“April 26th, 1992, there was a riot on the streets, tell me where were you!? You were sittin' home watchin' your TV, while I was paticipatin' in some anarchy,” these are the lyrics Sublime uses in their song ‘April 26, 1992’ to describe what happened during the Los Angeles Riots of 1992. “First spot we hit it was my liquor store. I finally got all that alcohol I can't afford. With red lights flashin' time to retire, And then we turned that liquor store into a structure fire,” people ,running through
The Los Angeles Riots of 1992 The Los Angeles riots were a release of pressure that had build up from the innocent charging of Officer Laurence M. Powell and other Police officers that "Used excessive force" on Rodney King on March 3, 1991, but that was not the only reason.(8) In the words of a singer singing about the riots "They said it was for the black man, they said it was for the Mexican, but not for the white man, but if you look at the streets it wasn't about Rodney King, It's bout this
The riots of 1992 in Los Angeles was a devastating situation which affected the community. Anna Deavere Smith was determined to tell the story about the LA Riots, in her book Twilight: Los Angeles, from the point of view of individuals who were affected. Anna Deavere Smith interviewed many individuals asking about how they experienced the 1992 LA Riots. I agree and disagree with many of these individuals but as I understand more on the events that occurred in Los Angeles in 1992, I will write letters
Twilight provides very little information about the effect after the riots. But Twilight Los Angeles 1992 is a useful tool or resource to understand the origins and experience of the Rodney King Riots in collaboration with historic knowledge and text. It effectively informs the reader of the two points in the previous sentence by enlightening the the audience on the social aspects surrounding the riot by using the personal stories of people in the community before, during, and after the riots.
The LA riots were justified due to the awareness it brought to the issues of police brutality, unfair racial discrimination and lack of social programs. Americans took to the street and rioting spiraled out of control for days, fueled by anger and the intention to prove that the beating of Rodney King would not be acceptable. On March 3, 1991, LAPD officers stop King, an African American man, after a high-speed chase through Los Angeles County. Police removed him from his car and struck King with
Korean-Americans rushed to Koreatown. As the riots started, they united and save what they could of Korean owned stores, restaurants and other businesses in both Koreatown and South Central from the mass looting and burning of angry mobs. At the California Market in Koreatown remained the most heavily guarded forces, over twenty armed men fighting off groups of mobs and looters. As a result of the riots 2,300 stores that were burned belonged to Korean Americans, amounting to 45 percent of all damages
On April 29, 1992 a series of riots and violent disturbances occurred in South Central Los Angeles, which then went to spread out to six different areas. These disturbances were in response to the verdict of the Rodney King Beating. People were furious that our city and leaders would allow police officers to to violently treat citizens like animals. Videos were shown where Rodney King was clearly tasered, hit with batons, and then tackled down. Although this historical event ma seem as if it has
The "1992 Los Angeles riots occurred on April 29th, 1992 at the intersection of Florence and Normandie in South Central Los Angeles"12, shortly after the acquittal of the four accused officers. The public was in awe after the acquittal of the officers, despite blatant video proof in defense of Rodney (George Holliday recorded video). The citizens revolted as a result as it was evident that the justice system was biased towards law enforcement. In other words, it "showed that African Americans could
In April 29, 1992 that's when the LA Riot started and I can say that it was such a terrible time. Lots of people got affected by that time and lots of things had happen . All of the terrible things that had happen because of the police brutality against African Americans people. For example, Rodney King was on a high- speed chase of 110 mph while being intoxicated, which led to his arrest and brutal beat. He tried to get away because he got scared of his revocation of parole and scared to go back
A perspective on this question comes from Anna Deavere Smith’s film Twilight: Los Angeles 1992. Smith explores different dynamics of the tragic and well-known historical event, the 1992 Los Angeles riots. The Los Angeles riots instigated when an African American named Rodney King was beaten by four police officers, who were later acquitted for the beating. The occurrence of the incident was inconspicuously video-taped and released to the Los Angeles community, which led to individuals becoming outraged
Riot: an organized physical action by a group of individuals. After viewing the films depicting the events that followed the Rodney King verdict I believe that the actions that followed should be categorized as a riot. I believe that these events were a riot because although the verdict was very unjust the actions that followed were completely out of proportion. For instance, although African Americans were very upset, the damage of buildings and businesses totaling more than $745 million in Los
The outrage over the acquittal led to the 1992 Los Angeles riots. The riots started when white truck driver, Reginald Denny, it pulled from his truck and beaten. The riots only escalated further from there. These riots were catastrophic and led to the death of more than 50 people and the injury of more than 2,000 people (Los Angeles Riots). The rioting only ended after troops were brought in. In America there has been a history of police treating black men unfairly and the Rodney King beating brought
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