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Jun 2020
8m 59s

Rodney King and the LA riots

Bbc World Service
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People took to the streets of Los Angeles in fury after police, who had assaulted a black driver called Rodney King, were acquitted in 1992. His assault had been captured on video and played repeatedly on US television. In 2012 Nina Robinson spoke to Rodney King about the beating, the trial of the police, and the anger and mayhem that followed their acquittal.

Photo: Rodney King in 2012. Credit: REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

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