In the city of Los Angeles, incidents against racism begin. Four policemen were acquitted by the beating of a black taxi driver named Rodney King. The beating was videotaped and caused a scandal. Almost every jury member was white. Within hours, thousands of African Americans and Latin Americans took to the streets against police racism.

During the conflict, which lasted a week, the National Guard went out into the street and killed about 50 people. In the week after the incidents, the police arrested 11,000 people.