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 anniver-
sary 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 Ange-
les 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 frac-
tures, a broken leg, and multiple bruises; 
Whereas a bystander recorded the encounter that was subse-
quently 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 ra-
cial injustice and police brutality, which soon led to civil 
unrest at the intersection of Florence Avenue and 
Normandie Avenue in Los Angeles and spread through-
out 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 ar-
rested; 
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 de-
struction to over 1,100 buildings and businesses through-
out 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 de-
ployment 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 perform-
ances, and sober reflection: Now therefore be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
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(1) recognizes and offers condolences to all who 
lost their lives, suffered injuries, and suffered losses 
during the 1992 Los Angeles riots; 
(2) recognizes the continued need for police 
oversight, accountability, and reform since the beat-
ing of Rodney King, as there have been hundreds of 
accounts of violent police brutality among Black 
Americans, including Eric Garner, Michael Brown, 
Tamir Rice, George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and 
Tyre Nichols; and 
(3) expresses hope that the memory of the 1992 
Los Angeles riots will promote greater dialogue, ci-
vility, and unity among all of the communities 
throughout Los Angeles and the Nation. 
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