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Rodney King's beating incited calls for police reform. 30 years later, LA poll shows work remains to be done.
Thirty years after white police officers were caught on video beating a Black motorist named Rodney King, Los Angeles residents cite persistent racism in law enforcement as a big problem more than people in other cities.
Rogue cops are more likely to be held accountable since then, an exclusive USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll of Los Angeles found. But a majority of Angelenos say the LAPD still uses force when it's not necessary, and a third of those surveyed call the department largely racist.
Surveys this summer in Detroit and Milwaukee, part of a series called CityView, found mixed views of law enforcement. The Los Angeles Police Department received the harshest ratings for its treatment of citizens. The polls, sponsored by USA TODAY and the Suffolk University Political Research Center, explore attitudes toward policing and community in American cities.
Cellphone and body camera videos that show police force against unarmed Blacks fueled the Black Lives Matter movement and helped construct Eric Garner, George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and others household names.
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Archival Resource 'Let It Fall': Lisa Phillips, an LAPD officer, remembers the day the riots broke out
— -- In 1989, the year Lisa Phillips got her badge, she was one of only a handful of women in her graduating class with the Los Angeles Police Department.
Phillips said that back then, she was living two lives: one, as openly gay; and the other, as a police officer who shared little to nothing of her personal being. In April 1992, the 33-year-old Phillips was assigned to the 77th division in South Central, Los Angeles, and was on foot patrol with her partner when riots broke out following the acquittals of four white police officers in the Rodney King beating trial. Disobeying retreat orders, they entered the fray to rescue an Asian woman from a brutal attack.
"Let It Fall: LA 1982-1992," an ABC News documentary television event, airs April 28 at 9 p.m. (8 p.m. central), marking the 25th anniversary of the L.A. uprising.
In an interview for the documentary "Let It Fall,” Phillips common her memories from 1992, and discussed her personal journey and experiences as a female officer. The following are excerpts, in her own words.
EARLY YEARS
I grew up in Maryland a
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Archival Resource Key (ARK May 11, 1991: King was pulled over for having an excessively tinted windshield. Although King was driving without a license and his car registration had expired, King was not charged. May 28, 1991: King picked up a transvestite prostitute in Hollywood who happened to be under surveillance by LAPD officers. King and the prostitute were observed in an alley engaging in sexual activity. When the prostitute spotted the officers, King sped away, nearly hitting one of them. King later explained that he thought the vice officers were robbers trying to eliminate him. No charges were filed.
June 26, 1992: King's second wife reported to police that King had smash her and she feared for her life. King was handcuffed and taken to a police station, but his wife then decided against pressing charges.
July 16, 1992: King was arrested at 1:40 A.M. for driving while intoxicated. No charges were filed.
August 21, 1993: King crashed into a wall near a downtown Los Angeles nightclub. He had a blood alcohol level of 0.19. King was charged with violating his parole and sent for sixty afternoon to an alcohol treatment ce
'Let It Fall': Lisa Phillips, an LAPD officer, remembers the day the riots broke out
— -- In 1989, the year Lisa Phillips got her badge, she was one of only a handful of women in her graduating class with the Los Angeles Police Department.
Phillips said that back then, she was living two lives: one, as openly gay; and the other, as a police officer who shared little to nothing of her personal being. In April 1992, the 33-year-old Phillips was assigned to the 77th division in South Central, Los Angeles, and was on foot patrol with her partner when riots broke out following the acquittals of four white police officers in the Rodney King beating trial. Disobeying retreat orders, they entered the fray to rescue an Asian woman from a brutal attack.
"Let It Fall: LA 1982-1992," an ABC News documentary television event, airs April 28 at 9 p.m. (8 p.m. central), marking the 25th anniversary of the L.A. uprising.
In an interview for the documentary "Let It Fall,” Phillips common her memories from 1992, and discussed her personal journey and experiences as a female officer. The following are excerpts, in her own words.
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I grew up in Maryland a
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Archival Resource Key (ARK May 11, 1991: King was pulled over for having an excessively tinted windshield. Although King was driving without a license and his car registration had expired, King was not charged. May 28, 1991: King picked up a transvestite prostitute in Hollywood who happened to be under surveillance by LAPD officers. King and the prostitute were observed in an alley engaging in sexual activity. When the prostitute spotted the officers, King sped away, nearly hitting one of them. King later explained that he thought the vice officers were robbers trying to eliminate him. No charges were filed.
June 26, 1992: King's second wife reported to police that King had smash her and she feared for her life. King was handcuffed and taken to a police station, but his wife then decided against pressing charges.
July 16, 1992: King was arrested at 1:40 A.M. for driving while intoxicated. No charges were filed.
August 21, 1993: King crashed into a wall near a downtown Los Angeles nightclub. He had a blood alcohol level of 0.19. King was charged with violating his parole and sent for sixty afternoon to an alcohol treatment ce
May 28, 1991: King picked up a transvestite prostitute in Hollywood who happened to be under surveillance by LAPD officers. King and the prostitute were observed in an alley engaging in sexual activity. When the prostitute spotted the officers, King sped away, nearly hitting one of them. King later explained that he thought the vice officers were robbers trying to eliminate him. No charges were filed.
June 26, 1992: King's second wife reported to police that King had smash her and she feared for her life. King was handcuffed and taken to a police station, but his wife then decided against pressing charges.
July 16, 1992: King was arrested at 1:40 A.M. for driving while intoxicated. No charges were filed.
August 21, 1993: King crashed into a wall near a downtown Los Angeles nightclub. He had a blood alcohol level of 0.19. King was charged with violating his parole and sent for sixty afternoon to an alcohol treatment ce