Full Description
The Los Angeles riots in the Spring of 1992 were among the most violent and destructive events in twentieth-century urban America. This collection of original essays by leading urban experts offers the first comprehensive analysis of the unrest that took place after a jury acquitted the police officers who were accused of using excessive force in t
Contents
Introduction -- A Riot of Color: The Demographic Setting -- Los Angeles Coalition Politics -- The Rodney King Beating Verdicts -- Public Opinion Before and After a Spring of Discontent1 -- A Profile of Those Arrested -- Property Damage and Violence: A Collective Behavior Analysis -- Black-Korean Conflict -- Community Coalition-Building -- Urban Rioting in Los Angeles: A Comparison of 1965 with 1992
