T]he greatest sin among them was turning a brother in blue over to the justice system.” Jesse Brewer had been the LAPD’s ...

It all began with a traffic violation on Sunday, March 3, 1991. The driver, Rodney King, would later say he was traveling about 45 mph in a 35 mph zone when he was pulled over by officers. Police said ...

George Holliday, 61, was reportedly unvaccinated and on a ventilator at the time of his death on Sunday George Holliday, a plumber who famously captured footage of the late Rodney King being beaten by ...

The images of cars set ablaze, protesters tossing rocks at police and officers firing nonlethal rounds and tear gas at protesters hearkens back to the last time a president sent the National Guard to ...

According to reports, Rodney King, who became a household name after his videotaped beating by Los Angeles police officers sparked a chain of events that lead to the deadly L.A. riots of 1992, has ...

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The youngest daughter of Rodney King, whose beating by LAPD officers sparked the 1992 unrest in Los Angeles, was found Tuesday by family members who had reported her missing late last week. Tristan ...

The skirmishes with immigration agents of the past few days are dwarfed by the widespread rioting, vandalism and violence that engulfed whole neighborhoods in 1992. By Billy Witz In addition to ...