query: When were the Los Angeles riots?

title: 1992 Los Angeles riots

text: 1992 Los Angeles riots The 1992 Los Angeles riots (also known as the Rodney King riots, the South Central riots, the 1992 Los Angeles civil disturbance, the 1992 Los Angeles civil unrest, the 1992 Los Angeles Uprising, and the Battle of Los Angeles) were a series of riots, lootings, arsons, and civil disturbances that occurred in Los Angeles County, California in April and May 1992. The unrest began in South Central Los Angeles on April 29, after a trial jury acquitted four officers of the Los Angeles Police Department for usage of excessive force in the arrest and beating of

title: 1992 Los Angeles riots

text: 77% felt that the economic situation in Los Angeles had significantly worsened since 1992. From 1992–2007, the black population dropped by 123,000, while the Latino population grew more than 450,000. According to the Los Angeles police statistics, violent crime fell by 76% between 1992 and 2010, which has been a period of declining crime across the country. It was accompanied by lessening tensions between racial groups. 60% of residents reported racial tension has improved in the past 20 years, and gang activity has decreased. Simultaneous 1992 riots: Previous Los Angeles riots: Ethnic groups: 1992 Los Angeles riots The 1992 Los

title: 1992 Los Angeles riots

text: massive number of civil liberties being violated by law enforcement, federal, state, or city during and after the riots, have been unaddressed years later, due to a "conspiracy of silence", especially with the claims made by the Los Angeles Police Department that they would make reforms. The rioting was also different due to in 1965, there being a unified protest by all minorities living in Watts and South Central, resulting in the Watts Riots. Whereas in 1992, there were dis-unified uproars between the minorities, resulting in the destruction and looting of many racial and ethnic business, due to a deliberate

title: 1992 Los Angeles riots in popular culture

text: and helped to save some of its victims. Down A Different Route is dedicated in memory of the 53 victims who were killed during the civil unrest. 1992 Los Angeles riots in popular culture This article lists examples of the ongoing influence on popular culture of the 1992 Los Angeles riots. The Sheldon L. McCormick 2006 novel, "Tales of Tyrone" features a two part chapter, entitled, "Skirmish Line" in which the protagonist, Tyrone, gets caught up in the middle of the rioting while working as an armed private security guard. McCormick's third novel, "Down A Different Route" published in 2010,

title: 1992 Los Angeles riots

text: Edward Park the 1992 violence stimulated a new wave of political activism among Korean-Americans, but it also split them into two camps. The liberals sought to unite with other minorities in Los Angeles to fight against racial oppression and scapegoating. The conservatives emphasized law and order and generally favored the economic and social policies of the Republican Party. The conservatives tended to emphasize the political differences between Koreans and other minorities, specifically African Americans. An article from the Los Angeles Times on June 18, 1991 highlights the growing violence prior to the riots. "Other recent incidents include the May 25

text: 1992 Los Angeles riots in popular culture This article lists examples of the ongoing influence on popular culture of the 1992 Los Angeles riots. The Sheldon L. McCormick 2006 novel, "Tales of Tyrone" features a two part chapter, entitled, "Skirmish Line" in which the protagonist, Tyrone, gets caught up in the middle of the rioting while working as an armed private security guard. McCormick's third novel, "Down A Different Route" published in 2010, features the main hero in the novel, Charlie "Champion" Plate, an armed security guard and former welterweight boxer and his friends, caught up in the 1992 riots

title: Crime in Los Angeles

text: the worst in the country, became the site of many police raids. Previously unknown gangs were growing and new ones were emerging. The rap music genre, TV shows and movies portrayed that part of Los Angeles as a no-go zone and a highly violent area. The 1992 Los Angeles Riots, also known as the Rodney King uprising or the Rodney King riots, were sparked on April 29, 1992 when a jury acquitted four police officers accused in the videotaped violent and brutal beating of black motorist Rodney King when he allegedly resisted arrest following a high-speed car chase. Thousands in

title: Center for the Study of Los Angeles

text: overall perceived attitudes and concerns towards the city of Los Angeles. The CSLA Riots Anniversary Survey is conducted every 5th anniversary marking the L.A. riots and disturbances of 1992. The Riots Anniversary Survey provides data on LA residents' perceptions of race/ethnic relations, the Los Angeles Police Department, local government and neighborhood relations, the likelihood for future riots to occur, the overall direction of Los Angeles, and Los Angeles resident quality of life. Center for the Study of Los Angeles The Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Center for the Study of Los Angeles (StudyLA) is a non-profit, non-partisan education and research institute

title: 1992 Los Angeles riots

text: rounds being sprayed into the house. Remarkably, neither the suspect nor the woman and children inside the house were harmed. Although Mayor Bradley lifted the curfew, signaling the official end of the riots, sporadic violence and crime continued for a few days afterward. Schools, banks, and businesses reopened. Federal troops did not stand down until May 9. The Army National Guard remained until May 14. Some National Guardsmen remained as late as May 27. Many Korean Americans in Los Angeles refer to the event as Sa-I-Gu, meaning "four-two-nine" in Korean, in reference to April 29, 1992, which was the day

title: Los Angeles Police Department

text: by LAPD Officer Douglas Iversen as he was driving away from a service station in South Central. Iversen was charged with second degree murder, and two separate juries were deadlocked on the charge. The case was dismissed by a judge. Daniels' family received a $1.2 million settlement after filing a lawsuit against the City of Los Angeles. The Los Angeles riots of 1992, also known as the Rodney King uprising or the Rodney King riots, began on April 29, 1992, when a jury acquitted four LAPD police officers accused in the videotaped beating of an African American Rodney King following

title: 1992 Los Angeles riots

text: feeling of frustration and powerlessness in the urban populace. They reacted to the King verdicts with a violent expression of collective public protest. To Davis and other writers, the tensions between African-Americans and Korean-Americans had as much to do with the economic competition between the two groups caused by wider market forces as with either cultural misunderstandings, or blacks angered about the killing of Latasha Harlins. Davis pointed out that the 1992 Los Angeles Riots are still remembered, and 20 years or so have gone by, and not many changes have occurred. Conditions of economic disproportion, as well as a

title: Los Angeles Clippers

text: first winning season in 13 years. For the first time since moving to Los Angeles, they finished with a better record than the crosstown Los Angeles Lakers. The Clippers advanced to the playoffs for the first time in 16 years (since the franchise's Buffalo heyday), but were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs by the Utah Jazz, 3–2. Due to the late April 1992 Los Angeles riots, the Anaheim Convention Center was the site of Game 4 of the series, which the Clippers won. The team made the playoffs again in the 1992–93 season with a 41–41 record,

