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Los Angeles riots of 1992

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Los Angeles riots of 1992 Information
3,631 words, approx. 12 pages
The 1992 Los Angeles riots, also known as the Rodney King uprising or the Rodney King riots, were sparked on April 29, 1992 when a predominately white jury acquitted four police officers accused in the videotaped beating of black motorist Rodney King...


News and Journals
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Los Angeles Business Journal
Riot dooms thousands to unemployment. (1992 riots in Los Angeles, California)
05/11/1992: 771 words, approx. 3 pages
During the short term, up to 40,000 may be jobless Bludgeoned already by the recession, the county now stands to lose up to 10,000 more jobs on a permanent basis as a result of the violence and riots which ravaged Los Angeles....
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Multichannel News
Cable executives grapple with Los Angeles riot. (Los Angeles California 1992 riots)
05/04/1992: 445 words, approx. 2 pages
Cable executives scrambled to protect employees and plant as rioting erupted in Los Angeles and spread to the city's business districts. As violence gripped L.A. in the wake of the acquittal of four police officers charged with beating motorist Rodney King, cable...
 


Criticism and Essays
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Essay Grade: 92%
LA Riots -- The Korean American Perspective vs. the African American Perspective
1,379 words, approx. 5 pages
A close look at the racial tensions that led up to and erupted during the 1992 Los Angles Riots. Attempts to look at both the The Korean American Perspective and the African American Perspective to learn what happened, why and if these tensions are still strong enough to cause future riots.


 

Los Angeles riots of 1992

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