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LA police reform elusive decades after Rodney King’s beating

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Three decades after Rodney King’s beating, police reform in Los Angeles remains elusive

Thirty years ago on Friday, parts of Los Angeles erupted in unrest after a jury acquitted four White Los Angeles police officers over the videotaped beating of Rodney King, a Black motorist. Stephanie Sy revisits the fallout from the assault on King and examines what has and has not changed since then.

04/29/2022

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