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Today Is The 23rd Anniversary of the Rodney King Riots. Obama Is Right, Not Much Has Changed

by ThaddeuDobbie Posted on April 29, 2015

Mother Jones

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Speaking from the White House on Tuesday, President Obama told reporters that the tensions between Baltimore residents and local police were “not new, and we shouldn’t pretend that it’s new.”

He’s right. Wednesday is the twenty-third anniversary of the riots that followed the acquittal of four white police officers accused of beating Rodney King.

“Why does it take a catastrophe like this in order for America to hear our cry?” one demonstrator asked an MSNBC reporter on Tuesday.

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Americans Are More Concerned About Racism Than at Anytime Since Rodney King

by silvermega-1989 Posted on December 19, 2014

Mother Jones

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Gallup

A new poll conducted by Gallup found that 13 percent of Americans believe racism is the country’s most important problem, up from just 1 percent in November. It’s the highest that number has been since the Rodney King verdict in 1992.

The sharp rise follows national outrage and a wave of protests that swept the nation in response to the failure by two separate grand juries to indict two white officers who killed two black men, Eric Garner and Michael Brown.

According to the data published Friday, nonwhites are more than twice as likely as whites to call race relations/racism the country’s most important problem:

Gallup

The latest poll echoes recent studies revealing similar sentiments, including worsening race relations and a growing distrust of law enforcement officers among Americans. As for the latter, however, Gallup found in a poll published earlier this week that while trust in police by nonwhites has plummeted by 22 percent, whites’ views on the issue have barely changed.

Gallup

As for the most important problem facing the nation, that’s still the government, which leads racism by 2 points.

Correction: The original version of this story misstated the last time so many Americans viewed racism as the nation’s biggest problem; it was after the Rodney King verdict, not his death.

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