Young LAPD cops' work shaped by Rodney King riots

By Richard Winton and Cindy Chang Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES — Officer Nancy Rodriguez is far too young to have been on duty during the 1992 Los Angeles riots. Her most vivid memory of that time is of a pink party dress. She was 4 years old. She had recently worn the dress to her birthday party. It was at a dry cleaner near her home in South Los Angeles, and she never saw it again. Rioters set the business on fire. Her parents kept her indoors, and she did not learn the...