title: Los Angeles Sentinel

text: Los Angeles Sentinel The Los Angeles Sentinel is a weekly African-American-owned newspaper published in Los Angeles, California. The paper boasts of reaching 125,000 readers , making it one of the oldest, largest and most influential African-American newspaper in the Western United States. The "Sentinel" was also noted for their coverage of the changing African American daily life experience in the post-1992 Los Angeles Riots era. The "Sentinel" was founded in 1933 by Col. Leon H. Washington Jr. for black readers. Since that time, the newspaper has been considered a staple of black life in Los Angeles. The paper mainly focuses

title: Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992

text: Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 is a one-woman play written and originally performed by American actress, playwright and professor Anna Deavere Smith about the 1992 Los Angeles riots. The original Broadway production opened at the Cort Theatre in New York City on April 17, 1994 and ran for 72 performances. The play is composed of a series of monologues by real people connected directly and indirectly to the riots; the text of the monologues is taken verbatim from interviews that Smith had conducted with them. The subjects/characters of the play include public officials like LAPD chief Daryl

title: The Town House (Los Angeles)

text: to the Sheraton-Town House. From the 1960s through the 1980s, the area around Lafayette Park became less desirable and more dangerous and after the 1992 Los Angeles Riots, the hotel finally closed in February 1993. It was later converted and reopened in 2001 as low-income housing. The Town House was designated a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument in 1994 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and in 1997. Other registered historic sites within one block of the Town House include the Bryson Apartment Hotel, Bullocks Wilshire, the Felipe de Neve branch of the Los Angeles Public Library

title: History of African Americans in Los Angeles

text: a maximum prison sentence of 16-years. However, trial judge, Joyce Karlin, sentenced Du five years of probation, four hundred hours of community service, and a $500 fine. When four Los Angeles Police Department officers were acquitted of charges associated with the beating of Rodney King, the decision led to the 1992 Los Angeles riots. The trial of the O. J. Simpson murder case took place in 1994. Philip Garcia, a population specialist and the assistant director of institutional research for California State University, stated that a group of communities in South Los Angeles became African-American by the 1950s and 1960s.

title: Center for the Study of Los Angeles

text: approach" to accurately sample voters in the city of Los Angeles. Research conducted at the Center has shown that the city of Los Angeles is racially segregated, thus voters are more likely voting in racially homogenous precincts. The key component to the stratified approach is the selection of racially and ethnically homogenous precincts throughout the city of Los Angeles. The Center has conducted exit polls for the 2005 mayoral election, 2008 presidential election, and 2010 gubernatorial election. In observance of the Los Angeles riots and disturbances of 1992, CSLA sponsors cross-sectional phone surveys of Los Angeles residents to study their

title: Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982–1992

text: Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982–1992 Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982–1992 is a 2017 American documentary film directed by John Ridley about the decade preceding and including the 1992 Los Angeles riots (also known as the Rodney King riots). It was produced by Lincoln Square Productions, a subsidiary of ABC News, and was released in theaters in Los Angeles and New York on April 21, 2017. A shorter version aired on ABC on April 28, 2017. The film has received critical acclaim. "Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982–1992" is a deep examination of a tumultuous decade in the city

title: 2011–12 Los Angeles arson attacks

text: September 16, 2016. Eight members of the 12-member jury thought Burkhart was insane. The next court date is October 13, 2016. On March 5, 2018, after deliberating for five hours, a Downtown Los Angeles jury found him sane at the time of the arson. 2011–12 Los Angeles arson attacks The 2011–2012 Los Angeles arson attacks were a series of fires started on December 29, 2011 in Los Angeles, California. It was the worst case of arson reported in the area since the 1992 Los Angeles riots. Harry Burkhart, then 24, who was wanted in Germany on suspicion of burning down

title: 2011–12 Los Angeles arson attacks

text: 2011–12 Los Angeles arson attacks The 2011–2012 Los Angeles arson attacks were a series of fires started on December 29, 2011 in Los Angeles, California. It was the worst case of arson reported in the area since the 1992 Los Angeles riots. Harry Burkhart, then 24, who was wanted in Germany on suspicion of burning down his home, was charged in Los Angeles in January 2012 with 28 counts of arson of property and nine counts of arson of an inhabited structure. Prosecutors said that Burkhart was "motivated by rage against Americans" and sought to terrorize as many people as

title: Picfair Village, Los Angeles

text: historic Picfair Theater which opened in 1941 but was burnt down during the 1992 LA riots. In November 2004, Picfair Village was named as one of "Los Angeles" magazine's "10 Most Overlooked Neighborhoods in Los Angeles." In January 2007, the Los Angeles Times said Picfair Village is "on its way to becoming L.A.'s next trendy place to live and play." Picfair Village, Los Angeles Picfair Village is a residential district in the Westside of the city of Los Angeles, California. Picfair Village's boundaries are Pico Boulevard on the north, Hauser Boulevard on the east, Venice Boulevard on the south, and

title: West Las Vegas riots

text: under Interstate 15 to keep rioters from crossing out of West Las Vegas and into the downtown area. After the riots, $6 million in property was damaged and the tensions with the police lasted the next 18 days. West Las Vegas riots The West Las Vegas riots were sparked on April 29, 1992, after the Rodney King verdict, where all four white Los Angeles Police Department officers were acquitted for the beating of Rodney King in Los Angeles, California. After the Los Angeles riots were sparked, Black residents of West Las Vegas had already started to loot and burned several

title: 1992 Los Angeles riots

text: riots. Because many ethnic groups were affected, the 1992 LA riots later were called "America's First Multiethnic 'Riots.'" A major criticism of the mainstream media coverage was the pitting of Koreans and blacks against one another and the framing of the LA riots has having been caused by a black-Korean conflict. As filmmaker Dai Sil Kim-Gibson, who created the 1993 documentary "Sa-I-Gu", described, "Black-Korean conflict was one symptom, but it was certainly not the cause of that riot. The cause of that riot was black-white conflict that existed in this country from the establishment of this country." The rioting ended

title: Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982–1992

text: Documentary. The film also received an Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award, a Sigma Delta Chi Award from the Society of Professional Journalists, and a Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award from the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights. It received nominations for the 39th News & Documentary Emmy Awards, for Outstanding Historical Documentary and Outstanding Research. Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982–1992 Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982–1992 is a 2017 American documentary film directed by John Ridley about the decade preceding and including the 1992 Los Angeles riots (also known as the Rodney King riots). It was

title: Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles

text: Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles The Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles (KCCLA) is operated by the South Korean government’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism. KCCLA’s mission is to broaden Korea-U.S. relations through cultural and educational activities. KCCLA is located in Los Angeles, California 1980: Korean Cultural Center of Los Angeles was founded on April 11, 1980. 1992: The area around was burned in the Rodney King riots, while the Center was protected by armed guards. 2001: Reopening of remodeled KCCLA Library on May 24, 2001 2006: Collaborated organization with the Korean Government’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism, and the Korean

