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The Guardian - UK
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Rodney King race riots: then and now

Rodney King riots: A Trak Auto shop burns on Washington Blvd, LA, April 1992
A Trak Auto shop burns on Washington Blvd, Los Angeles on 30 April 1992. Photograph: Ted Soqui/Corbis
Rodney King riots: Washington Blvd and Norton Avenue, 2012
Twenty years later, a Fish 2Go restaurant sits at the site on Washington Blvd and Norton Avenue. Photograph: Ted Soqui/Corbis
Rodney King riots: South central Los Angeles smoulders in 1992
A street in south central Los Angeles smoulders after the riots in April 1992. Photograph: Ted Soqui/Corbis
Rodney King riots: Adams Blvd near Crenshaw Avenue, Los Angeles, 2012
A skateboarder rides on the pavement on Adams Blvd near Crenshaw Avenue in 2012. Photograph: Ted Soqui/Corbis
Rodney King riots: A burning building at Union and 7th Street, 1992
Smoke biollows out of a building at Union and 7th Street in downtown LA on 29 April 1992. Photograph: Ted Soqui/Corbis
Rodney King riots: A building on 7th street and Union in the Pico/Union area of Los Angeles
The same building in the Pico/Union area in April 2012. Photograph: Ted Soqui/Corbis
Rodney King riots: The Pico/Union area of Los Angeles, 29 April 1992
This picture of the Pico/Union area of Los Angeles, taken on 29 April 1992, shows the devastation the area suffered. Photograph: Ted Soqui/Corbis
Rodney King riots: School on Olympic Blvd, near Albany, Los Angeles, April 2012
The same site on Olympic Blvd, near Albany, is home to a new school in 2012. Photograph: Ted Soqui/Corbis
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