los angeles riots
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These 26 Small Town Horror Stories Will Leave You Shook
When Bahsid McLean showed the world what he did to his mother, we were never the same.
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LA County Cuts a Check in Beating That Left Black Man Unrecognizable
Christopher Bailey was beaten senseless by a group of LA sheriff’s deputies. Now they owe him almost $5 million.
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Before George Floyd, There was Rodney King and The L.A. Riots
30 years ago the Rodney King verdict foreshadowed how police brutality caught on camera doesn't mean justice for Black people
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This Is Really Weird: Steve Bannon Wrote a Hip-Hop Play
In arguably the most perplexing twist to hit the Trump administration yet—and trust me, I know that’s saying a lot—the internet has unearthed a hip-hop musical about the Los Angeles riots written by white nationalist, chief strategist and real president of the United States, the man whom Trump calls Papa, Steve Bannon. I. Wish. I.…
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What About Rodney King? Spike Lee and Roger Guenveur Smith Speak on Their Netflix Film
Footage of four Los Angeles Police Department officers beating Rodney King kicked off Spike Lee’s great 1992 film, Malcolm X, months after the Los Angeles riots had died down. Now, 25 years later, he has directed Roger Guenveur Smith’s one-man show, Rodney King. Interestingly, Rodney King premieres on Netflix the day before the one on…
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Morgan Freeman to Produce Rodney King Docuseries With New Home Video Footage
April 29 marks the 25th anniversary of the 1992 Los Angeles uprising, also known as the Rodney King riots, and the man whose beating by police was captured on film and brought the topic of race to the forefront of the national conversation may soon be the subject of a new docuseries. Variety reports that…