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1992 Los Angeles Uprising

The 1992 Los Angeles uprising and its comparison to the January 6, 2021 U.S. Capitol Attack in terms of law-enforcement officer injuries.

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Jan 25, 2026
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How has the Insurrection Act been invoked historically and what legal challenges has it faced?

The has been a sporadically used but consequential statutory doorway for presidents to deploy federal troops on soil — invoked about 30 times across 230 years and most recently in 1992 during the riot...

Jan 14, 2026

How does the number of injured federal officers on January 6 2021 compare to other major US riots?

The January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol resulted in roughly 140 law-enforcement officers being reported injured, with about 15 hospitalized and many reporting long-term traumatic and psychologi...