27 Photos of the Horrific 1992 Los Angeles Riots

27 Photos of the Horrific 1992 Los Angeles Riots

Jacob Miller - July 27, 2017

27 Photos of the Horrific 1992 Los Angeles Riots — Looters line up to get in as others exit the door of the Thrifty Drugstore the day after the Rodney King verdict. LA Times

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27 Photos of the Horrific 1992 Los Angeles Riots — The skeleton of a burned car sits at the intersection of Normandie and Florence. LA Times

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27 Photos of the Horrific 1992 Los Angeles Riots — A market is ransacked during the second day of the riot. LA Times

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27 Photos of the Horrific 1992 Los Angeles Riots — A young boy helps his father loot the Big 5 Sporting Goods store on April 30. LA Times

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27 Photos of the Horrific 1992 Los Angeles Riots — LA County sheriff’s deputies keep watch of a group of people arrested after a looting. LA Times

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27 Photos of the Horrific 1992 Los Angeles Riots — Store owners defend their property as gunfire breaks out in Koreatown. LA Times

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27 Photos of the Horrific 1992 Los Angeles Riots — An employee of a Korean supermarket returns fire from drive-by shooters. LA Times

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27 Photos of the Horrific 1992 Los Angeles Riots — Korean men defending Koreatown during the 1992 LA riot. ammoland

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27 Photos of the Horrific 1992 Los Angeles Riots — A National Guardsman Stands at alert near graffiti that spells out support for Rodney King. LA Times

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27 Photos of the Horrific 1992 Los Angeles Riots — Cornelius Pettus, owner of Payless market, throws water on flames at a next-door business. LA Times

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27 Photos of the Horrific 1992 Los Angeles Riots — Tony Meeks, loads a pistol to help Norman Simples protect his store while they wait for the National Guard. LA Time

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27 Photos of the Horrific 1992 Los Angeles Riots — A child bows his head as his mother is arrested for looting. LA Times

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27 Photos of the Horrific 1992 Los Angeles Riots — National Guard troops patrol. LA Times

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Sources For Further Reading:

Biography – Rodney King

Los Angeles Times – Charting the Hours of Chaos

The Washington Post – Rodney King’s life is portrayed in a one-man play at Woolly Mammoth Theatre

Associate Press – Profiles of Rodney King and Four Officers Charged in His Beating With AM-Taped Beating

CNN – VIDEO: Beating Of Rodney King

Famous Trials – 1992 Los Angeles Riots Trial

Los Angeles Times – Of The 63 People Killed During ’92 Riots, 23 Deaths Remain Unsolved — Artist Jeff Beall Is Mapping Where They Fell

University of Wisconsin Madison – LA Riot Deaths

Daily News – 25 Years After LA Riots, The Last Of 53 Victims Is Identified

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