Major players from the 1992 Los Angeles riots

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Rodney King, whose videotaped beating by four Los Angeles police officers set off 1992’s Los Angeles race riots and became a touchstone in U.S. race relations, was found dead at his home on Sunday. The riots killed 55 people, injured more than 2,000 and caused $1 billion in damage. Below, a look at the players in King’s beating, trial and the riots that followed, and where they are now.

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