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A former Los Angeles Police Department detective who was on the force during the 1992 Rodney King riots said that Democrat Mayor Karen Bass was too late in calling for law and order to be restored … ...

FILE - A Korean shopping mall burns in Los Angeles, April 30, 1992 on the second day of rioting in the city following the acquittal of four police officers for the 1991 beating of motorist Rodney ...