Rodney King

Rodney King resurfaced in New York -- 20 years after his infamous beating sparked violent race riots in Los Angeles.

Jaqueline Hurtado nos informa de los disturbios de Rodney King en la ciudad de los ngeles en 1992.

Twenty years after Los Angeles police officers were acquitted of charges they brutally beat motorist Rodney King, TODAY s Lester Holt looks back at the case and how it changed the Los Angeles police department and how Americans view the jusice system.

A stunning verdict in the Rodney King beating trial rocked Los Angeles and led to looting, violence and parts of the city ablaze. NBC's Lester Holt talks with some of the key players about then, and now.

April 28: A stunning verdict in the Rodney King beating trial rocked Los Angeles and led to looting, violence and parts of the city ablaze. NBC's Lester Holt talks with some of the key players about then, and now.

April 28: Twenty years after Los Angeles police officers were acquitted of charges they brutally beat motorist Rodney King, TODAY s Lester Holt looks back at the case and how it changed the Los Angeles police department and how Americans view the jusice system.

Music radio station KJLH lies in the heart of LA's African-American community, and as John Blackstone reports, when the neighborhood exploded into riots following the Rodney King trial, the station stopped the music and opened up the phones.

Twenty years ago deadly riots swept Los Angeles after a jury acquitted a group of LAPD who had been caught on tape beating Rodney King. Race relations have changed since then, but a lot of the themes from that period are shaping the conversation around Trayvon Martin's death.

April 27: Twenty years after the Los Angeles riots, Rodney King sat down with NBC s Lester Holt.