1992 – Federal civil rights charges were filed against four Los Angeles police officers. The officers had been acquitted on California State charges. Two of the officers were convicted and jailed on violation of civil rights charges.
Three months after a state jury acquitted four Los Angeles police officers on nearly all charges in the beating of Rodney G. King, a verdict that set off deadly riots, a Federal grand jury here has indicted the same four men on Federal charges of violating Mr. King’s civil rights.
The indictment, returned Tuesday afternoon and unsealed today, charges the three officers who beat Mr. King during an arrest in March 1991 with violating his Fourth Amendment protection against unreasonable arrest. It charges their sergeant with depriving Mr. King of his 14th Amendment due-process rights for failing to restrain the officers. King Could Testify
In announcing the indictments, Lourdes G. Baird, the United States Attorney here, hinted that other police officers at the scene may yet be charged under Federal laws. “The investigation is still open,” she said. “I cannot comment on what charges we might be looking at or what witnesses we might be looking at.”
Mr. King is willing to testify in Federal court, and probably will do so, said Steven A. Lerman, the lawyer who represents him in a pending lawsuit against the city of Los Angeles. “I am confident that Rodney King will testify,” he said. “I think that is a foregone certainty.” A Volatile Case
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A version of this article appears in print on Aug. 6, 1992, Section A, Page 1 of the National edition with the headline: U.S. Jury Indicts 4 Police Officers In King Beating. Order Reprints | Today’s Paper | Subscribe
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Ronald Reagan fires 11,359 air-traffic controllers
On August 5, 1981, President Ronald Reagan begins firing 11,359 air-traffic controllers striking in violation of his order for them to return to work. The executive action, regarded as extreme by many, significantly slowed air travel for months. Two days earlier, on August 3, …read more
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End Fallback and Spring Forward?
MAR 12, 2023 2:00 am
So, over the years I assume the need for more light would be life-saving, but today I don’t know which one is healthier.
I just watched a Seattle doctor say on our local news, don’t fool with mother nature and subscribing suggesting we stick to Standard Time, but no one mentioned the number of accidents or deaths. However, they did discuss the impact of later days harming kids, heart, and or stroke health.
So, it’s back to research mode…
is Standard Time the way to go?
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1943 – The Harlem Riot of 1943 begins
In Memory
Simmering racial tensions and economic frustrations boil over in New York City on the night of August 1, 1943, culminating in what is now known as the Harlem Riot of 1943. During an altercation in the lobby of the Braddock Hotel, a white police officer shoots a Black soldier, Robert Bandy, triggering a massive uprising.
Overwhelmingly white before the Great Migration, Harlem was 89 percent Black by the time the United States entered World War II. Despite the cultural innovations that accompanied these changes, known as the Harlem Renaissance, the neighborhood’s businesses remained mostly white-owned, and landlords and business owners continued to discriminate against Black residents. World War II brought not only conscription but also a higher cost of living, putting even more strain on a Black community whose economy was still controlled almost entirely by whites.
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