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The 1992 Los Angeles riots (also called the South Central riots, Rodney King riots, or the 1992 Los Angeles uprising) [5] [6] were a series of riots and civil disturbances that occurred in Los Angeles County, California, United States, during April and May 1992.
The outrage resulting from the acquittal of these police officers was the principal cause of the 1992 Los Angeles riots. [1] Born in 1953 in Lansing, Michigan, [2] [1] Reginald Oliver Denny was a 39-year-old truck driver at the time of the attack. [3] His parents moved to Sylmar, Los Angeles, when he was a child. [4]
"Rooftop Koreans" Rooftop Koreans or Roof Koreans refer to the Korean American business owners and residents during the 1992 Los Angeles riots who armed themselves and took to the rooftops of local businesses to defend themselves.
Read CNN’s Fast Facts on the 1992 LA Riots. The riots stemmed from the acquittal of LAPD officers in the Rodney King beating.
If the Rodney King trial verdict proved an agonizing event for the Black community, the riots that began on April 29, 1992, were equally so for Korean Americans.
OPINION: The city burned for six days over tensions between Black residents and police. Today, law enforcement in Los Angeles is still viewed with distrust. The post 30 years after the 1992 Los ...
Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982–1992 is a deep examination of a tumultuous decade in the city of Los Angeles, starting with the death of James Mincey Jr. and continuing through the 1984 Summer Olympics; the rise of street gangs; the crack epidemic; the death of Karen Toshima; Operation Hammer; the raid at 39th and Dalton; the beating of Rodney King; the death of Latasha Harlins; and the trial ...
Those tensions were later interpreted by some members of the public and activists as being one of the catalysts for the 1992 Los Angeles riots. The Los Angeles mayor's office estimated that 65 percent of all businesses vandalized during the riots were Korean-owned. [26] [27] [28] On August 17, 1991, while Du was awaiting trial, a small fire ...