Topic: Rodney King

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Former Secretary of State Warren Christopher passes at 85

Christopher served as Secretary of State during Bill Clinton's first term and was an architect of the 1995 Bosnian peace accords.
03/19/2011 11:45 am
Rodney King riots won't happen again, say police

Rodney King retrospective: Twenty years later, a look back at the Rodney King beating, the riots that followed, and how far the LAPD think they have come.
03/04/2011 11:32 pm
Oakland riots produce multiple arrests and damage following fatal shooting verdict

Oakland riots resulted in over 80 arrests and damage to downtown businesses Thursday night after the involuntary manslaughter verdict in the Johannes Mehserle case.
07/09/2010 03:13 pm
BART case: As Oakland awaits Mehserle verdict, a push for peace

Oakland community groups are educating young people about the justice system and the ill effects of rioting in the lead-up to a verdict in the trial of a white former transit police officer accused of murdering a black passenger.
07/02/2010 07:13 pm
In BART murder case, police brutality, video evidence on trial

The trial of an Oakland, Calif. BART police officer may reveal judicial attitudes toward video evidence and police brutality, legal analysts say.
06/10/2010 09:16 pm
LAPD chief Bratton leaves a police force transformed

Bratton, who ends his tenure at the LAPD this week, is credited for reinventing a police force once known for brutality and corruption, and bringing down crime to historic lows.
10/31/2009 01:00 am
Inner-city L.A. hungers for good grocery stores

A coalition of community, faith-based and environmental groups is trying to draw quality supermarkets to neighborhoods in East and South Central L.A., where residents have little access to fresh fruit and vegetables.
10/10/2009 01:00 am
How charities harness social media for a social impact

Networkers shift from sharing info to linking up to effect change.
09/08/2009 01:00 am
Racial justice only for the 'well connected'? blacks ask

Gates's run-in with the law was tame compared with other incidents, one says in an interview.
07/25/2009 01:00 am
The Monitor's View Gates vs. Crowley

Assumptions and disrespect can escalate a tense situation – and more so when the law, a suspect, and race are involved.
07/23/2009 01:00 am
Dealing with mistakes

A Christian Science perspective.
07/09/2009 01:00 am
In stunning reversal, LAPD goes from reviled to respected

The police department once known for beating Rodney King has resuscitated its public image by reaching out to the minority communities it once antagonized.
06/24/2009 01:00 am
Police Tasers: excessive force or necessary tool?

A crop of legal cases across the US raise concerns over the use of electric stun guns in routine police stops.
05/28/2009 01:00 am
Opinion In praise of pragmatic foreign policy

US presidents often swing between realism and idealism. Obama should reject both.
01/16/2009 12:00 am
In video age, a rush to judgment?

Cellphone videos of a police killing in Oakland, Calif., spark outrage.
01/13/2009 12:00 am
Be a fugitive slave for a night in “Escape on the Underground Railroad”

Cleveland offers the historically curious a sample of the heart-pounding panic, anger, and tears of escaped slaves making their way to freedom in Canada
11/04/2008 12:00 am