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    The LA Riots

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    African Americans a voice against police abuse, and resulted in reforms to the way that the LAPD responded to the communities of color. The Los Angeles Riots were the second Riots to happen after the Watts Riots. The L.A Riots took place on April 9, 1992. The riots broke out in less than a day and lasted five days and killed more than 50 people and left more than 2,000 injured. On April 30,1992, writers Richard A. Serrano and Tracy Wilkinson wrote an article in the Los Angeles Times newspaper saying

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    Summary Of The LA Riots

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    televised imagery of the beaten Rodney King, police brutality became recognized as a ceaseless injustice oppressing black communities. These events managed to spur a conversation most relevant today but one that many continue to disregard. The LA Riots of 1992 still stands as one of if not the most critical event that tapped into the way we view systematic racism by sparking deep-rooted dialogue about the intermingling of race, economics and injustice in America for African Americans. When looking back at

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    people, there were peaceful protests. However, these protests quickly turned into violent riots. The four officers acquitted in the beating were arrested and charged with assault and battery, leading to the Los Angeles Riots which began on April 29, 1992. The riots went on for three days and gave a strong message to the LAPD that the racial profiling needs to come to stop. In the end, there were 7,000 arrests, 60 people dead, 2,000 injured, and almost $1 billion in property damage. While the differences

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    Another City Short Story

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    More Than Los Angeles In the novel Another City many of the authors have their own opinions of how Los Angeles is or how it shapes them as a person. Other stories are very short and tell stories of how Los Angeles isn’t as great a place even though we may have people fooled to think so. In the short story Interesting Times the author Judith Lewis tells us about how she adjusted to living in Los Angeles and how she views the city before and after lives there. Whether she felt she didn’t belong, people

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    Carey Price Case Study

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    Can Carey Price repeat? MONTREAL, QC - Winner of four trophies at the NHL awards and a gold medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Carey Price has had a dream year. All that's missing is a Stanley Cup ring. For that to happen, it will need more than a perfect year from Carey Price. The team in front of him, in this case, the Montreal Canadiens, will have to perform well. In the 2014-2015 season, there were times in the season that Carey Price kept the team afloat. There were moments where his defense

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    In a beautiful sunny day in Huntington Beach in 2013, surfers gathered around for the annual US open of Surfing competition, but it ended in a rampage. In the article “U.S. Open of Surfing Turns into Riot,” the reporter, Mark Lukach, reported that the catalyst of the riot was a fight. However, with the majority being white young adults, the police force applied a soft approach protocol. Despite the fact that the police immediately responded to the riot throwing tear gas to disperse the crowd, the

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    Rodney King 1992 Summary

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    Wind (Martin, 2005). A videographer was able to capture the event that was aired on the KTLA news channel. It became a controversial issue that caused the LA Riot of 1992. Furthermore, Rodney King’s case demonstrated the challenges and consequences that held the media, the law enforcement, and the public responsible for the LA Riot of 1992. These challenges were examined by focusing how the media chronologically reported Rodney King’s trial and the portrayal of the South-Central Los Angeles citizens

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    Jessie James established her on-stage persona through her music which has a sensible combination of pop rock and country singing. At a very early age, she has already demonstrated her musical talents and later continued to explore the possibilities of becoming a celebrity. Aside from singing, she also starred in her own reality TV show and has dabbled in other creative industries including fashion and makeup. To date, Jessie James continues to astound the music industry, proving that big things come

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    Can't Remember a Time Without I-Tunes Essay

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    instantly to each person. With iTunes, people can get the music they want instantly and are encouraged to listen to music as a more private experience. In the time of records and even CD’s, there was no way to sell or buy single songs. ITunes transformed music by marketing single songs instead of full albums.

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    (Schwartz) While everyone was still in shock, the other four continued on with the tour and finished it out. Later the four of them released an album called Made in The A.M., that was good, but not the same without Zayn. In January, He released his first single as a solo artist it was called Pillowtalk which was a hit, then he dropped his album in March called Mind of Mine. The remainder of the group decided to take a “break” and do solo things in their life now. ”Many months after Zayn had scored a chart-topper

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