1992 Los Angeles riots

1992 Los Angeles riots
After the Riots
Date	April 29 – May 3, 1992 (5 days); 34 years ago
Location	Los Angeles County, California, United States
Caused by	Four policemen not punished for attacking Rodney King Killing of Latasha Harlins Racial tension in Los Angeles
Resulted in	Riot ended Many homes and stores damaged, stolen from, or destroyed Chief Daryl Gates quit
Parties to the civil conflict
Rioters Major gangs in Los Angeles Bloods Crips 18th Street gang Government forces United States United States Army 7th Infantry Division California Army National Guard 40th Infantry Division 49th Military Police Brigade California Air National Guard 144th Fighter Wing 144th Security Police Squadron 146th Airlift Wing United States Marine Corps 1st Marine Division Federal Bureau of Investigation United States Marshal Service Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms United States Border Patrol SRT BORTAC Federal Bureau of Prisons Drug Enforcement Administration State of California California Highway Patrol California State Police California Bureau of Investigation Exposition Park Department of Public Safety California State University Los Angeles Police Department University of California Los Angeles Police Department County of Los Angeles Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Police Department City of Los Angeles Los Angeles Police Department CRASH Unit Metro Division Los Angeles Port Police Los Angeles Airport Police City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks Park Ranger Division Municipalities within Los Angeles metropolitan area Long Beach Police Department Beverly Hills Police Department Culver City Police Department Santa Monica Police Department Burbank Police Department Compton Police Department Inglewood Police Department Pasadena Police Department Gardena Police Department Hawthorne Police Department Southern California Rapid Transit District Transit Police Glendale Police Department South Gate Police Department South Pasadena Department People with guns, usually from Korean American communities, defending stores from rioters and looters.

The 1992 Los Angeles riots, also called Rodney King uprising or Rodney King riots, started on April 29, 1992 when a jury set four white policemen free. The jury was mostly Caucasian. The policemen had beaten up African-American motorist Rodney King badly and filmed this, after he fled from police. Thousands of people in Los Angeles, mostly African American and Hispanic, rioted. In all, 63 people were killed in the riots.

1992 Los Angeles Riots Media

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  LA Riots - aftermath (159598182)

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  South Central Los Angeles, where much of the rioting took place

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  Looking northeast from the southwestern corner of Florence and Normandie, in March 2010

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  National Guard soldiers patrolling the streets

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  Smoke over the city from a distance

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  People looting a clothing store

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  Remains of a burned building