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‘I want to set a good example:’ the George Foreman I knew was generous and kind

The Observer 23 Mar 2025
George Foreman died on 21 March at the much-too-young age of 76 ... After the 1992 riots in Los Angeles, following the acquittal of police officers charged with beating Rodney King, most of the drug stores in the city’s south-central area shut down ... .
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Letters to the Editor for March 20, 2025

The East Hampton Star 20 Mar 2025
Earth Hour. East Hampton. March 17, 2025. Dear Mr. Rattray, ... The town board approved ...   ... A gentleman named Rodney King once asked, “Can we all get along?” after being savagely beaten by Los Angeles police ... People say he is trying to be king. Some king ... .
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Movies playing in Southeast Michigan, new releases March 21

The Oakland Press 19 Mar 2025
• “Mufasa-The Lion King” (PG) ... Mercer (Tyrese Gibson) is trying to rebuild his life and his relationship with his son amid the turbulent Los Angeles riots in 1992, following the Rodney King verdict.
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Race, Fame, and Justice: What the O.J. Simpson Trial Revealed About America

The Times of India 18 Mar 2025
... and her friend, Ronald Goldman.Race and the Trial of the CenturyThe trial took place amidst profound racial tensions in Los Angeles, especially following the Rodney King beating and the 1992 LA riots.
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LA Mayor Karen Bass needs to go. But who’s the right person for the job?

LA Daily News 18 Mar 2025
Mind you, these numbers are months old ... In Los Angeles, between the Rodney King riots, rampant gang violence, and the economic collapse of the aerospace industry following the end of the Cold War, the city was a tinder box ready to blow up again.
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K.W. Lee, known as the ‘godfather of Asian American journalism,’ dies

San Diego Union-Tribune 17 Mar 2025
By Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times. K.W ... He was 96. Lee died from natural causes on March 8, surrounded by his family in Sacramento. Lee became the first Korean immigrant in the continental U.S ... In April 1992, after the Rodney King beating and the L.A ... .
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LA Marathon dedicated to wildfires’ first responders, victims

LA Daily News 16 Mar 2025
County wildfires ... “The marathon has always shown up on the calendar at just the right time to help bind the city,” said Reavis, “when it’s had floods, public uprising after the Rodney King incident in 1992, the fires this year ... U.S ... .
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Zakai Zeigler, No. 8 Tennessee look to take down Texas

Plano Star Courier 15 Mar 2025
If Zeigler collects four assists, he'll set a single-season program record with 228, eclipsing Rodney Woods from 1974-75. And Zeigler didn't have the advantage of feeding Bernard King and Ernie Grunfeld, as Woods did.
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LA Marathon preview: New winners will emerge from 2025 races

LA Daily News 14 Mar 2025
and 7.01 a.m ... Richtman ran collegiately at Montana State ... “The marathon has always shown up on the calendar at just the right time to help bind the city when it’s had floods, public uprising after the Rodney King incident in 1992, the fires this year.
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Movies playing in Southeast Michigan, new releases March 14

Macomb Daily 12 Mar 2025
• “Mufasa-The Lion King” (PG) ... Mercer (Tyrese Gibson) is trying to rebuild his life and his relationship with his son amid the turbulent Los Angeles riots in 1992, following the Rodney King verdict.
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Watch Where You Step

The Stranger 11 Mar 2025
See 'artists & poets' at the Jacob Lawrence Gallery through April 19. by Rachel Kessler ... My freshman-year dorm friend from LA ran, screamed, and swung at those gnarled trunks, propelled by the acquittal of the pigs caught on video beating Rodney King.
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Secret recordings reveal LAPD cops spewing racist, sexist and homophobic comments, complaint alleges

The Los Angeles Times 10 Mar 2025
While the LAPD is undergoing a generational shift, fewer, if any, rank-and-file officers recall the 1991 beating of Rodney King by LAPD officers and subsequent riots following the acquittals.
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Adnan Syed to stay free after judge decides on time served in 'Serial' murder case

York News-Times 07 Mar 2025
People are also reading… ... Mike Ekeler's 'culture' for returners, Addison Williams bullish on DBs (copy) Business Beat ... #25 ... 83 ... in the decade leading up to the riots that broke out after four police officers were acquitted of beating Rodney King ... .
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Los Angeles police chief takes over in a period of uncertainty and mixed signals

Mountain View Voice 06 Mar 2025
... by Dragnet, torn to pieces by the beating of Rodney King.
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Democrats’ Lies Have Serious Consequences

Armstrong Economics 06 Mar 2025
COMMENT. Good morning Marty, ... I could not walk them away from the ledge and convince them that he will not be taking away SS ... The Dem’s lies have consequences ... Norm ... Somehow, the words of Rodney King come to mind – Can’t we all get along? ....

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