Wednesday, April 29th, 1992, the city of Los Angeles was scarred by the worst riots it had seen in decades. A year earlier, on March 3rd, 1991, 25-year-old Black construction worker Rodney King led a high-speed chase through San Fernando Valley. In a violent...
October 22nd, 2008, 300 law enforcement officers fanned out across the San Francisco Bay area. Using armored trucks, sixteen separate SWAT teams raided the homes of those affiliated with the notorious Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang in the Mission District. After...