Los Angeles Police Department Timeline of Events

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Los Angeles Police Department

The Los Angeles Police Department is the police department of the city of Los Angeles, California. With just under 10,000 officers and more than 3,000 civilian staff, covering an area of with a population of more than 4.1 million people, it is the third largest local law enforcement agency in the United States, after the New York City Police Department and Chicago Police...

Timeline of Events

1991

3.3.1991

An amateur video captures the beating of Rodney King by Los Angeles police officers.

1993

8.4.1993

A federal judge sentences LAPD officers Stacey Koon and Laurence Powell to 30 months in prison for violating motorist Rodney King's civil rights.

2007

5.1.2007

the Los Angeles May Day mêlée occurs, in which the Los Angeles Police Department's response to a May Day pro-immigration rally become a matter of controversy.