US EditionLA protests far different from '92 Rodney King riots
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, JUN 10 – Recent protests in Los Angeles over immigration raids have been mostly peaceful and confined, with over 190 arrests, contrasting sharply with the deadly and widespread 1992 Rodney King riots.
- In response to protests sparked by Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids starting Friday, President Donald Trump authorized sending thousands of National Guard members along with several hundred Marines to Los Angeles.
- The demonstrations erupted following the weekend's ICE operation that detained 45 undocumented individuals, drawing criticism from Mayor Karen Bass and Governor Gavin Newsom.
- The head of the Los Angeles Police Department described protesters arming themselves with backpacks containing cinder blocks and hammers, while a former officer highlighted the increasing violence, including the use of Molotov cocktails.
- The 1992 riots followed the acquittal of LAPD officers who beat Rodney King, resulting in over 60 deaths, widespread fires, and National Guard deployment under the Insurrection Act.
- Unlike 1992, the current unrest has remained mainly peaceful and limited to a small area downtown, with no reported fatalities but some vandalism and arrests prompting curfews and dispersal orders.
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Ex-LAPD officer: Anti-ICE riot could rival Rodney King if Bass doesn’t quell
Former Los Angeles Police Officer Moses Castillo noted the similarities he sees between recent riots against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and the 1992 Rodney King riots. The LAPD has issued dispersal orders and curfews in parts of Los…
1992 Rooftop Korean SPEAKS OUT amid 2025 LA riots
"Rooftop Korean" Tony Moon, who helped protect his Los Angeles community during the 1992 riots, speaks out amid the 2025 LA riots. He tells Glenn Beck why today's riots are very different than those in 1992: "they're NOT organic." TranscriptBelow is a rush transcript that may contain errorsGLENN: From 1992, I believe this is the NBC report on the '92 riots in LA.Listen. VOICE: March 16th, 1991, Latasha Harlans, a black teenager is shot and kille…
A repeat of Rodney King? Local leaders say L.A.'s latest unrest is nothing like 1992
The deployment of soldiers to L.A. has evoked memories of riots that erupted when LAPD officers were acquitted of brutally assaulting a Black motorist, but officials from that era say the coordinated response that took place three decades ago bears little resemblance to recent days.
In 1992 'all hell broke loose' in LA, but this time is different
In 1992 the National Guard was called into Los Angeles to help control widespread, destructive rioting. But right now those forces appear to be escalating the situation and some experts are warning it is all in the name of "political theatre".
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