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Sunday, 29 April 2007

The L.A. riots: 15 years later
Michelle Malkin

Wow, time passes quickly. Today marks the 15th anniversary of the Los Angeles riots. Time magazine has a retrospective and profiles of the key figures, from Rodney King to Daryl Gates to Reginald Denny and the LAPD officers.

Thug Damian Williams, caught on tape beating Denny to a bloody pulp, is in jail for his participation in a 2000 murder. Rapper Ice Cube, who stoked anti-Korean bigotry in south Central Los Angeles, is now a "respectable" entertainer with a mainstream movie career. Shame. Here's a reminder of how Korean shop owners were left to fend for themselves during the siege.

Meanwhile, many of the angels and samaritans on that day have been forgotten. Here's a reminder from the column I wrote on the 10th anniversary: ...

Folks, this old dog had way too much and way too little all trying to happen at once 15 years ago -- I probably should have been getting psychiatric care; Oh, wait, I was --  and if you'd asked me what years the riots happened I wouldn't have been able to tell you, so I won't try to post a lot of personal recollections from that period.  Go read Michelle's post and if I find any other good links I'll add them to this post.

Posted by Bill Faith on April 29, 2007 at 09:51 PM | Permalink

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