No. 18: Rodney King beating, Los Angeles riots

CBS Television broadcast on March 15, 1991, shows <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PEOCVC000206" title="Rodney King" href="/topic/crime-law-justice/justice-rights/rodney-king-PEOCVC000206.topic">Rodney King</a> (on ground) being beaten by police officers. King's beating sparked the Los Angeles <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="EVCAL00021" title="Los Angeles Riots (1992)" href="/topic/unrest-conflicts-war/riots/los-angeles-riots-%281992%29-EVCAL00021.topic">riots</a> that left more than 50 people dead.

( CBS / March 3, 1991 )

CBS Television broadcast on March 15, 1991, shows Rodney King (on ground) being beaten by police officers. King's beating sparked the Los Angeles riots that left more than 50 people dead.

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