To get a better understanding of the events of the Revolutionary War, it is helpful to evaluate the strategies of the Continental army and the British army in the war and how they both planned to win. The battles and events that took place were often strategically planned with the hopes of gaining more control over a region, getting access to supplies and outmaneuvering the enemy all while trying to avoid as many casualties and military defeats as possible.
For the Rodney King riots to be elevated to institutional discrimination, there would need to be evidence that the LAPD trained or sanctioned its officers engaging in a policy of regularly using physical violence as a form of oppression against people of color in Los Angeles.
