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The 1992 Los Angeles riots (also called the South Central riots, Rodney King riots or the 1992 Los Angeles uprising [4] [5]) were a series of riots and civil disturbances that occurred in Los Angeles County, California, United States, during April and May 1992. Unrest began in South Central Los Angeles on April 29, after a jury acquitted four ...
Caused by. Police brutality. Institutional racism against African Americans [1] [2] Reaction to the murder of George Floyd. Economic, racial and social inequality [2] This is a list of protests that took place in Los Angeles County, California following the murder of George Floyd on May 25, 2020, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, while in police custody.
On April 25, 2024, a student protest began at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) to protest the administration's investments in Israel. The occupation , self-titled as the 'Palestine Solidarity Encampment', [5] was a part of pro-Palestine protests on university campuses campaigning for divestment from Israel . [6]
Here's a timeline of what we know. The timestamps are our best approximations based on Times reporting, social media content and official statements: Protesters battle for a fence barricade ...
Fox local. KJ Hiramoto. May 1, 2024 at 3:18 AM. LOS ANGELES - A large police presence remained on the UCLA campus on Wednesday morning after chaos erupted overnight at the pro-Palestinian ...
May 2, 2024 at 10:59 PM. LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police have arrested more than 2,100 people during pro-Palestinian protests at college campuses across the United States in recent weeks, sometimes ...
Rodney Glen King (April 2, 1965 – June 17, 2012) was an African American man who was a victim of police brutality. On March 3, 1991, he was severely beaten by officers of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) during his arrest after a high speed pursuit for driving while intoxicated on the I-210.
A year after the Los Angeles riots, in 1993, a racist group plotted to assassinate him and bomb the church. ... “He'd work 18 hours and expect you to work 19,” Joseph D. Simmons, a member of ...