History: LAPD officers stood guard, as firefighters battled a blaze near 19th Street and Adams Boulevard in Los Angeles during the Rodney King riots. The officers were there to protect the firefighters from being recently shot at by snipers and drive-by-shooters. (April 30, 1992) [800 × 450]

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