Back Stories: Waiting For Word On The Rodney King Verdict

NEW YORK (WCBS 880) — In 1993, the beating of Rodney King became a local story for the entire country.

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As the federal civil rights trial drew to a close, people from LA to New York waited to hear the verdict.