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The 1992 Los Angeles riots (also called the South Central riots, Rodney King riots, or the 1992 Los Angeles uprising) [5] [6] were a series of riots and civil disturbances that occurred in Los Angeles County, California, United States, during April and May 1992.
The outrage resulting from the acquittal of these police officers was the principal cause of the 1992 Los Angeles riots. [1] Born in 1953 in Lansing, Michigan, [2] [1] Reginald Oliver Denny was a 39-year-old truck driver at the time of the attack. [3] His parents moved to Sylmar, Los Angeles, when he was a child. [4]
LA 92 is a 2017 American documentary film about the 1992 Los Angeles riots, directed by Daniel Lindsay and T. J. Martin. [5] It premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 21, 2017, opened in theaters on April 28, 2017 and aired on National Geographic Channel on April 30, 2017. [6]
The city of Los Angeles bought a 10-acre property to bring jobs to Watts after the 1992 riots. Proposed projects came and went, leaving weeds, trash and shanties.
Riordan shepherded L.A.'s rebound from the 1992 riots, expanded its police force and led its recovery from the Northridge earthquake. Former Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan dies at 92 Skip to ...
With the title “1992” and an image of Watts’ own Tyrese Gibson on the poster, one could safely assume that the 1992 Los Angeles riots that erupted in the wake of the Rodney King verdict ...
Local Korean radio stations in Los Angeles put out a call to help Korean business owners, leading to volunteers arriving with their own firearms. The intersection of 5th Street and Western Avenue served as a flashpoint, where the California Market (also called Gaju or Kaju) Korean grocery store was a major point of conflict.
Read CNN’s Fast Facts on the 1992 LA Riots. The riots stemmed from the acquittal of LAPD officers in the Rodney King beating.