Jeffrey Kaye of KCET-Los Angeles reports on the economic aftermath of the Los Angeles riots. Now, the economic aftermath of the Los Angeles riots.
Tomorrow marks the fifth anniversary of one of the nation s worst civil disturbances.
Jeffrey Kaye of KCET-Los Angeles reports. Five years ago Los Angeles poorest neighborhoods exploded. Three days of riots and looting followed the acquittal of police officers charged in the beating of black motorist, Rodney King. Eleven hundred buildings were damaged or destroyed. The clean-up began immediately, but five years later there are mixed views of what s changed in South and South Central Los Angeles, the areas most affected by the civil unrest.