Thirty years ago today, the city of Los Angeles began experiencing some of the worst civil unrest in the United States in the last half century. It was all sparked when a largely white jury found four police officers not guilty in the video taped beating of black motorist Rodney King. CBS's Steve Futterman covered the trial and the riots. He looks back on today's "Reporter's Notebook."

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