 I was racist at some point because they were calling me these names, so I'd call it right back. I know that was extremely wrong now, and in my later adult years, I understood what was happening. Years of disinvestment by the city, racial injustice, and police brutality all across L.A. County. On March 3, 1991, four members of the LAPD beat Rodney King. The footage was everywhere. It was the first video documenting excessive use of force