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The LA Riots began 25 years ago this week - here's how the city descended into total chaos

Veronika BondarenkoMay 2, 2017, 04:26 IST

In this Los Angeles, April 30, 1992 file photo, a National Guardsman stands next to a burned out business area at Vermont Avenue and Wilshire Boulevard during the second day of rioting in the city.AP Photo/David Longstreath

It's been 25 years since a jury's decision to acquit the four cops who violently tasered and beat up 25-year-old Rodney King during an arrest in Los Angeles.

The incident sparked a series of protests known as the LA Riots. Tensions between law enforcement and Angelenos bubbled over, and by the end of the five-day riots, at least 55 people had died.

At a time when similar racial tensions are again at the forefront of the national conversation, we take a look back. On Saturday, people in Los Angeles marched and held vigils to commemorate the outburst of violence that erupted throughout the city in 1992.

Here's what happened during the LA Riots: