WE WERE HERE
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L.A. Riots
On April 29, 1992, four L.A. police officers were found not guilty
of assault and using excessive force after a video surfaced of them
brutally beating Rodney King. The trial verdict set off emotions
in the black community that had endured police brutality and
abuse for years prior. The bubbling anger boiled over into what is
now known as the 1992 L.A. Riots. The riots lasted for five days,
starting in the southern part of the city and eventually spreading.
More than 60 people lost their lives and hundreds of businesses
were burned to the ground, including the Trak Auto store on
Washington Boulevard near Norton Avenue, where a teriyaki
restaurant and fish restaurant stand today.
HUFFINGTON
02.23.14