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A member of the National Guard stands near burning building during the Los Angeles riots. In April of 1992, after a jury acquitted the police officers involved in the beating of Rodney King, riots broke out throughout South Central Los Angeles, killing 55 people, injuring another 2,000, and causing more than $1 billion in damage. (Photo by David Butow/Corbis via Getty Images)
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A Korean store owner is comforted by a local resident after she returned to find her place of business looted and burned in south-central Los Angeles, April 30, 1992, during day two of the Los Angeles riots. (Photo by Steve Grayson/WireImage)
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A man removes a couch from a store in South Central Los Angeles in this April 30, 1992 file photo, as looting and rioting continued throughout the area. On April 29, 1992, four white police officers were declared innocent in the beating of black motorist Rodney King, and Los Angeles erupted in the deadliest riots of the century. Three days later, 55 people were dead and more than 2,000 injured. Fires and looting had destroyed $1 billion worth of property. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
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This is one of three photos of Rodney King, taken three days after his March 3, 1991 videotaped beating that were introduced into evidence in the trial of four LAPD officers in a Simi Valley courtroom, March 25, 1992. The not-before-seen photos, supplied by King's civil attorney Steven Lerman, were admitted over the objections of three trial defense lawyers. (AP Photo/Pool)
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South Central LA residents gather on a street corner to ask fellow residents to stop the violence and rioting. Los Angeles has undergone several days of rioting due to the acquittal of the LAPD officers who beat Rodney King. Hundreds of businesses were burned to the ground and over 55 people have been killed. (Photo by Ted Soqui/Corbis via Getty Images)
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Rioters near Parker Center, LAPD headquarters in downtown Los Angeles, over turn a parking kiosk and set it ablaze. Los Angeles has undergone several days of rioting due to the acquittal of the LAPD officers who beat Rodney King. Hundreds of businesses were burned to the ground and over 55 people have been killed. (Photo by Ted Soqui/Corbis via Getty Images)
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**WARNING: Graphic Content** Steven Lerman, attorney for Rodney King, displays a photo of his client during a press conference at his office in Beverly Hills, California, Friday, March 8, 1991. King's doctor outlined the extent of man's injuries for reporters during the meeting. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
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Rioters overturn a parking attendant booth at the LAPD Parker Center in downtown Los Angeles during the 1992 riots that swept the city for days after three of four police officers accused of the 1991 beating of Rodney King were cleared of all charges. The fourth officer was charged with use of excessive force. (Photo by Ted Soqui/Corbis via Getty Images)
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A LAPD car is overturn and set ablaze near the LAPD headquarters, in downtown Los Angeles. Los Angeles has undergone several days of rioting due to the acquittal of the LAPD officers who beat Rodney King. Hundreds of businesses were burned to the ground and over 55 people have been killed. (Photo by Ted Soqui/Corbis via Getty Images)
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