![]() ![]() King’s appeal is now so overused that it has become cultural kitsch, a catch phrase more often said for laughs then as a serious plea for mutual understanding. After a particularly horrific act of violence against a white truck driver, King was moved to make his appeal for peace. Much of the mayhem was carried live by news cameras from helicopters circling overhead. ![]() Fifty three people were killed and more than seven thousand buildings were torched. ![]() The entire nation had seen a videotape of the beating, so when a jury failed to convict the officers, their acquittal triggered widespread outrage and six days of rioting in Los Angeles. “Can we all get along?” That appeal was made famous on May 1, 1992, by Rodney King, a black man who had been beaten nearly to death by four Los Angeles police officers a year earlier. Here is the Introduction, which gives an overview of the book ![]()
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