Why were many people in Los Angeles outraged with the political institutions of their city when the Rodney King issue surfaced?
a. The mayor of Los Angeles would not fire the police chief.
b. The Los Angeles police chief physically abused an African American motorist but was acquitted of allcharges
c. The Los Angeles charter did not allow the relatively weak mayor to remove the police chief.
d. Rodney King was fired by the police chief for playing solitaire on his office computer without being issued anyprior warnings.
c
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A) WTO? B) ?GATT C) ?IMF D) ?World Bank E) ?International Criminal Court
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a. single-member district b. pure at-large c. council d. at-large place e. commission
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a. Progressive Era b. World War I c. New Deal d. World War II