The deployment of soldiers to L.A. has evoked memories of riots that erupted when LAPD officers were acquitted of brutally assaulting a Black motorist, but officials from that era say the coordinated ...

Former "rooftop Korean" who defended businesses during 1992 Rodney King riots claims current LA protests are politically ...

Back in 1992, the Rodney King riots, also known as the "1992 Los Angeles uprising," were triggered by the acquittal of four Los Angeles Police Department officers who were videotaped beating King.

FILE - In this April 30, 1992 file photo, smoke rises from a shopping center burned by rioters in Los Angeles after four police officers had been acquitted of the 1991 beating of motorist Rodney King.

The current unrest in Los Angeles is a lot different from the last time a U.S. president called out the National Guard to respond to violence ... LA Protests Far Different From '92 Rodney King Riots.

A former Los Angeles Police Department detective who was on the force during the 1992 Rodney King riots said that Democrat Mayor Karen Bass was too late in calling for law and order to be restored ...

LA protests far different from '92 Rodney King riots The current unrest in Los Angeles is a lot different from the last time a U.S. president called out the National Guard to respond to violence ...

FILE - In this April 30, 1992 file photo, smoke rises from a shopping center burned by rioters in Los Angeles after four police officers had been acquitted of the 1991 beating of motorist Rodney King.

The current unrest in Los Angeles is a lot different from the last time a U.S. president called out the National Guard to respond to violence on the streets. While protesters have set cars ablaze, ...

FILE - In this April 30, 1992 file photo, smoke rises from a shopping center burned by rioters in Los Angeles after four police officers had been acquitted of the 1991 beating of motorist Rodney King.