Omar Wasow was studying race and politics at Stanford University when on April 29, 1992, a jury acquitted the police officers who beat Rodney King of almost all charges. For nearly a week, Los Angeles was on fire,

National Guard troops have hit the streets in Washington, D.C., and are now patrolling at President Trump's direction.

U.S. residents have criticized the deployment of National Guard troops and federal agents to Washington D.C. streets, after President Donald Trump declared a public safety emergency that stripped cont