title: Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles

text: Culture & Content Agency. Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles The Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles (KCCLA) is operated by the South Korean government’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism. KCCLA’s mission is to broaden Korea-U.S. relations through cultural and educational activities. KCCLA is located in Los Angeles, California 1980: Korean Cultural Center of Los Angeles was founded on April 11, 1980. 1992: The area around was burned in the Rodney King riots, while the Center was protected by armed guards. 2001: Reopening of remodeled KCCLA Library on May 24, 2001 2006: Collaborated organization with the Korean Government’s Ministry of Culture and

title: Los Angeles Airport Police

text: projects; the 1984 Olympics; the 1991 Gulf War; the 1992 Los Angeles Riots; and, most notably, the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. A substantial increases in authorized strength was connected to the 1984 Olympics. The organization more than doubled in size between 1999 and 2005, from slightly over 400 personnel to over 900. The Los Angeles Airport Police, as of May 2007, is the largest airport police agency in the United States and the fourth largest law enforcement agency in Los Angeles County, with over 1100 personnel, including over 450 sworn officers. In addition to LAX, Airport Police members are

title: Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992

text: considered trailblazers in a genre that has become known as verbatim theatre. "Twilight" was nominated for the 1994 Tony Award for Best Play, losing to ""; and Smith was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play, losing to Diana Rigg in "Medea". Smith recreated her role in a in 2000 directed by Marc Levin. Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 is a one-woman play written and originally performed by American actress, playwright and professor Anna Deavere Smith about the 1992 Los Angeles riots. The original Broadway production opened at the Cort Theatre in New

title: First Unitarian Church of Los Angeles

text: 8th Street in Los Angeles. Located on the border between the Koreatown and Westlake neighborhoods of Los Angeles, and three blocks from the LA Metro stop at Wilshire and Vermont, First Church serves a racially and economically diverse population. The neighborhood around First Church was engulfed in the 1992 Los Angeles riots that followed the Rodney King beating in 1991. In response, First Church and other Unitarian Universalist churches in the greater Los Angeles area founded the Unitarian Universalist Urban Ministry offering social service programs that continue to this day under the name Urban Partners Los Angeles. The church was

title: West Las Vegas riots

text: West Las Vegas riots The West Las Vegas riots were sparked on April 29, 1992, after the Rodney King verdict, where all four white Los Angeles Police Department officers were acquitted for the beating of Rodney King in Los Angeles, California. After the Los Angeles riots were sparked, Black residents of West Las Vegas had already started to loot and burned several stores. Gun battles had started with snipers at intersections and one white motorist was pulled from his vehicle and beaten. The violence occurred just 7 miles away from the Las Vegas Strip. Las Vegas police officers placed buses

title: History of Los Angeles

text: tens of thousands of Koreans, as well as even larger numbers of Hispanic workers. Many entrepreneurs opened small businesses, and were hard hit by the 1992 Los Angeles riots. More recently, L.A.'s Koreatown has been perceived to have experienced declining political power secondary to re-districting and an increased crime rate, prompting an exodus of Koreans from the area. After the riots many relocated to the San Francisco Bay Area. According to Park (1998) the violence against Korean Americans in 1992 stimulated a new wave of political activism among Korean Americans, but it also split them into two main camps. The

title: SportsChannel Los Angeles

text: Cencom Cable Associates (which served parts of the western San Gabriel Valley, including Pasadena) and Paragon Cable (covering the suburbs of Torrance and Garden Grove), which decided to drop the network altogether. In addition, the network's decision to operate as a pay service caused some complaints from viewers, none more so than on May 3, 1992, after it became a part-time premium channel. Because of the riots that rocked Los Angeles following the acquittal of officers involved in the brutal beating of Rodney King, an NBA Playoff game between the Los Angeles Clippers and Utah Jazz was moved to the

title: Vermont Knolls, Los Angeles

text: of the 1992 Los Angeles riots, the 165-acre Vermont/Manchester Recovery Redevelopment Project was adopted by CRA/LA on May 14, 1996. The project area included Vermont Avenue between 79th and 89th streets. In 1999, "Designs for Development Guidelines" were adopted for a proposed 100,000-square foot mixed used shopping center . The "Vermont Entertainment Village" at Vermont and Manchester Avenues officially broke ground in April 2015. A year later, development had not progressed until 2017 when the plan was converted into a boarding school and transit hub. A total of 20,616 people lived in Vermont Knolls's 1.14 square miles, according to the

title: 1992 Los Angeles riots

text: Angeles", also colloquially known as the "Webster Report" or "Webster Commission", was released on October 21, 1992. LAPD chief of police Daryl Gates, who had seen his successor Willie L. Williams named by the Police Commission days before the riots, was forced to resign on June 28, 1992. Some areas of the city saw temporary truces between the rival gangs the Crips and the Bloods, which fueled speculation among LAPD officers that the truce was going to be used to unite them against the department. In addition to the catalyst of the verdicts in the excessive force trial, various other

title: 1992 Los Angeles Dodgers season

text: 1992 Los Angeles Dodgers season The 1992 Los Angeles Dodgers season was a poor one for the team as it finished last in the Western Division of the National League with a record of 63 wins and 99 losses. Despite boasting what was nicknamed the "Outfield of Dreams", being manned by Eric Davis, Brett Butler, and Darryl Strawberry, injuries to key players and slumps from others contributed to the franchise's worst season since moving to Los Angeles. Additionally, the Dodgers cancelled four home games during the season due to the L.A. Riots. Despite the poor finish, the Dodgers had some

title: LGBT culture in Los Angeles

text: elections, Tom Bradley was elected due to support from a left-leaning coalition that included LGBT groups. The 1992 Los Angeles Riots caused the coalition to disintegrate. In 1993, Michael Woo, who was a member of the Los Angeles City Council, was the preferred choice since Bradley did not seek re-election as Mayor of Los Angeles. Woo got 40% of the votes from those who identified as gay or lesbian, compared to a third candidate who received 27% and Richard Riordan, who received 11%. In the runoff election, Woo received 72% of the votes from those who identified as gay and

title: 1992 Los Angeles riots

text: removed merchandise from shelves, and they fortified storefronts with extra Plexiglas and bars. Throughout the region, merchants readied to defend themselves. College student Elizabeth Hwang spoke of the attacks on her parents' convenience store in 1992. She said at the time of the 1993 trial, they had been armed with a Glock 17 pistol, a Beretta, and a shotgun, and they planned to barricade themselves in their store to fight off looters. Some Koreans formed armed militia groups following the 1992 riots. Speaking just prior to the 1993 verdict, Yong Kim, leader of the Korea Young Adult Team of Los

title: 1992 Los Angeles riots

text: merchants were apparently targeted by looters during the LA. Riots, according to the FBI official who directed federal law enforcement efforts during the disturbance." The Korean American newspaper focused on the 1992 riots with Korean Americans being the center of the violence. Initial articles from late April and early May were about the stories depicting victims lives and the damage done to the LA Korean Community. Interviews with Koreatown merchants, such as Chung Lee, drew sympathy from its readers. Chung Lee, the model example of good merchant watched, helplessly, as his store was burned down. "I worked hard for that

