Rodney King

George Holliday, the Los Angeles plumber who shot grainy video of four white police officers beating Black motorist Rodney King in 1991, has died.

“There’s a consciousness on the planet now that’s awakened. And you really can’t put that back in the jar,” says Martin Luther King III. He joined LX News along with John Burris, an attorney who has represented the families of Rodney King and Oscar Grant in civil rights lawsuits. 1 year after George Floyd’s death, the energy of 2020 movements...

Rodney King’s daughter has made it her life’s mission to celebrate her father’s legacy. Kathy Vara reported on NBC4 News on Wednesday, March 3, 2021.

On March 3, 1991, four white Los Angeles police officers used batons, stun guns, feet and fists to beat a Black man later identified as Rodney King.

The Sony video camera used to record the March 3, 1991, beating of Rodney King by four Los Angeles police officers will be up for auction Thursday, with bidding set to start at $225,000. According to Nate D. Sanders Auctions, the camera comes with a notarized letter of authenticity by consignor George Holliday, who used it to record the beating…

As the tragic death of George Floyd brings the nation to a possible inflection point, take a moment to remember the small percentage of Black lives cut short. Each life was different, but in death nearly all share a tragic commonality.

In the aftermath of the 1992 L.A. riots, a 13-year-old boy wrote an essay for The New York Times about growing up black in America. Twenty-eight years later, he reflects on how racism has continued to shape his life.

Mike Moulin, a former Los Angeles police lieutenant who came under fire for failing to quell the first outbreak of rioting after the Rodney King beating verdict, has died. He was 70.

A former Los Angeles police sergeant who went to prison for beating black motorist Rodney King has been sentenced after pleading no contest to driving under the influence.

A former Los Angeles police sergeant who went to prison for his role in the beating of black motorist Rodney King has pleaded not guilty to driving under the influence of alcohol.

A former Los Angeles police sergeant who went to prison for his role in the beating of black motorist Rodney King is charged with driving under the influence of alcohol.

Members of the local Black Lives Matter organization Tuesday criticized Mayor Eric Garcetti’s selection of Los Angeles Police Department Assistant Chief Michel Moore as the department’s new chief.

A 25-year-old mystery stemming from the 1992 Los Angeles riots was solved when a body found in a torched automotive shop was finally identified by family members.

A victim of the 1992 riots in Los Angeles whose identity was a mystery for 25 years now has a name: Armando Ortiz Hernandez.

The Dodgers hit back-to-back-to-back home runs in the bottom of the ninth and walked off on an RBI single by Adrian Gonzalez to shock the Philadelphia Phillies, 6-5, on the 25th anniversary of the L.A. Riots.

The eerie similarities between two L.A. sports teams during the LA riots on April 29, 1992 will give you goosebumps.

Compare scenes from the 1992 Los Angeles riots and today.

On April 29, 1992, rioters took to the streets of Los Angeles, lighting fires, looting stores and causing mayhem after a jury acquitted four white Los Angeles Police Department officers of the videotaped beating of black motorist Rodney King.

With the 25th anniversary of the Los Angeles riots approaching, city fire Capt. Scott Miller recalled Friday that even though dozens of blazes were raging and he had seen the unrest unfolding on TV, it wasn’t clear in those first few hours how serious the situation was becoming. Until he was shot in the face.