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Episode 328 GEORGE H. W. BUSH 1992 The Changing of the Guard (Part 10) The Los Angeles Riots
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Rodney King was stopped for speeding in California the year before and savagely beaten after he resisted arrest. It was all caught on video by a bystander and the police were charged for excessive brutality while trying to subdue King.
When the police were acquitted by an all white jury in another neighboring county from where the crime had occurred the city of Los Angeles exploded. There were riots , looting, and fires all over the downtown area, and after the death of a rioter in Koreatown, the tensions mounted as the riot moved over into the Korean section.
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