1992- Los Angeles riot
The riot in Los Angeles occurred in Los Angeles County, California in 1992. The riot was first started in south Los Angeles and then spread out through the 6 amount of days the riot went on. This riot occurred between the dates April 29th and May 4th in 1992 and lasted 6 days. The cause or what sparked the riot was the reaction to acquittal of police officers on trial in beating of Rodney King.
On March 3, 1991, felon Rodney King led police on a high-speed chase through the streets of Los Angeles County before eventually surrendering. Intoxicated and uncooperative, he resisted arrest and was brutally beaten by police officers Laurence Powell, Theodore Briseno, and Timothy Wind. All together, 53 people were killed in Los Angeles. A strong majority of the respondents, 61 percent, said the nation was spending "too little" on improving the conditions of black Americans, up from 35 percent who expressed that view in 1988. And 63 percent said the Federal Government was not paying enough attention to the needs and problems of minorities, a striking increase from the 34 percent who felt that way four years ago. But 20 years after Los Angeles was swept up by riots despite much effort, they are no closer to a comprehensive understanding of their meaning than they were in the days and weeks afterward. They can, however, observe significant changes in the institutional and cultural landscape of South Central Los Angeles. In the wake of the riots, planners, politicians, investors and community leaders offered up good-hearted and ambitious proposals to alleviate the chronic problems of unemployment, poverty, poor health, social isolation and physical abuse at the hands of law enforcement agents. But very few of these proposals produced fundamental changes in South Central L.A., especially for its African-American residents; and ultimately the most enduring change in the area over the past two decades, the transformation from an infamous black ghetto to a predominantly Latino immigrant community, was never planned. In many respects the story of South Los Angeles since 1992 is a cautionary tale, one that reminds them of the limits of planning and policy-making in regions of extraordinary demographic dynamism.
Links to more information:
http://places.designobserver.com/feature/los-angeles-after-the-1992-riots/33178/
http://www.nytimes.com/1992/05/11/us/after-the-riots-los-angeles-riots-are-a-warning-americans-fear.html
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/riots-erupt-in-los-angeles
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Los_Angeles_riots
-I learned that 53 people were killed.
-There was a huge impact left on Los Angeles still to this day.
-I didn't think that this riot was caused because of a abused citizen.
On March 3, 1991, felon Rodney King led police on a high-speed chase through the streets of Los Angeles County before eventually surrendering. Intoxicated and uncooperative, he resisted arrest and was brutally beaten by police officers Laurence Powell, Theodore Briseno, and Timothy Wind. All together, 53 people were killed in Los Angeles. A strong majority of the respondents, 61 percent, said the nation was spending "too little" on improving the conditions of black Americans, up from 35 percent who expressed that view in 1988. And 63 percent said the Federal Government was not paying enough attention to the needs and problems of minorities, a striking increase from the 34 percent who felt that way four years ago. But 20 years after Los Angeles was swept up by riots despite much effort, they are no closer to a comprehensive understanding of their meaning than they were in the days and weeks afterward. They can, however, observe significant changes in the institutional and cultural landscape of South Central Los Angeles. In the wake of the riots, planners, politicians, investors and community leaders offered up good-hearted and ambitious proposals to alleviate the chronic problems of unemployment, poverty, poor health, social isolation and physical abuse at the hands of law enforcement agents. But very few of these proposals produced fundamental changes in South Central L.A., especially for its African-American residents; and ultimately the most enduring change in the area over the past two decades, the transformation from an infamous black ghetto to a predominantly Latino immigrant community, was never planned. In many respects the story of South Los Angeles since 1992 is a cautionary tale, one that reminds them of the limits of planning and policy-making in regions of extraordinary demographic dynamism.
Links to more information:
http://places.designobserver.com/feature/los-angeles-after-the-1992-riots/33178/
http://www.nytimes.com/1992/05/11/us/after-the-riots-los-angeles-riots-are-a-warning-americans-fear.html
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/riots-erupt-in-los-angeles
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Los_Angeles_riots
-I learned that 53 people were killed.
-There was a huge impact left on Los Angeles still to this day.
-I didn't think that this riot was caused because of a abused citizen.