1_ventura-county-jury&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApril+29"></span></span>