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

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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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