Originally published in the Guardian on 1 May 1992: Playthell Benjamin says equality and justice for black Americans have been put on trial following acquittal of Los Angeles police officers
1 May 2012:
Rodney King was savagely beaten by four Los Angeles police officers, an attack that led to a week-long race riot in 1992. Twenty years on, he talks about his part in American history
It's 20 years since the race riots sparked by the police beating of Rodney King broke out in Los Angeles. Photographer Ted Soqui was there in 1992 to witness the devastation – and returned to record the same scenes in 2012
Originally published in the Guardian on 22 March 1991: A vicious assault on a black motorist by a group of white Los Angeles policemen has turned into a national issue
Of all the terrifyingly screwed-up stories Lost in Showbiz has ever brought you, this one has to take the cake. Don't bother looking for canned goods on your supermarket shelves: I already bought all the stocks and have headed for high ground to await The End.