Confidence votes 305. District court is capitalized when it is used in the name of a specific court. The Alberman case was decided by the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. or Judge Samuels was appointed to the Dayton District Court in 2005.
Rodney King Riots In Los Angeles Began On This Day In 1992. The âRodney King Riots,â also known as the âLos Angeles Riots,â began this day in 1992, after four Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officers were acquitted of charges in the savage beating of Rodney King (pictured below).
It all started with a traffic stop. On Aug. 11, 1965, California Highway Patrol Officer Lee Minikus responded to a report of a reckless driver in the Watts section of Los Angeles. Shortly after 7 p.m., he pulled over 21-year-old Marquette Frye near 116th Street and Avalon Boulevard. Frye failed sobriety tests as a crowd of about 50 people began to gather nearby. Rena, Ronald and Marquette Frye, center to right, one month after the 1965 Watts riots. (Los Angeles Times)