title: 1992 Los Angeles riots

text: was majority African-American and Hispanic. Fewer than half of all the riot arrests and a third of those killed during the violence were Hispanic. This caused the Emergency Broadcast System and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to do an Activation on April 30, 1992 on KCAL-TV In the week before the Rodney King verdicts were reached, Los Angeles police chief Daryl Gates set aside $1 million for possible police overtime. Even so, on the last day of the trial, two-thirds of the LAPD's patrol captains were out of town in Ventura, California, on the first day of a three-day

title: History of Los Angeles International Airport

text: violence and cleanup after the 1992 Los Angeles Riots over the Rodney King beating. The airport closed again as a 2-hour pre-caution on January 17, 1994 after the Northridge earthquake. In 1996, a $29 million, air traffic control tower was built near the Theme Building. In 2000, before Los Angeles hosted the Democratic National Convention, fifteen glass pylons up to ten stories high were placed in a circle around the intersection of Sepulveda Boulevard and Century Boulevard, with more pylons of decreasing height following Century Boulevard eastward, evoking a sense of departure and arrival. Conceived by the designers at Selbert

title: 1992 Los Angeles riots

text: parking lot with about 20 armed employees. One year after the riots, fewer than one in four damaged or destroyed businesses had reopened, according to the survey conducted by the Korean-American Inter-Agency Council. According to a "Los Angeles Times" survey conducted eleven months after the riots, almost 40% of Korean Americans said they were thinking of leaving Los Angeles. Before a verdict was issued in the new 1993 Rodney King federal civil rights trial against the four officers, Korean shop owners prepared for the worst. Gun sales went up, many to persons of Korean descent, some merchants at flea markets

title: 1992 Los Angeles riots

text: reign of ignorance plaguing the Los Angeles metropolitan area. A Special Committee of the California Legislature also studied the riots, producing a report entitled "To Rebuild is Not Enough". The Committee concluded that the inner city conditions of poverty, racial segregation, lack of educational and employment opportunities, police abuse and unequal consumer services created the underlying causes of the riots. It also noted that the decline of industrial jobs in the American economy and the growing ethnic diversity of Los Angeles had contributed to urban problems. Another official report, "The City in Crisis", was initiated by the Los Angeles Board

title: 1992 Los Angeles riots

text: every five minutes; no response." At a shopping center several miles north of Koreatown, Jay Rhee, who said he and others fired five hundred shots into the ground and air, said, "We have lost our faith in the police. Where were you when we needed you?" Koreatown was isolated from South Central Los Angeles, yet despite this, it was the most severely damaged in the riots. One of the largest armed camps in Los Angeles's Koreatown was at the California Market. On the first night after the officers' verdicts were returned, Richard Rhee, the market owner, set up in the

title: 1992 Los Angeles riots

text: deterioration of South Central to the declining living conditions of the residents, and reported that local resentments about these conditions helped to fuel the riots. Other scholars compare these riots to those in Detroit in the 1920s, when whites rioted against blacks. But instead of African-Americans as victims, the race riots "represent backlash violence in response to recent Latino and Asian immigration into African-American neighborhoods." Social commentator Mike Davis pointed to the growing economic disparity in Los Angeles, caused by corporate restructuring and government deregulation, with inner city residents bearing the brunt of such changes. Such conditions engendered a widespread

title: 1992 Los Angeles riots

text: 63 people were killed, 2,383 people were injured, and more than 12,000 were arrested. LAPD chief of police Daryl Gates, who had already announced his resignation by the time of the riots, was attributed with much of the blame. On the evening of March 3, 1991, Rodney King and two passengers were driving west on the Foothill Freeway (I-210) through the Lake View Terrace neighborhood of Los Angeles. The California Highway Patrol (CHP) attempted to initiate a traffic stop. A high-speed pursuit ensued with speeds estimated at up to , along freeways and then through residential neighborhoods. When King stopped,

title: 1992 Los Angeles riots

text: Angeles. In part because of extensive media coverage of the Los Angeles riots, smaller but similar riots and other anti-police actions took place in other cities throughout the United States. The Emergency Broadcast System was also utilized during the rioting. Coverage came from the American media, which gave an extensive portrayal of the riots, Korean-American media, and Korea itself. One of the most prominent sources for news about the coverage came from the "Korea Times", a Korean-American newspaper run entirely independently from American newspapers, such as "The New York Times". Articles presented from the Korean-American side stated that "Korean American

title: 1992 Los Angeles riots

text: communities significantly worsened after this, and the former became increasingly mistrustful of the criminal justice system. Racial tensions had been simmering for years between these groups. Many African Americans were angry toward a growing Korean migrant community in South Central Los Angeles earning a living in their communities, and felt disrespected and humiliated by many Korean merchants. Cultural differences and a language barrier further fueled tensions. The probation Du received for killing Latasha Harlins, combined with the acquittal of the four LAPD officers in Rodney King's trial, resulted in the ensuing Los Angeles riots, with much anger directed at Koreans.

title: 1992 Los Angeles riots

text: Los Angeles riots, storekeeper Soon Ja Du physically confronted black ninth-grader Latasha Harlins, grabbing her sweater and backpack when she suspected she had been trying to steal a bottle of orange juice from Empire Liquor, the store Du's family owned in Compton. After Latasha hit Du, Du shot her in the back of the head, killing her. (Security tape showed the girl, already dead, was clutching $2 in her hand when investigators arrived.) Du was convicted of voluntary manslaughter and forced to pay a fine of $500, but not sentenced to any prison time. Relations between the African-American and Korean

title: 1992 Los Angeles riots

text: a report prepared in 1993 by the Latinos Futures Research Group for the Latino Coalition for a New Los Angeles, one third of those who were killed and one half of those who were arrested in the riots were Latino; moreover, between 20% and 40% of the businesses that were looted were owned by Latino owners. Hispanics were considered a minority despite their increasing numbers, and thus lacked political support and were poorly represented. Their lack of knowledge, both socially and politically, within the area additionally silenced their acknowledgment of participation. Many of the individuals of the area were new

title: 1992 Los Angeles riots

text: A total of 63 people died during the riots, including nine who were killed by law enforcement personnel and one who was killed by Guardsmen. As many as 2,383 people were reported injured. Estimates of the material losses vary between about $800 million and $1 billion. Approximately 3,600 fires were set, destroying 1,100 buildings, with fire calls coming once every minute at some points. Widespread looting also occurred. Rioters targeted stores owned by Koreans and other ethnic Asians, reflecting tensions between them and the African-American communities. Many of the disturbances were concentrated in South Central Los Angeles, where the population

