LA race riots reaction

Title

LA race riots reaction

Genre

News report; Interview; Press conference; Speech

TX Date

2 May 1992

Year of production

1992

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Duration

00:03:52

Description

Paul Woodley reports from the United States on reaction to the race riots in Los Angeles, sparked by the acquittal of white police officers for the 1991 beating of black Rodney King. Speakers include: Rodney King appealing for calm; President George H W Bush on law enforcement and possible second trial; Edward James Olmos, actor, on clean-up operation.

Contributors

Paul Woodley; George H. W. Bush; Rodney King; Edward James Olmos

Keywords

California; USA; Law enforcement; Fires; Interethnic relations; Violence; Riots; Los Angeles; African-American peoples; Trials; Assault; Civil and political rights; Criminal investigation; Verdicts; Right to justice; Rodney King

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