RODNEY KING VERDICT AND THE RIOTS, LOOTING AND BURNING OF BUILDINGS THAT FOLLOWED

Twenty-five years ago, on April 29, 1992, riots erupted in Los Angeles after four white police officers were found not guilty in the beating of a young black man, Rodney King . The vast majority of U.S. adults believed the verdict was unjustified. But just as many denounced the violence that ensued.