title: Los Angeles Streetcar

text: are largely ignored. There were many conflicts stemming from racial tensions in the network of Los Angeles streetcars. An example of a racial confrontation was when three white sailors harassed a Mexican couple on the streetcar in Watts. During the Zoot Suit Riots servicemen targeted streetcars and searched for Mexican and black youths. White ushers on the streetcar will give African-Americans unfair seating. Los Angeles Streetcar The Los Angeles Streetcar is a planned, partly-funded electric streetcar that would return a single route to Downtown Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Railway streetcar system served the area in the earlier part of

title: 1992 Los Angeles riots

text: Rodney King, which had been videotaped and widely viewed in TV broadcasts. The rioting spread throughout the Los Angeles metropolitan area, as thousands of people rioted over a six-day period following the announcement of the verdict. Widespread looting, assault, arson, and murder occurred during the riots, and estimates of property damage were over $1 billion. With local police overwhelmed in controlling the situation, Governor Pete Wilson sent in the California Army National Guard, and President George H. W. Bush deployed the 7th Infantry Division and the 1st Marine Division. After that, order and peace were restored throughout L.A. County, but

title: 1992 Los Angeles riots

text: within the community, and second-generation children spoke on behalf of the community. Korean Americans began to have different occupation goals, from storeowners to political leaders. Korean Americans worked to gain governmental aid to rebuild their damaged neighborhoods. Countless community and advocacy groups have been established to further fuel Korean political representation and understanding. After suffering from isolation, they worked to gain new understanding and connections. The representative voice that was created remains present in South Central Los Angeles, as such events as the riots contributed to the shaping of identities, perceptions and political and social representation. Edward Taehan Chang, a

title: 1992 Los Angeles riots

text: after numerous forces of the California Army National Guard, the 7th Infantry Division and the 1st Marine Division were brought in to reinforce the local police. In total, 55 people were killed during the riots and more than 2,000 people were injured. After the riots subsided, an inquiry was commissioned by the city Police Commission, led by William H. Webster (special advisor), and Hubert Williams (deputy special advisor, president of the Police Foundation). The findings of the inquiry, "The City in Crisis: A Report by the Special Advisor to the Board of Police Commissioners on the Civil Disorder in Los

title: Los Angeles Times

text: Los Angeles riots. In the 19th century, the chief competition to the "Times" was the "Los Angeles Herald," followed by the smaller "Los Angeles Tribune." In December 1903, newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst began publishing the "Los Angeles Examiner" as a direct morning competitor to the "Times." In the 20th century, the "Los Angeles Express" was an afternoon competitor, as was Manchester Boddy's " Los Angeles Daily News", a Democratic newspaper. By the mid-1940s, the "Times" was the leading newspaper in terms of circulation in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. In 1948, it launched the "Los Angeles Mirror," an afternoon

title: 1992 Los Angeles riots

text: sports events were postponed or canceled. The Los Angeles Lakers hosted the Portland Trail Blazers in an NBA playoff basketball game on the night the rioting started, but the following game was postponed until Sunday and moved to Las Vegas. The Los Angeles Clippers moved a playoff game against the Utah Jazz to nearby Anaheim. In baseball, the Los Angeles Dodgers postponed games for four straight days from Thursday to Sunday, including a whole 3-game series against the Montreal Expos; all were made up as part of doubleheaders in July. In San Francisco, a city curfew due to unrest forced

title: 1992 Los Angeles riots

text: arson were witnessed across Los Angeles County. Rioting moved from South Central Los Angeles, going north through the neighborhoods of Central Los Angeles before reaching Hollywood. The looting and fires engulfed Hollywood Boulevard, before rioting erupted in the neighboring cities of Inglewood, Hawthorne, Compton and Long Beach. Korean Americans noted that law enforcement abandoned Koreatown, contrasting that with official defense lines for such wealthy white neighborhoods as Beverly Hills and West Hollywood. Subsequently, they organized their own armed security teams composed of store owners, who defended their businesses from assault. Open gun battles were televised, including an incident in which

title: 1992 Los Angeles riots

text: severity of rioting in the 77th Street Division on the evening of April 29. These included: As noted, after the verdicts were announced, a crowd of protesters formed at the Los Angeles police headquarters at Parker Center in Downtown Los Angeles. The crowd grew as the afternoon passed, and became violent. The police formed a skirmish line to protect the building, sometimes moving as protesters advanced. In the midst of this, before 6:30 pm, police chief Daryl Gates left Parker Center, on his way to the neighborhood of Brentwood. There, as the situation in Los Angeles deteriorated, Gates attended a

title: 1992 Los Angeles riots

text: as there had been considerable tension between the two communities. Such sources as "Newsweek" and "Time" suggested that blacks thought Korean-American merchants were "taking money out of their community", that they were racist as they refused to hire blacks, and often treated them without respect. There were cultural and language differences, as some shopowners were immigrants. There were other factors for social tensions: high rates of poverty and unemployment among the residents of South Central Los Angeles, which had been deeply affected by the nationwide recession. Articles in the "Los Angeles Times" and "The New York Times" linked the economic

title: Los Angeles Southwest College

text: Los Angeles Southwest College Los Angeles Southwest College (LASC) is a community college located in the unincorporated area of West Athens, California in the Los Angeles County, near the city of Los Angeles. As a comprehensive community college, LASC offers university transfer, technical, and lifelong learning programs. Los Angeles Southwest College was established in 1967, two years after the Watts riots, in response to complaints of both officials and citizens that not enough was being done to educate the area's mostly African American population. The college, located at the intersection of Western Avenue and Imperial Highway in South Los Angeles,

title: 1992 Los Angeles riots

text: the growing crowd in the street began attacking motorists of Caucasian and Asian appearance by throwing debris at their cars or pulling them from their vehicles when they stopped. As Goldman continued to film the scene on his camcorder, the Los Angeles News Service team of Marika Gerrard and Robert Tur arrived in a news helicopter, broadcasting from the air. The LANS feed appeared live on numerous Los Angeles television venues. At approximately 6:15 pm, as reports of vandalism, looting, and physical attacks continued to come in, Moulin elected to "take the information", but not to respond with personnel to

title: 1992 Los Angeles riots

text: the written guidelines of the department regarding force," and that bias related to race, gender, and sexual orientation were regularly contributing factors in use of excessive force. The commission's report called for the replacement of both Chief Daryl Gates and the civilian Police Commission. The Los Angeles County District Attorney subsequently charged four police officers, including one sergeant, with assault and use of excessive force. Due to the extensive media coverage of the arrest, the trial received a change of venue from Los Angeles County to Simi Valley in neighboring Ventura County. The jury was composed of nine White people,

