Will the 1992 Riots Happen Again?
Twenty years ago, riots erupted across South Central L.A. after a mostly white jury acquitted four police officers—3 of them white—of the beating of African-American motorist Rodney King. The controversial verdict sparked one of the deadliest outbreaks of race riots in U.S. history. In this program, Stephen Flurry looks at how Los Angeles in 1992 was just a chilling preview of what will soon spread to every major city in America.