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The horrifying Los Angeles protests have been compared to the historic Rodney King rampage, on the anniversary of the cop ...

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Thirty years ago on Friday, parts of Los Angeles erupted in unrest after a jury acquitted four White Los Angeles police officers over the videotaped beating of Rodney King, a Black motorist ...

On March 3, 1991, footage of Los Angeles police officers severely beating Rodney King causes a global outcry. King was an African-American man who was a victim of police brutality.

On March 3, 1991, footage of Los Angeles police officers severely beating Rodney King causes a global outcry. King was an African-American man who was a victim of police brutality.

King eventually sued the city over the beating and won $3.8 million in 1994. In 2012, at the age of 47, he drowned in his backyard pool.