title: 1992 Los Angeles riots

text: group "just decided they weren't going to pay for what they were getting." The store owner's son was hit with a bottle of beer, and two other youths smashed the glass front door of the store. Two officers from the 77th Street Division of the LAPD responded to this incident and, finding that the instigators had already left, completed a report. At 4:58 pm, Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley held a news conference to discuss the verdicts. He both expressed anger about the verdicts and appealed for calm. Assistant Los Angeles police chief Bob Vernon later said he believed Bradley's

title: 1992 Los Angeles riots

text: Korean shopkeepers armed with M1 carbines, Ruger Mini-14s, pump-action shotguns, and handguns exchanged gunfire with a group of armed looters, and forced their retreat. After Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda criticized rioters for burning down their own neighborhoods, he received death threats and was taken to the LAPD academy for protection. The 670th MP Company had been redeployed to reinforce police patrols and to guard the Korean Cultural Center and Embassy after events in Koreatown. The LAPD and the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) organized response began to come together by mid-day. The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD)

title: Los Angeles Herald Examiner

text: Mexicans, including U.S. citizens, in the early 1930s, and was hostile to liberal movements and labor strikes during the Depression. Its coverage of the Zoot Suit Riots in Los Angeles during World War II also was particularly harsh on the Mexican-American community. Much of its conservative rhetoric was minimized when Richardson retired in 1957. Underwood remained on staff following the merger in an upper management position, leaving the day-to-day operations to younger editors. The Hearst Corporation decided to make the new "Herald Examiner" an afternoon paper, leaving the morning field to the "Los Angeles Times". But readers’ tastes and demographics

title: 1992 Los Angeles riots

text: store. Now I have nothing," said Lee. While several articles included the minorities involved when citing damages or naming victims, few actually incorporated them as a significant part of the struggle. American news coverage was mainly directed at the oppression of African American citizens especially at white hands. One story framed the race riots as "time when the wrath of blacks was focused on whites." They acknowledged that racism and stereotyped views contributed to the riots, the articles from American newspapers made the LA riots about Black and White people struggling to coexist, rather than include all minorities involved. While

title: 1992 Los Angeles riots

text: between the two groups continue to be a problem in the L.A. area, however. Almost as soon as the disturbances broke out in South Central, local television news cameras were on the scene to record the events as they happened. Television coverage of the riots was near continuous, starting with the beating of motorists at the intersection of Florence and Normandie broadcast live by television news pilot/reporter Bob Tur and his camera operator Marika Gerrard. By virtue of their extensive coverage, mainstream television stations provided a vivid, comprehensive and valuable record of the violence occurring on the streets of Los

title: Los Angeles

text: in an avalanche of production, the like of which he had never seen, nor dreamed possible. Following the end of World War II, Los Angeles grew more rapidly than ever, sprawling into the San Fernando Valley. The expansion of the Interstate Highway System during the 1950s and 1960s helped propel suburban growth and signaled the demise of the city's electrified rail system, once the world's largest. The 1960s saw race relations boil over into the Watts riots of 1965 which resulted in 34 deaths and over 1,000 injuries. In 1969, Los Angeles became the birthplace of the Internet, as the

title: 1992 Los Angeles riots

text: some news articles compared the LA riots to the Watts riots of the 1960s, many of them focused on the tension between black and white residents of America, drawing the history as far back as slavery and deep set racial divides. The Korean-Americans and their stores throughout LA's Korea town were hit the hardest by the riots, with an estimated $400 million done in damages. Despite claims that Koreatown had not been intentionally targeted during the riots, by Sunday, over 1,600 Korean-American owned stores had been completely destroyed. Hispanic owned stores and African-American owned stores were also destroyed during the

title: Watts, Los Angeles

text: Los Angeles, CA, to Long Beach, CA, for 50 years. It was also admitted to the NRHP (National Register of Historic Places) four months after the riots. The Watts Christmas parade was created in 1964 by Edna Aliewine before the Watts riots. She put together a group of local volunteers to fundraise and create the parade. Ms. Aliewine started a drill team with neighborhood girls which marched in homemade Santa hats. She died at the age of 90 in her home in Watts on July 5, 2011. The L.A. Watts Summer Games started in 1968 and were held at Locke

title: Center for the Study of Los Angeles

text: both the students and professors who attend annually. The Undergraduate Research Symposium invites undergraduate students formally to present displays of faculty-mentored research and other creative activity in all academic areas. The Center's undergraduate student researchers are encouraged to participate in the Undergraduate Research Symposium and receive extensive faculty mentorship and staff support with their project and presentation. Recent projects have featured research pertaining to Los Angeles redistricting and CSLA's Los Angeles Riots Anniversary surveys and exit polls. For over a decade, the Center for the Study of Los Angeles has planned, coordinated and moderated the Urban Lecture Series and more

title: Crime in Los Angeles

text: the Los Angeles area joined in a race riot involving acts of law-breaking, including looting, assault, arson and murder, seeing in King an example of injustice against minorities in the United States. The situation became too difficult to be handled by local police, and the California Army National Guard as well as federal soldiers and Marines were called in. About 5 National Guardsmen were injured during the riots. Overall, 63 people died during the riots. The 1997 North Hollywood shootout was an armed confrontation between two heavily armed and armored bank robbers, Larry Eugene Phillips, Jr. and Emil Mătăsăreanu, and

title: Los Angeles County Department of Health Services

text: including the Harbor General Hospital (now Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, after World War II, Olive View Sanatorium (now Olive View-UCLA Medical Center) in 1970, and the Martin Luther King Medical Center (now Martin Luther King, Jr. Outpatient Center) in 1972, in response to the Watts Riots In the 1960s, the Los Angeles City Health Department merged into the County's Department of Health. In 1972, the Los Angeles County Departments of Hospitals and Health, along with the Los Angeles County Veterinarian's Office, were merged into the Department of Health Services, to consolidate and integrate health services. On May 30, 2006, the Los

title: 1992 Los Angeles riots

text: up from the JFTB (Joint Forces Training Base), Los Alamitos, California, which at the time was predominately a mothballed former airbase. Air traffic control procedures at Los Angeles International Airport were modified, with all departures and arrivals routed to and from the west, over the Pacific Ocean, avoiding overflights of neighborhoods affected by the rioting. Popular comedian and actor Bill Cosby spoke on the local television station KNBC and asked people to stop the rioting and watch the final episode of his "The Cosby Show". The U.S. Justice Department announced it would resume federal investigation of the Rodney King beating

title: 1992 Los Angeles riots

text: "lawless vandals". He also stated that people "are looting because ... [t]hey do not share our values, and their children are growing up in a culture alien from ours, without family, without neighborhood, without church, without support." While Los Angeles was mostly unaffected by the urban decay the other metropolitan areas of the nation faced since the 1960s, racial tensions had been present since the late 1970s, becoming increasingly violent as the 1980s progressed. Democrat Maxine Waters, the African-American Congressional representative of South Central Los Angeles, said that the events in L.A. constituted a "rebellion" or "insurrection", caused by the

