On 29 April 1992 riots erupted after four LAPD officers were acquitted in the savage beating of Rodney King. As the anniversary looms – what did it all mean? Lee Hudson leaned against the bus discontinue,waiting for the 111, and surveyed the intersection: some dudes lounging external Tom’s liquor mart; a few cars fuelling at the Chevron gas station; the start of a lunch queue at Art’s Chili Dog Stand; traffic criss-crossing Florence and Normandie avenues.
Not much to perceive at. But a quarter century ago this was it. The crucible that transfixed America. Hudson nodded at the memory. “Yeah, or I looted. Car parts,liquor, cigarettes. What else we get? We got some tyres. I saw it being done all over the place. It was amazing.” Related: A moment that changed me – the Rodney King police acquittal | Lola Okolosie It’s better now. But some parts of the city were never rebuilt. It’s still ghetto Related: LA 92 review – arresting footage of the riots that rocked the city Continue reading...
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