New Season of 'Slow Burn' Examines the Roots and Legacy of the LA Riots, 3 Decades Later

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🗓️ 30 November 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Thirty years ago, white Los Angeles police officers savagely beat Rodney Glen King, a young Black man who had led them on a high-speed chase through the city. After a jury failed to convict four police officers, despite a graphic videotape of the beating, the city erupted into violence. This season of Slate’s Slow Burn podcast dives into the events of early 1990s Los Angeles and the decades of police brutality and injustice that led to them. We’ll talk with host Joel Anderson about the characters, context and legacy of the biggest U.S. civil disturbance of the 20th century. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:46.3	30 years ago, white Los Angeles police officers savagely beat Rodney Glenn King, a young black man who had lead them on a high-speed chase through the city.
0:55.7	Nearby, a man in an apartment complex grabbed his brand new home video camera and zoomed in on
1:00.1	the scene, which was illuminated by police choppers. That tape once broadcasts bent history in
1:06.4	L.A. and across California and the nation. Today, with the help of Slate Slowburn and its host this season, Joel Anderson,
1:13.2	we'll look back at early 90s, California, police brutality, and the stories you don't know
1:18.0	about the days that left California stunned and smoldering.
1:21.7	That's all next after this news.
1:33.0	Welcome to Forum. I'm Alexis Madrigal.
1:45.0	In episode four of this season's Slow Burn, a slate podcast, we learned that the man we all know is Rodney King, a name that's carved into history, was known to his friends and family by his middle name, Glenn. Listening to the series, I found this small but important detail to be
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