Rodney King

Rodney King

male, 44 years old
1992LosAngelesriots, From Sacramento, California, high speed pursuit, parole for a robbery conviction, chased for speeding and evading arrest, Electroshock gun…Los Angeles Police, South Central Los Angeles, Los Angeles Police Department
Rodney Glen King (born April 2, 1965 in Sacramento, California) is an African-American taxi driver who became famous after his violent arrest by...
Sister Souljah

Sister Souljah

female, 45 years old
Rutgers University alumni, bad boy entertainment, writer, 1992LosAngelesriots, hip-hop culture, from the Bronx
Sister Souljah is a controversial American hip hop-generation author, activist, recording artist, and film producer. She is best known because in...
Anna Deavere Smith

Anna Deavere Smith

female, 59 years old
Bryn Mawr College, Bates College, california state university sacramento, Crown Heights Riot, macalester college, The West Wing actor…Twilight Los Angeles 1992, 1992LosAngelesriots
Anna Deavere Smith (born September 18, 1950, in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American actress, playwright, and professor in the Department of...
Damian Williams

Damian Williams

male, 36 years old
convicted of murder, News Media, latino, Asian, Damian Monroe Williams, L.A. Four…1992LosAngelesriots, from Los Angeles
Damian Monroe Williams, a.k.a Football (b. March 17 1973), along with Henry Watson, Antoine Miller and Gary Williams, known as the L.A. Four, were...

Laurence Powell

male
police officer, American, 1992LosAngelesriots, Crescenta Valley High School, Laurence Michael Powell, Los Angeles Police
Laurence Michael Powell (b. 1963) is a former Los Angeles Police officer. He was one of four officers involved in the Rodney King beating on March...
Johnnie Cochran

Johnnie Cochran

male, deceased (2005)
O.J. Simpson murder trial, Brain tumour death, Loyola Law School alumni, American, Black lawyer, African American…University of California, Los Angeles alumni, from Los Angeles, 1992LosAngelesriots
Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr. (October 2, 1937 - March 29, 2005) was a defense attorney best known for his role in the legal defense for O.J. Simpson...
Reginald Oliver Denny

Reginald Oliver Denny

male, 56 years old
Marika Tur, Bob Tur, from Los Angeles, truck driver, Crime victim, 1992LosAngelesriots…Los Angeles News Service
Reginald Oliver Denny (born April 21, 1953 in San Pedro, California) was a construction truck driver who, after being dragged from his truck, was...

Willie L. Williams

male
Los Angeles Police Department Chief, Overbrook High School, Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport, Philadelphia Police Department, Police Chief, American…1992LosAngelesriots, Los Angeles Police Department
Willie L. Williams served as LAPD police chief 1992-1997 after Daryl F. Gates' resignation due to the 1992 Los Angeles riots. The first...

Judy Muller

female
University of Southern California faculty, University of Southern California, University of Mary Washington, O.J. Simpson, Morning Edition, ABC World News Tonight…1992LosAngelesriots
Judy Muller , an Emmy Award-winning television correspondent and National Public Radio commentator, joined the faculty of the USC Annenberg School...
Chuck Devore

Chuck Devore

male, 47 years old
whip, ROTC, International relations, foreign affairs, Senior Associate Counsel, Strategic studies…1992LosAngelesriots, South Los Angeles
Charles S. DeVore (born May 20, 1962) is a U.S. politician, currently serving as a Republican member of the California State Assembly, representing...