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Los Angeles, 20 Years after the Riots
It's been 20 years since the Rodney King riots ripped apart America's second largest city. What's happened since? What are the lessons for the rest of America?
By Warren Olney • • 54m ListenIt's been 20 years since the Rodney King riots ripped apart America's second largest city. What's happened since? What are the lessons for the rest of America? Also, a drone strike in Pakistan may upend delicate diplomatic negotiations, and with Hillary Clinton scheduled to visit Beijing, the Obama Administration has rushed to contain a diplomatic crisis over the escaped dissident who's said to be in US hands.
Banner image: James Oh (R) , owner of Tom Liquor store at the intersection of Florence and Normandy Avenues in South Los Angeles, speaks with a customer on April 27, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images
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3 storiesDrone Strike in Pakistan May Upend Delicate Negotiations
For the first time in a month, drones operated by the CIA conducted a missile strike yesterday in Pakistan, despite that country's demand that such attacks come to an end. Declan Walsh is Pakistan correspondent for the New York Times .
Read the story8 minWhat Can the Rest of the Country Learn from the LA Riots?
In 1991, Rodney King, an African American, was chased down for drunk driving by officers of the Los Angeles Police Department. King was beaten by the LAPD, struck more than 56 times and tasered more than once. The incident was videotaped by a bystander and broadcast repeatedly, locally and worldwide.
Read the story38 minDissident's Protest Inspires Ordinary Chinese
The US Secretaries of State and Treasury are scheduled to leave Washington for Beijing, and Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell is already there, as the Obama Administration rushes to contain a diplomatic crisis over escaped blind dissident who's escaped from house arrest in China.
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