Car burns as looters take to the streets at the intersection of Florence and Normandie Avenues, April 29 This intersection is considered the...
April 30 - Rodney King Riot. Local residents gathering and helplessly watching businesses burning at intersection of Pico Boulevard and Hayworth...
News photographer runs past a burning guard shack in a parking lot in downtown Los Angeles, California, April 29, 1992. The structure was one of many...
Rodney King Riot. A view of businesses beginning to burn on Pico Boulevard near Hayworth Avenue, onlookers gathering, a young man dressed in black...
Rodney King Riot. A view of firemen attempting to put out fire of burning businesses with fire truck and crane on Pico Boulevard during the Rodney...
Rioters near Parker Center, LAPD headquarters in downtown Los Angeles, overturn a parking kiosk and set it ablaze. Los Angeles has undergone several...
Man walks past a burning building during the Los Angeles riots. In April of 1992, after a jury acquitted the police officers involved in the beating...
Armed National Guard soldiers hold a line in front of a post office in South Central L.A. Many South Central residents are expecting their monthly...
Rioters near Parker Center, LAPD headquarters in downtown Los Angeles, over turn a parking kiosk and set it ablaze. Los Angeles has undergone several...
Armed with machine guns and grenade launchers, National Guard soldiers hold a line on Crenshaw blvd. In South Central L.A. Los Angeles has undergone...
Sign on a shop doorway in the aftermath of the 1992 Los Angeles riots, which followed the beating of black motorist Rodney King by members of the...
Row of businesses that where burned and looted in South Central Los Angeles. Los Angeles has undergone several days of rioting due to the acquittal...
Gutted building in the aftermath of the 1992 Los Angeles riots, which followed the beating of black motorist Rodney King by members of the LAPD.
Mini-mall is looted and burned in South Central Los Angeles. Los Angeles has undergone several days of rioting due to the acquittal of the LAPD...
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...
Burning building during the 1992 Los Angeles Riots. The rioting followed the acquittal of the police officers who had been videotaped beating Rodney...
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,...
Burnt-out car is taken away in the aftermath of the 1992 Los Angeles riots, which followed the beating of black motorist Rodney King by members of...
View, from behind, of a firefighter as he leans against a retaining wall and watches as colleagues extinguish a fire in a shopping center in the...
Police and rioters clash at a shopping center located at 116 S. Vermont Ave in widespread riots that erupted after the acquittal of 4 LAPD officers...
April 30 - Rodney King Riot. Two boys together carrying a garbage receptacle filled with water attempting to put out fires burning neighborhood...
April 30 - Rodney King Riot. Near intersection of Pico Boulevard and Hayworth Avenue, neighborhood residents filling buckets from open hydrant...
Rodney King Riot. A view of intersection of Pico Boulevard and Hayworth Avenue during the Rodney King Riots showing Beverly Hills Police Department...
Rodney King Riot. A view of looted glass and mirror shop on Pico Boulevard near Crescent Heights Boulevard after the Rodney King Riots showing broken...
Woman with her children walk past several burn out businesses on South Vermont Ave. In South Central Los Angeles. Los Angeles has undergone several...
Pres. Bush conferring w. LA Urban League pres. John Mack et al during tour of area devastated in riots re cops' acquittal in Rodney King trial.
Trak Auto store is looted and burned on Washington Blvd. Near Norton. Los Angeles has undergone several days of rioting due to the acquittal of the...
Riot damage to several blocks of businesses in South Central Los Angeles. Los Angeles has undergone several days of rioting due to the acquittal of...
Singer and performer Dionne Warwick speaks during news conference to honor Heroes of the LA Riots 1992, February 4, 1993 in Los Angeles, California.
May 1 - Rodney King Riot. View of a disheveled young man sitting on bench at bus stop in front of the Self-Realization Fellowship on Sunset Boulevard...
Rodney King Riot. Angelenos venturing out on Hollywood Boulevard the morning after looting and burning of local businesses in the Rodney King Riot....
Rodney King Riot. A boy and other onlookers survey the total loss of the business Samy's Camera on Beverly Boulevard near La Brea the morning after...
Rodney King Riot. A view of intersection of La Cienega and Pico Boulevards during the Rodney King Riots showing citizens going about their day barely...
Young woman sits on the hood of a vintage automobile across the street rom a burning grocery store during the 1992 Los Angeles riots.
Woman holds a sign asking motorists of all races to honk their horns for peace during the riots which ensued after white Los Angeles police officers...
Rioters near Parker Center, LAPD headquarters in downtown Los Angeles, over turn a parking kiosk and set it ablaze. Los Angeles has undergone several...
Supermarket on South Vermont Ave. Is looted and burned. Los Angeles has undergone several days of rioting due to the acquittal of the LAPD officers...
National Guard soldier in front of a Ralph's Grocery Store on Crenshaw Ave in South Central Los Angeles Los Angeles has undergone several days of...
Mini-mall in L.A.'s Koreatown looted and burned to the ground. Los Angeles has undergone several days of rioting due to the acquittal of the LAPD...
Put out fires caused by rioters in South Central Los Angeles. Los Angeles has undergone several days of rioting due to the acquittal of the LAPD...
National Guardsman stands watch over a strip mall in south-central Los Angeles, April 30 during day two of the Los Angeles riots.
Presidential candidate Governor Bill Clinton stands with singer Dionne Warwick and US Representative Maxine Waters May 4, 1992 in Los Angeles, CA....
Deryl with the Curl outside his Hand Car Was and Automotive Repair shop at 1454 Florence Ave which he guarded with a gun during the Rodney King Riots...
Deryl with the Curl inside his Hand Car Was and Automotive Repair shop at 1454 Florence Ave which he guarded with a gun during the Rodney King Riots...
Looters at the Vons grocery store at 3461 W 3rd Street during widespread riots that erupted after the acquittal of 4 LAPD officers in the videotaped...
Looters take TV's across the street in widespread riots that erupted after the acquittal of 4 LAPD officers in the videotaped arrest and beating of...
May 1 - Rodney King Riot. View of police officers standing in riot helmets and merchants inspecting damage to their businesses along the Walk of Fame...
May 1 - Rodney King Riot. Local residents emerging and surveying damage at intersection of Hollywood Boulevard and Wilcox Avenue in Hollywood after...
Rodney King Riot. A view of smoldering interior of business Samy's Camera on Beverly Boulevard near La Brea Avenue that was burned during the Rodney...
Rodney King Riot. Two LAPD officers in riot helmets standing guard on Hollywood Boulevard's Walk of Fame the morning after fires and looting reached...
Rodney King Riot. Citizens joining together, forming a bucket brigade, frantically attempting to put out raging fire at intersection of Pico...
Car stereo business in South Central Los Angeles is looted. Los Angeles has undergone several days of rioting due to the acquittal of the LAPD...
Group of children walk on a sidewalk on Adams Blvd. Past several burned down businesses. Los Angeles has undergone several days of rioting due to the...
Armed with machine guns and grenade launchers, National Guard soldiers hold a line on Crenshaw blvd. In South Central L.A. Los Angeles has undergone...
Rodney King giving his "can't we all get along speech." Los Angeles has undergone several days of rioting due to the acquittal of the LAPD officers...
Graffiti on a business in South Central Los Angeles. Los Angeles has undergone several days of rioting due to the acquittal of the LAPD officers who...
Lone LAPD officer keeps looters at bay from a Thrifty Drug and Discount store. Most of the store was cleaned out by looters. Los Angeles has...
