1992 Los Angeles riots

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civil disturbance riot urban unrest

The 1992 Los Angeles riots were a series of violent civil disturbances sparked by the acquittal of police officers in the beating of Rodney King, marked by widespread unrest, looting, and arson across Los Angeles.

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Label	Occurrences
1992 Los Angeles riots canonical	2
Los Angeles riots of 1992	2

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	civil disturbance ⓘ riot ⓘ urban unrest ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Los Angeles riots of 1992 NERFINISHED ⓘ Rodney King riots NERFINISHED ⓘ
areaAffected	Hollywood NERFINISHED ⓘ Koreatown, Los Angeles NERFINISHED ⓘ Pico-Union NERFINISHED ⓘ South Central Los Angeles NERFINISHED ⓘ
cause	acquittal of LAPD officers in Rodney King beating case ⓘ
consequence	Christopher Commission recommendations implementation ⓘ increased attention to police brutality in the United States ⓘ reforms in Los Angeles Police Department ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
duration	6 days ⓘ
economicDamage	approximately 1.5 billion USD ⓘ over 1 billion USD ⓘ
endDate	1992-05-04 ⓘ
followedBy	1992 Atlanta riots ⓘ
hasCause	perceived police brutality ⓘ racial tensions in Los Angeles ⓘ socioeconomic inequality ⓘ
hasTheme	police-community relations ⓘ racial injustice ⓘ urban poverty ⓘ
involvedOrganization	California Army National Guard NERFINISHED ⓘ Los Angeles Fire Department NERFINISHED ⓘ Los Angeles Police Department NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Army NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Marine Corps NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalOutcome	federal civil rights trial of LAPD officers ⓘ
locatedIn	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California Los Angeles ⓘ Los Angeles County NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainEvent	arson ⓘ assaults ⓘ looting ⓘ property destruction ⓘ
mediaCoverage	extensive live television coverage ⓘ
numberOfArrests	over 10000 ⓘ
numberOfDeaths	63 ⓘ
numberOfFires	over 1000 GENERATED ⓘ
numberOfInjured	over 2000 ⓘ
partOf	history of African Americans in Los Angeles ⓘ history of race relations in the United States ⓘ
precededBy	1980 Miami riots NERFINISHED ⓘ
significantPerson	Daryl Gates NERFINISHED ⓘ Rodney King NERFINISHED ⓘ Tom Bradley NERFINISHED ⓘ
startDate	1992-04-29 ⓘ
triggeredBy	not-guilty verdicts for four LAPD officers ⓘ verdict in People v. Koon et al. ⓘ

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South Los Angeles region → hasHistoricalEvent → 1992 Los Angeles riots ⓘ

subject surface form: South Los Angeles

Gook → mainSubject → 1992 Los Angeles riots ⓘ

Gook → portraysEvent → 1992 Los Angeles riots ⓘ

this entity surface form: Los Angeles riots of 1992

Twilight: Los Angeles → focusEvent → 1992 Los Angeles riots ⓘ

this entity surface form: Los Angeles riots of 1992