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Political unrest · 29 April–4 May 1992Open article references →
The 1992 Los Angeles Uprising
Florence and Normandie flashpoint within a citywide uprising · United States
Why editors use it hereUniversity research on the uprising's structural context and the social-justice organizing that followed.
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On 29 April 1992, a Simi Valley jury acquitted four Los Angeles police officers of state charges in the videotaped beating of Rodney King.
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Trigger and conditions
The state-court acquittals were broadcast on the afternoon of 29 April.
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Uncertainty
Official totals vary by definition and period: California emergency records often list 53 disaster deaths, while the National Archives and later historical accounts use 63 over the six-day uprising.
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Why it matters
No single image—King's beating, Florence and Normandie, rooftop defenders, or burning buildings—can stand for the whole event.
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