title: 1992 Los Angeles riots

text: appointment of Willie L. Williams as Chief of Police and both Briseno and Wind have since left California earlier in this century. Chief Williams' tenure was short lived to just one term. The Los Angeles Police Commission declined to renew his contract, citing Williams' failure to fulfill his mandate to create meaningful change in the department. Susan Clemmer, an officer who gave crucial testimony for the defense at first trial of officers, committed suicide in July 2009 in the lobby of a Los Angeles Sheriff's Station. She had ridden in the ambulance with King and testified that he was laughing

title: 1992 Los Angeles riots

text: and spat blood on her uniform. She had remained in law enforcement and was a Sheriff's Detective at the time of her death. Rodney King was awarded $3.8 million in damages from the City of Los Angeles. He invested most of this money in founding a hip-hop record label, "Straight Alta-Pazz Records". The venture was unable to garner success and soon folded. King was later arrested at least eleven times on a variety of charges, including domestic abuse and hit and run. King and his family moved from Los Angeles to San Bernadino's Rialto suburb in an attempt to escape

title: 1992 Los Angeles riots

text: the riots started. The week of riots following the acquittal of the LAPD officers in the beating of Rodney King has been considered a major turning point for the development of a distinct Korean American identity and community. Over 2,300 mom-and-pop shops run by Korean business owners were damaged through ransacking and looting during the riots, sustaining close to $400 million in damages. Media coverage has framed the looting and destruction as a result of growing social and economic tensions between the Korean American and African American communities, with some attributing the tensions to the Middleman minority theory where friction

title: Northeast Los Angeles

text: Northeast Los Angeles Northeast Los Angeles is a 17.18-square-mile region of Los Angeles County, comprising seven neighborhoods within the City of Los Angeles. The area is home to Occidental College located in Eagle Rock. The bulk of the area closer to Pueblo de Los Angeles-Downtown Los Angeles was part of the original Spanish and Mexican land grants of Rancho San Rafael and Rancho San Pascual when the city incorporated in 1850. One of the first annexations of the city was Highland Park in 1895. Other nearby communities attached to Los Angeles were Garvanza (1899), Arroyo Seco (1912) and Eagle Rock

title: 1992 Los Angeles riots

text: until 4:45 pm. In addition, no action was taken to retain extra personnel at the LAPD's shift change at 3:00 pm, as the risk of trouble was deemed low. The acquittals of the four accused Los Angeles Police Department officers came at 3:15 pm local time. By 3:45, a crowd of more than 300 people had appeared at the Los Angeles County Courthouse protesting the verdicts. Meanwhile, at approximately 4:15–4:20 pm, a group of people approached the Pay-Less Liquor and Deli on Florence Avenue just west of Normandie in South Central. A gang member in an interview said that the

title: Chicago Bulls Championship riots

text: severely burnt when looters set fire to the store. The Los Angeles riots occurred just over a month prior to the Championship riot, resulting in 63 deaths. The riots sparked unrest elsewhere in the country, such as Las Vegas, but Chicago avoided major demonstrations in the immediate aftermath. After the mass looting that occurred in Chicago's predominately black South and West side ghettos, newspaper speculated if Korean-owned stores were specifically targeted by black looters, as had been the case in Los Angeles. However, this was not the case as stores owned by all races of people were looted indiscriminately. 98%

text: in 1922. Raised largely in the Watts area of Los Angeles, he recorded in a band in Los Angeles in the 1940s. In 1928, World War I veteran William J. Powell founded the Bessie Coleman Aero Club. In 1931, Powell organized the first all-black air show in the United States for the Club in Los Angeles, an event that drew 15,000 visitors. Powell also established a school to train mechanics and pilots. Singer-songwriter Ray Charles moved to Los Angeles in 1950. In 2004, his music studio on Washington Blvd. in Los Angeles was declared a historic landmark. The Watts Riots

title: Los Angeles Blades

text: the home of the NBA's Lakers and the NHL's Los Angeles Kings. RHI suspended operations after the 1997 season, and when it returned in 1999, with eight teams, the Blades were not among them. RHI folded, for good, after the 1999 season. Los Angeles Blades The Los Angeles Blades were a professional inline hockey team based in Los Angeles, California. The Blades played in Roller Hockey International from 1993–1997 and played their home games at the Great Western Forum. Two other franchises have used the name Los Angeles Blades: the Pacific Hockey League team in 1978–79 and the Western Hockey

title: Los Angeles Rams Cheerleaders

text: Los Angeles Rams Cheerleaders The Los Angeles Rams Cheerleaders are the official cheerleading squad for the Los Angeles Rams professional football team. They were established in 1974 during the team's original tenure in Los Angeles and were known as the Embraceable Ewes. The cheerleading organization became known as the "St. Louis Rams Cheerleaders" when the team moved to St. Louis, Missouri. Beginning with the 2016 NFL season, the organization changed their name to the "Los Angeles Rams Cheerleaders" to associate themselves with the recently relocated Los Angeles Rams football team. In 2018, Quinton Peron and Napolean Jinnies were added to

title: Los Angeles Monarchs

text: Angeles Blades. So notable is the Monarchs' legacy that when the National Hockey League decided to expand to include a team in Los Angeles in 1967, the Los Angeles franchise would become known as the Kings. Los Angeles Monarchs The Los Angeles Monarchs were a professional ice hockey team, active from 1944–1950, in the Pacific Coast Hockey League (PCHL). The Monarchs are the first professional ice hockey team to win a league championship for the city of Los Angeles. They played in the southern division of the PCHL, alongside teams from the neighboring cities such as the Pasadena Panthers, the

title: Los Angeles Plaza

text: the walks were laid, and the ornamental fountain, too, was erected by the company. Its form was changed from a square to a circle. Los Angeles Plaza Park (also known as Father Serra Park) is an unstaffed, unlocked and open area within the plaza. Los Angeles Plaza Los Angeles Plaza is located in Los Angeles, California. It is the central point of the Los Angeles Plaza Historic District. When Governor Felipe de Neve founded the Pueblo de Los Ángeles, his first act was to locate a plaza for the geographical center from which his town should radiate. De Neve's plaza

title: Los Angeles Heroes

text: San Diego Sockers 1991 coached by Clint retired from playing in 1996 with LA Valley Golden Eagles of the Los Angeles Heroes were an American soccer club who played in the United Soccer Leagues from 1993 to 2002. They began life as the San Fernando Valley Golden Eagles upon joining the league, became the San Fernando Valley Heroes when they were relegated to the Premier Development League in 1999 and were renamed the Los Angeles Heroes for their final season in 2002. Los Angeles Heroes The San Fernando Valley Eagles was a professional soccer team in Los Angeles, based out

