The “Rodney King Riots,” also known as the “Los Angeles Riots,” began this day in 1992, after four Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officers were…
Stacey Koon, the Los Angeles cop who was involved in the notorious beating of the late Rodney King back in 1990, was seen driving a…
Rodney King was found dead this morning in Rialto, CA. He was 47. King — the man who was at the center of the infamous Los Angeles riots — was found dead at the bottom of his swimming pool by his fiancée. Law enforcement responded to a call at 5:25 AM PT. TMZ was told: […]
From the New York Times: Daryl F. Gates, the unyielding chief of the Los Angeles Police Department, whose aggressive approach to policing in a period of intense urban turmoil was both admired for its innovation and criticized for the racial unrest it provoked, died on Friday at his home in Newport Beach, Calif. He was […]
