IV 

118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 366 

Commemorating the 31st anniversary of the 1992 Los Angeles riots. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 5, 2023 

Ms. KAMLAGER-DOVE (for herself, Mr. ROBERT GARCIA of California, Mr. 

LIEU, Mr. GOMEZ, Ms. LEE of California, Ms. PORTER, Mr. SCHIFF, Ms. 

SA ́NCHEZ, Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia, Mr. CARTER of Louisiana, Mr. 

CLEAVER, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. GREEN of Texas, and Mr. IVEY) 

submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 

on the Judiciary 

RESOLUTION 

Commemorating the 31st anniversary of the 1992 Los 

Angeles riots. 

Whereas, Saturday, April 29, 2023, marks the 31st anniversary of the 1992 Los Angeles riots; 

Whereas the 1992 Los Angeles riots are also referred to as 

the Los Angeles riots, Sa-I-Gu, which means April 29 in 

Korean, the Los Angeles civil unrest, the Los Angeles 

race riots, the South Central riots, the Rodney King 

riots, the Los Angeles uprising, and the 1992 Los Angeles civil disturbance; 

Whereas, on March 3, 1991, Rodney King, a 25-year-old 

Black man, was nearly beaten to death by Los Angeles 

Police Department (LAPD) Sergeant Stacey Koon and 


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Officers Laurence Powell, Timothy Wind, and Ted 

Briseno during a traffic stop; 

Whereas Rodney King was tased, kicked in the head and 

body, and beaten with a baton resulting in facial fractures, a broken leg, and multiple bruises; 

Whereas a bystander recorded the encounter that was subsequently picked up by media outlets; 

Whereas the footage of the horrific act of police brutality 

sparked public outrage; 

Whereas, on March 15, 1991, Officers Koon, Powell, Wind, 

and Briseno were charged with felony assault; 

Whereas the trial was moved to Simi Valley, a predominantly 

White neighborhood 40 miles northwest of downtown Los 

Angeles; 

Whereas, on April 29, 1992, the officers were acquitted of all 

charges; 

Whereas the 1992 Los Angeles riots began in South Central 

Los Angeles, California, following the acquittal of the 4 

LAPD officers; 

Whereas the acquittal immediately resulted in the formation 

of large crowds and a public outcry over concerns of racial injustice and police brutality, which soon led to civil 

unrest at the intersection of Florence Avenue and 

Normandie Avenue in Los Angeles and spread throughout Los Angeles; 

Whereas, during the 1992 Los Angeles riots, more than 60 

individuals lost their lives amid the unrest, including 9 

shot by police and 1 by the National Guard; 

Whereas, of those killed during the riots, 2 were Asian, 28 

were Black, 19 were Latino, and 15 were White; 


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Whereas more than 2,300 individuals suffered injuries during 

the riots, and more than 12,000 individuals were arrested; 

Whereas more than $1,000,000,000 of property damage was 

incurred throughout Los Angeles during the 1992 Los 

Angeles riots, centered in South Los Angeles and 

Koreatown, with approximately 3,600 fires set and destruction to over 1,100 buildings and businesses throughout Los Angeles, many of which were Korean-American 

owned; 

Whereas the 1992 Los Angeles riots continued for a total of 

6 days, from April 29, 1992, through May 4, 1992; 

Whereas the unrest spread through multiple neighborhoods, 

including Koreatown, Inglewood, Hawthorne, Lynwood, 

Compton, and Long Beach; 

Whereas the 1992 Los Angeles riots ended following the deployment of thousands of United States Armed Forces 

personnel; 

Whereas, on May 2, 1992, an estimated 30,000 individuals 

gathered in a peace march in Koreatown during the 1992 

Los Angeles riots, calling for healing and support in Los 

Angeles; and 

Whereas communities from across Los Angeles, including the 

Black and Korean-American communities, marked the 

30th anniversary of the uprising with a city-wide meeting 

of community leaders, peace gatherings, musical performances, and sober reflection: Now therefore be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 


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1 (1) recognizes and offers condolences to all who 

2 lost their lives, suffered injuries, and suffered losses 

3 during the 1992 Los Angeles riots; 

4 (2) recognizes the continued need for police 

5 oversight, accountability, and reform since the beat6 ing of Rodney King, as there have been hundreds of 

7 accounts of violent police brutality among Black 

8 Americans, including Eric Garner, Michael Brown, 

9 Tamir Rice, George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and 

10 Tyre Nichols; and 

11 (3) expresses hope that the memory of the 1992 

12 Los Angeles riots will promote greater dialogue, ci13 vility, and unity among all of the communities 

14 throughout Los Angeles and the Nation. 

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