title: 1992 Los Angeles riots

text: immigrants; they often did not speak English and were seen as unimportant and "different" from blacks. Gloria Alvarez claims the riots did not create social distance between Hispanics and black people, but rather united them. Although the riots were perceived in different aspects, Alvarez argues it brought a greater sense of understanding between Hispanics and blacks. Even though Hispanics now heavily populate the area that was once predominantly black, such transition has improved over time. The building of a stronger and more understanding community could help to prevent social chaos arising between the two groups. Hate crimes and widespread violence

title: 1992 Los Angeles riots

text: Many ethnic groups participated in rioting, not only African Americans. "Newsweek" reported that "Hispanics and even some whites; men, women and children mingled with African-Americans." "When residents who lived near Florence and Normandie were asked why they believed riots had occurred in their neighborhoods, they responded of the perceived racist attitudes they had felt throughout their lifetime and empathized with the bitterness the rioters felt. Residents who had respectable jobs, homes, and material items still felt like second class citizens. A poll by "Newsweek" asked whether black people charged with crimes were treated more harshly or more leniently than other

title: LGBT culture in Los Angeles

text: LA’s Queer culture became visible and highly politicized in response to a string of violent bar raids that took place on Sunset Strip in the 60s. The riots and protests subsequent to the raids on Sunset Strip in 1966 were preceded by a long history of violent outbursts between the Los Angeles Police Department and the public - also known as the Sunset Strip Curfew Riots. Draconian police tactics eventually led the LAPD to seek out and aggressively monitor bars with predominately gay clienteles, including the Black Cat Tavern and The Patch. Protests reacting to these police raids - organized

title: Los Angeles Clippers

text: succeed in convincing the NBA to relocate the team to his native Los Angeles. In 1984, the Clippers moved north to Los Angeles, playing at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena. However, the move was not approved by the NBA, which fined Sterling $250 million. He sued the league for $100 million, but dropped the suit when the league agreed to decrease the fine to $6 million. The Clippers finished their first season in Los Angeles 31–51 under head coach Jim Lynam. The Clippers' early days in Los Angeles were marred with many seasons of hapless performances. Despite fielding a

title: Los Angeles Star

text: part of 1879 when the sheriff attached it for debt, and its publication was discontinued. The plant and the files were stored in an outbuilding of Mr. Hollenbeck’s, who was one of the principal creditors. His Chinese laborers roomed in the lower part of the building, and after setting fire to the house, destroyed what remained of "The Star". Los Angeles Star Los Angeles Star (La Estrella de Los Angeles) was the first newspaper in Los Angeles, California, US. The publication ran from 1851 to 1879. The first proposition to establish a newspaper in Los Angeles was made to the

title: History of the Los Angeles Rams

text: the Rams transfer to Los Angeles was permitted. A settlement was reached and, as a result, Reeves was allowed to move his team to Los Angeles. Consequently, the NFL became the first professional coast-to-coast sports entertainment industry. From 1933, when Joe Lillard left the Chicago Cardinals, through 1946, there were no Black players in American professional football. After the Rams had received approval to move to Los Angeles, the Rams entered into negotiations to lease the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The Rams were advised that a precondition to them getting a lease was that they would have to integrate the

title: 1992 Los Angeles riots

text: promised $6 billion in private investment to create 74,000 jobs. The majority of the local stores were never rebuilt. Store owners had difficulty getting loans; myths about the city or at least certain neighborhoods of it arose discouraging investment and preventing growth of employment. Few of the rebuilding plans were implemented, and business investors and some community members rejected South L.A. Many Los Angeles residents bought weapons for self-defense against further violence. The 10-day waiting period in California law stymied those who wanted to purchase firearms while the riot was going on. In a survey of local residents in 2010,

title: History of Los Angeles

text: up a soapbox in the Plaza, which would serve as the location of union rallies and protests and riots as the police attempted to break up meetings. Unions began to make progress in organizing these workers as the New Deal arrived in the 1930s. An influential strike was the Los Angeles Garment Workers Strike of 1933, one of the first strikes in which Mexican immigrant workers played a prominent role for union recognition. The unions made even greater gains in the war years, as Los Angeles grew further. Today, the ethnic makeup of the city and the dominance of progressive

title: King assassination riots

text: concert taking place on the night of April 5, with Brown, Mayor Kevin White, and City Councilor Tom Atkins speaking to the Garden crowd about peace and unity before the show. In Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Police Department and community activists averted a repeat of the 1965 riots that devastated portions of the city. Several memorials were held in tribute to King throughout the Los Angeles area on the days leading into his funeral service. The Washington, D.C., riots of April 4–8, 1968, resulted in Washington, along with Chicago and Baltimore, receiving the heaviest impact of the 110 cities

title: Los Angeles Airport Police

text: aviation). Although currently working very closely with the Los Angeles Police Department, the Los Angeles Airport Police Department is a separate entity, primarily due to the Airport Police having specialized training and funding resources. The Los Angeles Airport Police traces its beginnings to 1946, when the Los Angeles Airport was transferred from the War Department to the City of Los Angeles. (The airport was later known informally as "Los Angeles Jetport," finally becoming "Los Angeles International Airport," with the three-letter IATA designator of "LAX.") Six armed "Airport Guards" and one supervisor were hired to provide physical security over City properties.

title: Crenshaw, Los Angeles

text: "some say" the effect was a "belated response" to the 1965 Watts riots and that "several residents say a wave of anti-Japanese-American sentiment began cropping up in the area, prompting further departures." Eighty-two-year-old Jimmy Jike was quoted in the "Los Angeles Times" in 1993, stating that it was mainly because the residents' children, after attending universities, moved away. By 1980, there were 4,000 Japanese ethnic residents, half of the previous size. By 1990 there were 2,500 Japanese-Americans, mostly older residents. By 1993, the community was diminishing in size, with older Japanese Americans staying but with younger ones moving away. That

title: Crime in Los Angeles

text: ensued shortly after Frye's mother, Rena, arrived on the scene, resulting in the arrest of all three family members. As a result of the riots, 34 people were officially reported killed (28 of those were African American), 1,032 people were injured, and 4,000 people were arrested. Among the dead were a fireman, an L.A. County deputy sheriff and a Long Beach police officer. The injured included 773 civilians, 90 Los Angeles police officers, 136 firefighters, 10 national guardsmen, and 23 persons from other governmental agencies. 118 of those injured were injured by firearms. Six-hundred buildings were damaged or destroyed, and

title: 1992 Los Angeles riots

text: 730 Koreans were treated for post-traumatic stress disorder, which included symptoms such as insomnia, sense of helplessness, and muscle pain. In reaction, many Korean Americans worked to create political and social empowerment. The L.A. riots resulted in the development of new ethnic agendas and organization. A week after the riots, in the largest Asian-American protest ever held in a city, about 30,000 mostly Korean and Korean-American marchers walked the streets of L.A. Koreatown, calling for peace and denouncing police violence. This cultural movement was devoted to the protection of Koreans' political rights, ethnic heritage, and political representation. New leaders arose