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Five arrests made and 30 citations issued as protesters throw rocks, bricks and bottles at police officers
Five arrests and 30 citations issued during anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles on Saturday as Mayor Bass rejects comparisons to ...
A repeat of Rodney King? Local leaders say L.A.'s latest unrest is nothing like 1992
The deployment of soldiers to L.A. has evoked memories of riots that erupted when LAPD officers were acquitted of brutally ...
From Rodney King riots to LA today: When presidents have deployed troops inside the US
Federal troops in American cities have historical precedent, from President George H.W. Bush's response to Rodney King riots ...
'I call it a rebellion': Maxine Waters' history of enflaming crowds, from Rodney King to today
Throughout her long tenure in Congress, Rep. Maxine Waters has been a prominent and polarizing figure among Los Angeles ...
Rodney King riots officer says LA Mayor Karen Bass responded ‘too late’ to anti-ICE violence: ‘History is repeating’
A former Los Angeles Police Department detective who was on the force during the 1992 Rodney King riots said that Democrat ...
LA Protest: From Rodney King Assault, To Zoot Suits, Now Immigration Crackdown By Trump
US President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown sparked violent protests in Los Angeles, prompting the deployment of ...
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Recent immigration protests far different from 1992 LA riots
Unlike the 1992 riots, protests have mainly been peaceful and been confined to a roughly five-block stretch of downtown LA, a ...
When the National Guard Went to L.A. in 1992, the Situation Was Far Different.
The skirmishes with immigration agents of the past few days are dwarfed by the widespread rioting, vandalism and violence ...
The National Guard Was Sent to L.A. in 1992. This Is Different
In 1992, President George H.W. Bush mobilized the National Guard to Los Angeles due to riots that broke out following the ...
How common are National Guard deployments over unrest? A look at past presidents' actions
Trump sent National Guard troops to California amid days of protesting federal immigration raids. Here's what's usual, and ...
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In comparing Tyre Nichols to Rodney King, we’re missing this point about policing
It’s that irrelevant. And yet, almost 32 years after the Rodney King beating, many still seem confused and shocked that Nichols was beaten by five Black cops in a city where more than half the ...