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Tales Of The LA Riots

Tales Of The LA Riots


On the 20th anniversary of the LA Riots, KNX 1070 NEWSRADIO reporters Charles Feldman, John Brooks, and Margaret Carrero share gripping stories from the riots and assess what's changed for the better and worse since then.

  • Tales Of The LA Riots

    April 27, 2012

    His dental office was ransacked and then cops held him, his wife and dog at gunpoint when they mistook him for a rioter during the mayhem that broke out in South LA 20 years ago, following the Rodney King verdict. KNX 1070's Charles Feldman has one man's story.
  • Tales Of The LA Riots

    April 27, 2012

    When an L.A. jury acquitted four police officers in the videotaped beating of Rodney King 20 years ago this week, anger and opportunism combined to spark days of rioting the likes of which this city had never seen before or since. KNX1070's Charles Feldman has this special report.
  • Tales Of The LA Riots

    April 27, 2012

    More than 50 people died, thousands were injured, and more than a thousand buildings were damaged. This was the scene in Los Angeles 20 years ago during the riots that broke out following the Rodney King verdict. More in this special report from KNX 1070's Charles Feldman.
  • Tales Of The LA Riots

    April 27, 2012

    There are many tales of the LA riots - but few as harrowing as the one told by our own Bob Brill--who was savagely attacked while covering the 1992 civil unrest here. KNX 1070's Charles Feldman has more.
  • Tales Of The LA Riots

    April 27, 2012

    Even 20 years after the 1992 L.A. riots, many still think of the event as a story of black-white race relations. But the truth is much more complex. KNX 1070's Charles Feldman has more.
  • Tales Of The LA Riots

    April 26, 2012

    Twenty years after the LA Riots, tensions have eased and there are signs of hope, but as KNX 1070's Margaret Carrero reports the root causes of the riots still exist.
  • Tales Of The LA Riots

    April 26, 2012

    The LAPD’s iron-fisted approach to policing the city’s residents was tantamount in fueling the Riots of 1992. Two decades later, KNX 1070’s Margaret Carrero takes a closer look at how things have improved.
  • Tales Of The LA Riots

    April 26, 2012

    Another ingredient of the 1992 LA Riots was the volatile relationship between the African American and Korean communities. KNX 1070's Margaret Carrero asked community leaders whether those tensions have dissipated.
  • Tales Of The LA Riots

    April 26, 2012

    : Twenty years after riots erupted in Los Angeles following the Rodney King verdict, KNX 1070’s Margaret Carrero takes a look back to see how far we’ve come
  • Tales Of The LA Riots

    April 26, 2012

    Florence and Normandie: twenty years ago at the flash point of the LA riots there was anarchy, looting, and deadly violence. KNX 1070s John Brooks returns to talk to the people who live and work there now - and remember what it was like.
  • Tales Of The LA Riots

    April 26, 2012

    Are the areas in LA that burned 20 years ago in the Rodney King riots,...better off today? Could civil unrest break out again? KNX 1070's John Brooks reports from South LA.
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