Uprisings among disenfranchised people reacting to oppressive law enforcement tactics have seemingly been a constant since the 1960s, in particular. As the saying goes, history is cyclical, and the world found itself witnessing one of the most noteworthy such rebellions following a jury finding California officers not guilty despite the video evidence of them brutalizing an unarmed Black man.
Sound familiar?
It is decidedly in that context that it should never be forgotten that the so-called “Rodney King Riots,” also known as the “Los Angeles Riots,” began this day in 1992 after four Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officers were acquitted of charges in the savage beating of Rodney King.… Read more
