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April 26th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda 
AP Photo/George Holliday/Courtesy of KTLA Los Angeles
The beating of Rodney King by a group of Los Angeles police officers was captured on videotape by a citizen.
Twenty years ago this weekend, riots broke out in Los Angeles – and spread to other cities – after a California jury acquitted three white and one Hispanic Los Angeles police officers in the videotaped beating of black motorist Rodney King.
The riots that erupted on April 29, 1992, were among the most lethal in U.S. history. By the time order was restored, 53 people had died, nearly 3,000 people were injured and thousands of businesses were damaged or destroyed. In one of the most searing images beamed into living rooms across the country from the disturbance, a mostly black mob enraged by the acquittal dragged white truck driver Reginald Denny from his cab at a south Los Angeles intersection and beat him unconscious while news helicopters hovered overhead.
Nearly a year later, a federal jury convicted two of the police officers ofa federal charge of violating King’s civil rights and sentenced them to 30 months in prison. Two other officers were acquitted. King eventually received a $3.8 million settlement from the city, and the case led to sweeping changes in LAPD.
KNBC’s Lucy Noland talks with three people whose lives were deeply affected by the 1992 LA riots.
More recently, King has been promoting his just-published memoir, “The Riot Within: My Journey From Rebellion to Redemption.”
As Los Angeles, and the nation, reflects on the anniversary this weekend, many are asking the same plaintive question King uttered on the steps of city hall during the riots two decades ago: “Can we all get along?”
Many seem to agree that the city is safer today and relations between ethnic groups have improved. A recent poll of Los Angeles residents by the Center for the Study of Los Angeles at Loyola Marymount University found that most say L.A. is unlikely to see a repeat of such riots in the coming years.
NBCLosAngeles.com has a special package of stories and videos about the 20th anniversary of the riots here.
Do you think race relations have improved? Take the poll below and then join the discussion on Facebook.
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Results with 39 short comments
Improved? Stupid question considering the role MSM has played lately.
In order to combat accusations of reverse profiling, the event could sometimes be referred to as the Reginald Denny riots.
This stuff still happens all the time! its the same!
Read up and down the comments when this starts filling up and you’ll see what I mean.
Worse. Both sides do not recognize reality with race. One sides perpetual victimization mindset and the others inability to admit prejudice
Oh yeah ….the race riots 20 yr anniversary. this calls for a celebration. You guys are stupid …..
I truely thought Race Relations did improve then when OBAMA was elected, the Racists came out from under the rocks!
I wish there were a choice between Worse About the Same. You can’t make a comment about ANYONE w/o being labeled a Hater. Seriously.
Bill Cosby always says we are not setting the example for our children and it’s true
How can it get better with Al sharpton and Jesse jackson stirring the Racial Pot all the time??
I think the govt and the press are making things worse, not better.
No, I think we’re moving backward. Very sad.
It can only be worse as the media keeps it alive, such as in this case. Don’t show the hate crime against Denny.
Race relations will never get better with Jessie Jackson and Al Sharpton constantly fueling the fire.
As long as there are the David Dukes and the Al Sharptons – it will not change
i remember those riots, unfortunately there hasn’t been the improvement one would hope. hopefully in another 20 years things will be better
Generally better. But what a surprise it is to see the poor in the south and the hatred ‘good christians’ can have for other races.
With Obama playing the race card, and Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton still leading the charge, racial tensions couldn’t get much higher.
Too many people harbor too much anger in today’s society. Something as simple as skin color can set a person off on a rampage.
3 years ago I would have said that all that hate was behind us but now I think it is simmering and about to boil over again unfortunately.
close the Fu–ing borders.
thanks to the media and its attempt to keep america racially divided.
Racism against whites is becoming more evident as well as some continuation of racism towards minorities.
At least, the Trayvon Martin protests were peaceful for the most part. We shall see after the verdict is read. No one is served by a riot.
Obama has purposely worked to create disharmony and divide the races for political gain.
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