What Is The Twilight Riots In 1992?

My first scholarly article that I read was Racism and Police Brutality in America by Cassandra Chaney and Ray V. Robertson. The article begins by highlighting the beating of Rodney King in 1992. Police brutality has gone on for a long time, and with the help of technology it has finally been brought to the light. In 1992, four white police officers beat an African American man named Rodney King. The events were caught on camera and were aired that night by a local TV station in Los Angeles. In the video the officers kicked, tasered, and beat King until he was left with an inch of his life. The injuries King sustained were crushed bones, shattered teeth, kidney damage and a fractured skull. The Rodney King beating showed American people the

When Rodney King was beaten by Los Angeles police, it changed racial relations forever, but how does this tie into the trial of the famous football play and actor, Mr. Orenthal James Simpson. Unbeknownst to many, these two seemingly unrelated cases have much more in common than what meets the eye. To understand the two cases, the reader must first examine the background of each case separately, then compare and contrast the cases. In order to truly realize how the two cases compare, the reader must first learn the background of each case.

“April 26th, 1992, there was a riot on the streets, tell me where were you!? You were sittin' home watchin' your TV, while I was paticipatin' in some anarchy,” these are the lyrics Sublime uses in their song ‘April 26, 1992’ to describe what happened during the Los Angeles Riots of 1992. “First spot we hit it was my liquor store. I finally got all that alcohol I can't afford. With red lights flashin' time to retire, And then we turned that liquor store into a structure fire,” people ,running through the streets, had no pity when demolishing small businesses and taking what ever they may want from them. The streets, neighborhoods, businesses were destroyed by angry protesters. Their reasons were clear, all they wanted was some

0n the 11th of December 2010 tensions grew between two communities. What started out as a brawl fight between two teenage groups with different views ended with a deadly set of attacks destroying the social cohesion of our country. These attacks were the acts of cowards and the Australian public shouldn’t in any way be supportive of something that completely disagrees with the safety of our people. Were these acts right? Did hundreds of people need to be injured? The answer to both these questions are NO. So how did this event that stunned the nation start? Well the cronulla riots weren’t planned and meetings weren’t held for it, however a text message outlining the hatred felt towards the Lebanese community was sent. The message contained phrases such as “lets show these wogs this is our beach and they aren’t welcome

On March 3, 1991 an African American man named Rodney King became a posterboy for racial tension and police brutality in America. On this day, police officers Stacey C. Koon, Laurence M. Powell, Timothy E. Wind, and Theodore J. Briseno attempted to pull Rodney King over because they suspected he was driving under the influence. Mr. King then lead the officers on a 110 mph chase through San Fernando Valley, California, and finally stopped his car in a residential area. Police officers began beating Mr. King after he got out of his car. Officers tasered, kicked, stomped on, and hit Mr. King with their batons for about 10 minutes.

The UCC’s connection with Newark’s African-American community leads them to become a prime suspect in the instigations of the Newark riots. The UCC was seen as an opposer to the government’s policies and therefore the UCC was present lead them to become primary suspects in the instigation of the riots. The attack on the organizations is seen as Senator Jackson and Mr. Alderman interrogated Miss Levins. The dialogue says the following : “ Miss Levins. Yes. He [ Mr. Kennedy] asked me to make up some fliers to be distributed sometime that afternoon. I asked him exactly what he wanted on the fliers, and he said, "Anything pertaining to a rally." Mr. Alderman. Did he ask you to make the flier calling a meeting or a mass rally at 7 :30 that. Night

This paper will cover the events that took place within the first five days in south central Los Angeles after the Rodney King verdict .

Animal Dreams, by Barbara Kingsolver, which revolves around reverence for the natural environment, and Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992, about the Los Angeles Riots of 1992, by Anna Deavere Smith, present different sides of human behavior. Animal Dreams is a novel about Codi, a woman who returns to her hometown and helps the townsfolk protest peacefully against a mine that damages their water supply. The preservation of nature and the ability to make a difference by protesting peacefully are major themes in the novel. Twilight is a play that consists of edited interview transcripts of various people who observed and experienced the Los Angeles riots of 1992. The riots began in response to the acquittal of a group of white police officers who were videotaped beating Rodney King, an unarmed black man who had been driving under the influence at dangerously high speeds. Violence escalated among the people of Los Angeles until it was declared a disaster area only a few days later. Thousands of businesses were damaged, and dozens of people died. Twilight and Animal Dreams have contrasting major themes when it comes to how people will act in response to having their lives threatened. The people of Twilight and Animal Dreams have similar motives but opposite responses. Twilight shows the brutal nature of humanity when motivated by injustice, while Animal Dreams highlights the peaceful nature of people even when faced with powerful, oppressive institutions.

