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Difference in people killed and injured

In the 2nd paragraph the Rodney King acticle states that "The rioting lasted six days, during which 53 people were killed and 2,373 were injured;", referring to the 1992 Los Angeles riots. It provides no link for evidence. The wikipedia article on the 1992 Los Angeles riots states that 63 people died and 2383 people were injured and it does provide a reference to support it. Should the number of deaths and injured be changed to match that of the 1992 Los Angeles riots article? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:A446:3B7F:1:4903:8AF2:C1BC:C891 (talk) 08:25, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

RE: Lede

The lede is supposed to be a simple summary of the article body. More specific details, such as the fact that King was drunk, should be mentioned in the main body of the article--which it already is. DonQuixote (talk) 05:48, 19 October 2018 (UTC)

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