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25 Years Later…. SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL RECOUNTS THE CHAOTIC DAYS FOLLOWING THE RODNEY KING VERDICT IN THE LOST TAPES: LA RIOTS

Speak with Documentary Filmmaker Tom Jennings on the 25th Anniversary of the Riots that Shook the Nation Twenty-five years ago, the city of Los Angeles erupted into chaos on April 29, 1992, after four white LAPD officers were acquitted for beating African American motorist Rodney King. Over the next six days, television and radio reports, […]

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