Pop Song 548 of 1000 'Killing in the name' Rage against the Machine 1992

Pop Song 548 of 1000 'Killing in the name' Rage against the Machine 1992

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The lyrics were inspired by the police brutality suffered by Rodney King and the subsequent 1992 Los Angeles riots.[13][14][15] The refrain "some of those that work forces are the same that burn crosses" draws what the band views as a link between the Los Angeles Police Department and the Ku Klux Klan.[16] According to BBC News, "Killing in the Name" rails against "the military–industrial complex, justifying killing for the benefit of, as the song puts it, the chosen whites