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Imagine. It’s a dark February night in Miami. You step out to your local convenience store to grab a couple of snacks. On your way home, you realize someone is following you. After you confront the person, a scuffle breaks out, and it results in your parents having to bury you at a cemetery. This was the unfortunate story of Florida teen Trayvon Martin. Martin was killed walking home from the local convenience store only armed with a bag of skittles and an iced tea. After being followed George Zimmerman

experiences, feelings and emotions of the Los Angeles peoples when the riots had happened. For her play; she wanted to perform an act of one woman on the stage and also published all those human experiences in her book. For her requirements she did interview more than 200 citizens of that country for getting the detailed information about Riots. However, through her play “Twilight” she wanted to explore the real picture of the people suffrages, police brutality, and exact problem behind the racisms

African American man (Baker). From April 29th to May 1st of 1992 protestors throughout the Los Angeles area displayed violent actions while rioting against a racially biased verdict. The 1992 Rodney King riots in Los Angeles show how mob mentality can negatively impact an entire city. On March 3rd, 1991, African American citizen Rodney King found himself engaged in a high speed chase with a few Los Angeles policemen. Officers Laurence Powell, Timothy Ward, Stacey Koon, and Theodore Biseno eventually

The movement was small; however, it did gather some national attention, but nothing significant. All that had changed in just over two years when a young black man named Michael Brown was shot dead in Ferguson, Missouri, by Darren Wilson, a white police officer. The event sparked outrage and protest locally, then spread nationwide soon after. The Black Lives Matter movement had gained huge momentum as a result of this event. It then went into a full swing, and still continues until today. According

Los Angeles in the 1990s was plagued by oppression and conflict that thrived in racial divisions. These divisions created a low level of inter-racial acceptance, especially in the highly segregated areas of LA. When Rodney King was brutally assaulted by white police officers, the trial became a symbol of racial tensions throughout the city. Minority groups empathized with King, as they too had been victims of society’s neglect. On April 29, 1992, following the verdict of the jury: not guilty on all

teacher where she started volunteering and working with the Head Start organization. She also got involved in inner city issues in Los Angeles and represented people in the “U.S congress” and the “California State Assembly”. On March 3, 1991, an African American Rodney King, led the police on a High Speed chase, and was pulled over and beaten brutally by the Los Angeles police, while all was recorded on videotape. When the officers were acquitted for brutally beating of Rodney King, it sparked the beginning

and Yankel’s death. In fact, even if their riot didn’t occur, the deaths would still be an important part of the history of Crown Heights. In the beginning the major target of the riot, was unclear. Some assumed that the black’s target would be the police. However, it soon became clear that their target was the Lubavitch Jews. The black people went into the Jewish neighborhoods of Crown Heights and threw and bottles at Lubavitchers homes, burned their cars, and beat several men. In response, the Lubavitchers

dwelled on in the article, “Food justice and Food retail in Los Angeles” by Mark Valliantos. Throughout the article, Valliantos maintains the notion that healthy food should be within everyone’s reach, yet inner cities are still suffering from shortages of fresh produce. To see this issue in action, Valliantos documented this reoccurring phenomenon in Los Angeles. The author gives a description of two areas within the city of Los Angeles, and how they are economically divided based on the amount of

nature of racism within the realm of police enforcement. In looking through the lens of the Rodney King case, we are provided with a very specific example of how the issue of race was dealt with, or not dealt with within the LAPD and judicial system. To gain a clearer understanding of how race was a major issue in this case but at the same time not confronted on the front lines, Alyvard highlights several aspects of the case. In the 1991 state trial of the four police officers accused of beating Rodney

The 1992 Los Angeles Riots Los Angeles today is widely known for its urban and constantly changing culture, but 25 years ago, people throughout the nation were watching the riots and destruction of the city. In 1992, Los Angeles was a place of chaos and massive rioting so large that people feared even going into the city. These rebels against society were fighting for five days straight, causing a disturbance so large that $1.3 billion dollars in damages left the city a burning mess. The rioters