National Geographic - 1992 The LA Riots (2017)

National Geographic - 1992 The LA Riots (2017)

It started on March 3, 1991, in an incident that became national news, white bystander George Holliday filmed several Los Angeles police officers savagely beating a unarmed black man named Rodney King. Despite the brutality caught on tape, King’s assailants were all acquitted, 25 years ago, on April 29, 1992 — sparking six days of upheaval and violence in South Central L.A. that caused 58 deaths, over 2000 injuries with more than 11,000 arrests and over $1 billion in property damage.The riots are still the in the worst case of civil unrest in U.S. history.

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