Remembering the Rodney King Uprising Twenty Three Years Later

April 29, 2015 marks twenty three years since the beginning of one of the largest urban uprisings in US American history.  For several days after a Simi Valley jury let the Los Angeles police officers who beat and tasered Rodney King go free, residents throughout LA county expressed frustration, anger and sadness; marched, walked, and fought back against systems of arbitrary state power and inequality.  Some Anarres Project contributors reflect on this day. Continue reading “Remembering the Rodney King Uprising Twenty Three Years Later”