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    Los Angeles has always been a melting pot of culture and a mecca for the film industry and skateboarding culture. The greater Los Angeles area is home to 18.68 Million people today that reflects many communities and the people of Los Angeles have fostered popular cultures that youth of the past and present hold dear. Unfortunately, the gang culture in Los Angeles and especially the South Central area exploded along with the population with the onset of numerous street gangs. Interestingly enough

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    needs to change in our society, especially when dealing with minorities. The Watts riots began in the summer of 1965, in a city in Los Angeles called Watts. It all began with the arrest of a young African American by a white California Highway Patrol officer. Now, it was not because he was arrested for already doing something illegal, it was for the way the police officer treated the individual. According to Lacine Holland, an eyewitness to the arrest, the officer “took him and threw him in the car

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    that states that power tends to corrupt and that great men are almost always bad men. Abuse of power has been relevant throughout history . the police abused their power when they beat Rodney King and gave people cause to protest. The L.A. riots were a dark few days in Los Angeles's history and is still a driving force behind the black power movement The police let their powers corrupt on one fateful night. On march 3 1991 Rodney King a black motorist was driving home when he led highway patrol on a

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    The 1992 Los Angeles Riots 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. 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. Next stop we hit it was the music shop, it only took one brick to make that window drop. Finally we got our own p.a. where

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    Wednesday August, 11th, 1965 bye an unspecified member of the Las Angeles police department at approximately noon for being suspected of drunk driving. “http://crdl.usg.edu/events/watts_riots/?Welcome” Beginning of the Watts Riots The Watts Riots began on Wednesday August 11th, 1965 in the less fortunate neighborhood of Watts.

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    authorized by state statute. Tennessee statute provides that an officer "May use all the necessary means to effect the arrest" (Hatcher, Dickson pg 3). A Memphis police officer shot and killed Garner because he had been told to stop and instead he went over a fence to the backyard of a house he was suspected to be robbing. The officer used deadly force even tho he was sure Garner was unarmed. The officer portrayed him to be 17 or 18 years of age and at slight built. Even though Garner may have been

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    Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992, is a one-woman performance piece written and originally performed by Anna Deavere Smith, who was commissioned to transcribe regarding the 1992 Los Angeles riots corresponding with individual’s experiences, outlooks, and concerns that contributed to those who were exacerbated by the abominable and nerve racking riots. For her production, Smith interviewed hundreds of Los Angeles’ residents who were present during the occurrence of the riot. The entire script consists actual

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    Eyes to the Sky In May of 1992, famous play director Gordon Davidson approached Anna Deavere Smith to put on a theater production based on the Los Angeles riots. The play premiered one year after the incident occurred and was named “Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992”, after an ex-gang member who left a lasting impression on Smith with his views on racial barriers. “Twilight’s recognition that we must reach across ethnic boundaries is simple but true.” (Smith xxvi). Smith interviewed hundreds

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    Rodney King Violence

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    County acquitted four white Los Angeles Police Department officers of brutally beating Rodney G. King, an unarmed African-American motorist. The riots that followed over the next five days left more than 50 people dead, more than 2,000 injured, and nearly 12,000 arrested (Los Angeles Riots Fast Facts). My father, James Webster, was a witness to these riots. “On March 3, 1991, paroled felon Rodney King led police on a high-speed chase through the streets of Los Angeles County before eventually surrendering

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    justice in this world, violence and death usually occur due to conflicting ideals. In Southern Los Angeles, even after African-Americans were issued their “Civil Rights,” underlying racism constructed barriers such as “racial restrictive covenants” that ensured that blacks were still not welcome there. The two biggest social disturbances that have taken place in the West have taken place in Los Angeles—where unemployment, overcrowding, poverty, and segregation have become increasingly prevalent. The

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