I was interviewing a black family in a gang-dominated neighborhood in Los Angeles not long before the King riots. Businesses beginning to burn on Pico Boulevard during the Rodney King riots on April 30, 1992 in Los Angeles. They lived in a perpetual crossfire -- terrified of gangs and the Los Angeles Police Department. Police culture won't be the sameAnother memory from 1992 Los Angeles suggests to me that this time may be different. His name was Daryl Gates, and he was chief of the Los Angeles Police Department during the Rodney King riots.

Source: CNN June 12, 2020 12:11 UTC