Rodney King, whose beating by police and the subsequent acquittals of the officers had sparked the LA race riots of 1991, was found dead in his swimming pool today.
Although the brutal beating was caught on tape, an all-white jury found three of four police officers not-guilty on most of the charges, and were deadlocked on one charge. This sparked outrage throughout the Black community in Los Angeles, and the LA race riots occurred. Eventually, a few years later, two of the four officers would found guilty and sentenced to 30 months in prison.
I was reading the comments to the news article in the link above, and most of the comments are very hateful. I think that it shows that not a whole lot has changed in terms of race relations in over 20 years. Yeah, an African-American president has been elected within that time frame; however, in my opinion, it has made racial tensions worse in America.
Do you think that race relations are better now than they were 20 years ago?
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