Civil Rights
May 2, 2017
25 years after the LA riots
It was April 29, 1992, and Los Angeles was on fire. The spark? A not-guilty verdict for the four Los Angeles Police Department officers who had been charged with assault and the use of unreasonable and excessive force on Rodney King. By Angela Powell
Angela M. Powell
Partner
Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo
Litigation, Civil Rights
Phone: (562) 653-3200
Email: angela.powell@aalrr.com
Pepperdine Law School
Angela is a trial attorney with an emphasis on representing public entities and police officers in civil rights actions.
It was April 29, 1992, and Los Angeles was on fire. The spark? A not-guilty verdict for the four Los Angeles Police Department officers who had been charged with assault and the use of unreasonable and excessive force on Rodney King.
For the African-American community, the sense of outrage was not just because of that verdict; it was the belief that now, even if caught on tape, no one would ever believe that the police woul...
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