Was passierte mit Rodney King?

Was passierte mit Rodney King?

Am 3. März 1991 geriet King aufgrund einer Geschwindigkeitsüberschreitung in eine Verfolgungsjagd mit der Polizei von Los Angeles und wurde schließlich gestoppt. Das Urteil löste die Unruhen in Los Angeles 1992 aus, bei denen Sachschäden von mehr als einer Milliarde US-Dollar entstanden.

Was führte zu den Unruhen in Los Angeles 1992?

Tiefere Gründe für die Ausschreitungen Jenseits des unmittelbaren Auslösers, dem Rodney King Beating, werden als Ursachen der Unruhen eine Reihe weiterer Faktoren genannt: In den betroffenen Gegenden von Los Angeles, in erster Linie dem Bezirk South Central, waren Arbeitslosigkeit und Armut weit verbreitet.

What were the 1992 Los Angeles riots?

The 1992 Los Angeles riots, sometimes called the 1992 Los Angeles uprising, were a series of riots and civil disturbances that occurred in Los Angeles County in April and May 1992.

What are the best books about the 1992 riots?

The Len Deighton novel Violent Ward (1993) is a detective mystery, in the Raymond Chandler vein, set against the background of the 1992 riots. The novel All Involved (2016) by Ryan Gattis involves mainly fictional gang members who use the chaos to viciously settle old scores.

What caused the Los Angeles riots of Rodney King?

While Rodney King may have been the catalyst that sparked the Los Angeles riots, the conditions in South Los Angeles are arguably what caused them. The area was dominated by gangs and a lack of education, jobs and opportunity.

Was Liz Lemon in the middle of the Los Angeles riots?

The NBC comedy 30 Rock did a spot where Liz Lemon was inadvertently in the middle of the Los Angeles riots on April 29, 1992 – asking for travel directions as rioters shook her car. In the 1992-1993 season premiere of the NBC sitcom A Different World, Dwayne and Whitley’s Los Angeles honeymoon coincides with the riots.