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Mr. Hamill, ConorMr. Stevens, Karl
Compare and contrast the 1992 LA riots to the Watts neighborhood riots of 1965.
How are they similar in cause and outcome?
How do they reflect their time periods?
Who- Poor, jobless, urban residents What-Rioting
Looting Arson Theft Murder
Where- South Central Los Angeles When -April 29, 1992 – May 4, 1992 Why- Rodney King Powder Keg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgiR04ey7-M&feature=relatedchoas news http://www.youtube.com/user/Gerrit1231#p/u/3/xTT4GY3AWsw riots http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROn_9302UHg beating
http://iwanticewater.files.wordpress.com/2009/07http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/07/09/
Who - Poor, jobless, urban residents What-Rioting
Sniper Fire Arson Theft Murder
Where – Watts neighborhood Los Angeles California
When – August 11, 1965 – August 15, 1965
Why – Immediate reaction to interracial police brutality
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbElAfALWbM
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H58kU2Adzk4/SPddsi5dfnI/http://amciv.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/103rdstreet
Watts 1965 34 Dead Over 1,000 injured $40 million in
losses 1,000 buildings
destroyed 14,000 Nat Guard
deployed Over 4,000 arrests
LA 1992 53 Dead Over 2,000 injured $800 mil to $1 bill
in losses 3,600 fires 1,100 building
destroyed 8,000+ Nat Guard
deployed
Watts 1965 Tension in Watts
community and LAPD
Sparked by mistreatment and arrest of individuals
Uneven spread of wealth and power
LA 1992 Previous instances
of police brutality Sparked by unfair
verdict in King case
Uneven spread of wealth and power
Watts 1965 Fair housing Act Kerner Commission Symptoms are
treated but the problems remain
LA 1992 Dusk to Dawn
curfew Symptoms are
treated but the problems remain
Lack of trust in authority
Police officers fired (Rodney King)
Watts 1965 Before community
is looked down on After there was a
sense of pride within community
Racial tension prevailed
LA 1992 Corruption in
police force Poverty was
ignored Racial tension
prevailed
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