Rodney King and Stolen TV's

In 1992 Rodney King was stopped for speeding after a high speed chase with the police. He was on the ground after being tased, and sort of half dived at a cop, so... he got beaten. Very hard. With batons.

No one actually payed attention to the fact that he'd been in jail before, or that he dived at a cop, he was black and got beaten. Clearly, the cops were racist.

On April 29, 1992, the jury deadlocked 8-4 in favor of acquittal of the four cops accused with use of excessive force, and the city of Los Angeles went, well, insane.

There were 6 days of riots, in which 53 people were killed, over 2,000 were injured, and many, many TV's were stolen.

Don't see the connection? Well, that's because you're a person. The riots in total caused 1 billion dollars in damage, mostly in South Central Los Angeles. It was pointless, like 99% of riots in the developed world.

So, let's go steal TV's!

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