When the Video Isn't Enough: How LA Fought Back After Rodney King—and What It Means for Minneapolis Today

It started with Rodney King—eighty-two seconds of video that should have changed everything but didn't. Thirty-four years later, after George Floyd and now events unfolding in Minneapolis, we're still asking: what happens after the cameras capture undeniable truth? Danny Goldberg was there in 1991 when an unlikely Los Angeles coalition fought to hold the LAPD accountable. His book Liberals with Attitude raises the question: is such cross-ideological cooperation even possible today? While this conversation touches on how communities can come together to demand accountability—issues dominating headlines—it was recorded just before the recent Minneapolis shootings. Get full access to Talk Cocktail Podcast at jeffschechtman.substack.com/subscribe