1992 la riots by Ryan Braun https://padlet.com/braunr0463/wsihzf4eudswxm8h en-us 2021-05-26 13:14:44 UTC 2024-11-21 19:38:49 UTC hello@padlet.com 1992 la riots braunr0463 https://padlet.com/braunr0463/wsihzf4eudswxm8h/wish/1561323035 to what extent did the 1992 LA riots have an impact on the Black Lives Matter movement of today?]]> 2021-05-26 13:28:43 UTC https://padlet.com/braunr0463/wsihzf4eudswxm8h/wish/1561323035 Why the LA riots happened braunr0463 https://padlet.com/braunr0463/wsihzf4eudswxm8h/wish/1561378858 The LA riots were sparked by a man named Rodney king who was driving on the freeway when two LA police officers pulled Rodney king over and pulled him from his car then proceeded to beat him up]]> 2021-05-26 13:41:57 UTC https://padlet.com/braunr0463/wsihzf4eudswxm8h/wish/1561378858 braunr0463 https://padlet.com/braunr0463/wsihzf4eudswxm8h/wish/1561396693 So did the video of Rodney king getting brutally kicked spark the Black Lives Matter movement?]]> 2021-05-26 13:46:10 UTC https://padlet.com/braunr0463/wsihzf4eudswxm8h/wish/1561396693 Death toll braunr0463 https://padlet.com/braunr0463/wsihzf4eudswxm8h/wish/1568388878 64 people died from either the la pd firing at officers or from the buildings and cars that had been set on fire. No members of law enforcement were killed]]> 2021-05-28 13:12:56 UTC https://padlet.com/braunr0463/wsihzf4eudswxm8h/wish/1568388878 The president’s response to the rioting braunr0463 https://padlet.com/braunr0463/wsihzf4eudswxm8h/wish/1568436373 George HW. Bush condemned the riots and the LA pd for their actions. The president ended up sending riot police trained to contain the rioting. He was also proactive in trying to end the rioting.]]> 2021-05-28 13:27:50 UTC https://padlet.com/braunr0463/wsihzf4eudswxm8h/wish/1568436373 Black lives matter braunr0463 https://padlet.com/braunr0463/wsihzf4eudswxm8h/wish/1568464659 So to answer the question, was the Black Lives Matter movement sparked by the la riots? It is debatable, in the name of police brutality yes it would make sense that BLM would March for that cause. but  it does make sense that BLM got some ideas from the actions of the rioters in 1992.]]> 2021-05-28 13:36:30 UTC https://padlet.com/braunr0463/wsihzf4eudswxm8h/wish/1568464659 Cost of damage$ braunr0463 https://padlet.com/braunr0463/wsihzf4eudswxm8h/wish/1568497591 The riots ended up lasting for six days and ended up costing 1 billion dollars in damages. Rioters set 3,600 fires and upwards of 2,600 people were injured.]]> 2021-05-28 13:46:36 UTC https://padlet.com/braunr0463/wsihzf4eudswxm8h/wish/1568497591 A witness quote braunr0463 https://padlet.com/braunr0463/wsihzf4eudswxm8h/wish/1568505806 “The city looked like a war zone,” said Carmen Ramos Chandler, CSUN director of information and former reporter for the Los Angeles Daily News who covered the riots. “There was ash and smoke everywhere and for the life of me, I couldn’t understand why people were running into burning, collapsing buildings just to loot.”]]> 2021-05-28 13:49:09 UTC https://padlet.com/braunr0463/wsihzf4eudswxm8h/wish/1568505806 Aftermath braunr0463 https://padlet.com/braunr0463/wsihzf4eudswxm8h/wish/1568521753 Around 1,100 buildings were burned down during the riots.]]> 2021-05-28 13:54:02 UTC https://padlet.com/braunr0463/wsihzf4eudswxm8h/wish/1568521753 The government’s response braunr0463 https://padlet.com/braunr0463/wsihzf4eudswxm8h/wish/1568552467 The government could have sent more police in to la to help stop the rioting. So they could have been better, but hindsight is always 20/20]]> 2021-05-28 14:03:43 UTC https://padlet.com/braunr0463/wsihzf4eudswxm8h/wish/1568552467 Work cited braunr0463 https://padlet.com/braunr0463/wsihzf4eudswxm8h/wish/1568562400 Bush, G. W. (1992, May 1). George Bush Presidential Library and Museum. https://web.archive.org/web/20060216041435/http://bushlibrary.tamu.edu/research/papers/1992/92050105.html.


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