History of the United States II / Unit 16 USH2 2271 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Rodney King
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The idea
On March third, nineteen ninety-one, Los Angeles police officers were videotaped beating a Black man, Rodney King, after a high-speed chase, the Yawp records.
In practice
The city in flames a year later, when four officers were acquitted.
Where people slip
The riots killed sixty-three people, the anchor says, and caused over a billion dollars in damage; the Yawp counts ten thousand arrests.
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