Official Negligence: How Rodney King and the Riots Changed Los Angeles and the LAPD - Hardcover

Cannon, Lou

 
9780812921908: Official Negligence: How Rodney King and the Riots Changed Los Angeles and the LAPD

Synopsis

A study of the Rodney King case and its long-term repercussions for Los Angeles discusses the acquittal of the officers involved in the beating, the devastating riots that followed, the significance in terms of the justice system, and the varied roles of the media, police, politics, and race. 35,000 first printing. Tour.

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About the Author

Lou Cannon, a longtime political reporter and White House correspondent for The Washington Post, was the paper's Los Angeles bureau chief from 1977 to 1980 and again from 1991 to 1993. He is currently a special correspondent for The Post in the West.

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