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‘He Yelled, Please Stop’
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Stacey Koon was acquitted on charges of using excessive force in the beating of Rodney King....
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My L.A. Riots Flashback
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Ted Soqui faced down guns and to capture the Los Angeles....
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‘We Still Have a Long Way to Go’
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Wendy Greuel spent her career addressing inequality in Los Angeles—and then saw her work literally...
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Live From the L.A. Riots
Arsenio Hall was told to shut down his talk show. Instead, he marched into the heart of South Central with a bulletproof vest—and a white guy. MORE
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9 Infamous L.A. Riots Videos
From the videotaped beating that started it all to the gunfights in Koreatown, the riots’ most searing moments. MORE
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L.A. Riots’ Eye in the Sky
Bob Tur invented the modern news helicopter—and used it to capture the beating of Reginald Denny on live TV. MORE
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Where Are They Now?
Twenty years later, Rodney King is weighing in on the Trayvon case, Reginald Denny has gone underground, and one of the “L.A. Four” is dead.... MORE
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Will Zimmerman Trial Start Race War?
A protracted murder trial of George Zimmerman is the last thing we need, writes Mansfield Frazier. MORE
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Famous Not-Guilty Faces
From Amanda Knox to Michael Jackson, see how suspects in high-profile trials greeted their “not-guilty” verdicts. MORE
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How Compton Got Its Groove Back
The image of Compton as a defiantly violent ghetto was crystallized by the rap group N.W.A., whose 1988 album, "Straight Outta Compton," went multiplatinum.... MORE
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Understanding California's Crisis
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My turn: Making My Macmark
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