Rodney King, dead at age 47. King, whose police brutality case in 1991 led to deadly riots in Los Angeles, was found dead in a swimming pool Sunday in California. Video courtesy of Reuters.

While Rodney King may have been the catalyst that sparked the Los Angeles riots, the conditions in South Los Angeles are arguably what caused them. "The lightning bolt was definitely the riots ...

Yes, that plea came not from MLK but from Rodney King, no relation to the great civil rights leader, in May 1992 as riots erupted in Los Angeles after a mostly white jury acquitted four Los Angeles ...

which pushed reforms of local police departments after riots during the 1960s; and the imposition of new policing standards in Los Angeles after the Rodney King riots in 1992. Leftists have long ...