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Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Archival resources

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

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Independent Commission on the Los Angeles Police Department records

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Identifier: 0229
Abstract The city of Los Angeles became the epicenter of a public relations scandal on March 3, 1991, when an amateur cameraman captured on video four uniformed LAPD officers beating motorist Rodney G. King. In addition to generating public outrage, the incident cast a dark shadow over the LAPD and called into question the integrity of the nation's third largest municipal police force. Subsequently, the ten member Independent Commission on the Los Angeles Police Department was formed to conduct a...
Dates: 1991