Today, we confront a searing episode that laid bare the deep-seated tensions of race, policing, and justice in America: the Rodney King incident and the 1992 Los Angeles Riots. We'll delve into the brutal beating of Rodney King by LAPD officers, captured on a now-infamous videotape, and the shocking acquittal of those officers that ignited an explosion of civil unrest, violence, and destruction across Los Angeles. Join us as we examine the complex factors that led to these events and their enduring impact on conversations about systemic racism, police accountability, and community relations that continue to resonate today. This episode was produced by Grade 12 Student Jada Nyanor has part of her CHY4U World History course RST. In this assignment students needed to select and research a topic from 1950-Present that was in either in Billy Joel's or Fallout Boy's "We Didn't Start the Fire" (1989 or 2024)