(CNN) — Here’s a look at the 1992 riots in Los Angeles. The riots stemmed from the acquittal of four white Los Angeles Police Department officers in the beating of black motorist Rodney King in 1991.

CNN, TMZ and other media outlets are reporting that Rodney King is dead at 47. King is the black motorist whose beating by white Los Angeles police officers was videotaped in 1991. Four officers were ...