1992 Los Angeles riots

Los Angeles riots, April 29 to early May 1992 Within hours of a jury acquitting four Los Angeles police officers in the beating of Rodney King, violence erupted at Florence and Normandie and spread across the city over the following days. More than 50 people died, more than 2,000 were injured, and property damage was estimated at up to $1 billion. The unrest forced a national argument about policing and race, and a federal civil rights trial in 1993 convicted two of the officers.