Aymer wrote an article named “I can’t breathe,” the last words that Eric Garner was saying before he died. Aymer goes through the whole experience of this court case and how a huge protest took over the U.S. by storm called “Black Lives Matter.” Aymer brings up almost all of the cases of unarmed black men that were not recognized to all the most famous cases. Aymer’s last half of the article speaks of how black men engaged in psychotherapy will explicate how racial profiling by the police triggered race-based traumatic stress, as well as talks about the Black men who have been affected by race-based traumatic stress stemming from "living while Black." (2016). This gives the paper the one side of how the victims of police brutality are being affected. With this being a such a recent issue there was a bit of a confusing situation that is similar is Cha-Jua article. Cha-Jua writes an article called “We believe is Murder,” that talks about how a Champaign police officer Daniel Norbits shot and killed fifteen-year-old boy named Kiwane S. Carrington. Three governmental investigative units ruled the killing accidental. Cha-jua believes that critical social capital needs to be

insightful interviews with community leaders were powerful, which gave a retrospective of the pulse of the community in 1995. Connecting the importance of Rodney King’s beating and the outcome of the O. J. Simpson trial, is Ronald Jacobs’ article, “Rodney King 1992.” Within the article J. T. Gibbs is quoted, More than any single factor, Cochran had evoked the memory of Rodney King, the innocent victim of a vicious LAPD beating, police conspiracy, and subsequent cover-up only four years previously . . . For the defense during the yearlong trial, Rodney King was indeed the thirteenth juror, unobserved

The documentary “The Central Park Five” discusses two New York nightmares through riveting cinematography. The first being the rape and beating of a 28-year-old white woman, inside Central Park within the early morning hours of April 20th, 1989. She was found fighting for her life, bound, gagged, practically naked, her head crushed and shirt soaked in her blood. For years she was known only as the Central Park jogger. Her assailants were believed to be the five teenagers of color, aged 14 to 16: Antron McCray; Kevin Richardson; Yusef Salaam; Raymond Santana; and Kharey Wise. These men had become known as the Central Park Five. This documentary was created to provide a solid argument to the fact that the convictions of these teens were racially

Over the past few years, there have been multiple cases involving what some claim to be police brutality. The past couple of years have had incidents reminiscent of the sixties. Racial tensions have risen and numerous ongoing riots have broken out. There has been fires and lootings and such due to these riots. The question is, is America going back in time? In December of 2014, a monthly magazine called “The Progressive” republished an article written by James Baldwin addressed to his nephew. This article had been written in 1962 during the civil rights movement. The words, the message, James Baldwin conveys in it apply just as much to America today as it did then. Concluding that America is repeating itself, especially when regarding the relationship between the police and people of color.

The article I decided to relate to my book is the Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman, this article was dated July 23, 2013. This was a tragic event which leads to the death of a young black male, who was killed by a white male. In the book black like me, a black male was also killed by a white male. Both of these texts the white males were both let free and charger free after the committed murder. They both weren’t dealt with the same justice ways, Zimmerman’s case was actually looked at but in the lynches case the evidence wasn’t even looked in to.

Many of citizens living within the borders of the United States are considered to be unprejudiced and unbiased toward racial matters; however, when there is a murder on the 6 o’clock news, our minds quickly shift to a thought of an African American male as the suspect of the crime. One could observe an African American male and automatically and suddenly thoughts with negative connotations come into play. People immediately start to stereotype and judge without even understanding or knowing a person; especially black individuals. Two stories which incorporates the police brutality issue are explored which will see contrasts and comparisons being made. This was the renowned Michael Brown case and a story by Leslie Marmon Silko entitled ‘Tony’s Story’. What’s the Mike Brown Legacy and why does Police Brutality and Minority Prosecution deal with the legacy? August 9th, 2014, Michael Brown was an 18-year-old unarmed African-American who was jaywalking with a friend. Michael Brown was shot and killed by police officer Darren Wilson. When the officer approached Michael, he claims Michael resisted arrest, he punched him and tried to reach in the police car to get his sidearm pistol.

I had driven a short distance from the fast food restaurant we had been at when I peered up in the car’s rear view mirror and got a glimpse of red and blue flashing lights. As I pulled over, my mind starting running over Philando Castile, a Black male in Minnesota who was brutally shot at a traffic stop, because of a tail light being out.