Ben Torres
Ms.Kasey Davis
Col Prep English
6 April 2017
The Worst Race Riot in US History
More than 20 years ago, my father, Danny Torres, was a member of the Los Angeles Police Department and he experienced firsthand what the Los Angeles riots were all about in 1992. When he got out of high school, my father enlisted in the United States Army. During his military service he was stationed in Panama , and many other places all over the world. July of 1989, he married his high school sweetheart, Sarah Blossom. My mother, Sarah gave birth to their son, Ross. Danny decided to become a Los Angeles Police Officer and so they picked up and moved to California. Danny worked hard while attending the Los Angeles Police Academy, and he prospered. …show more content…
Danny said, . “I didn't come home for 5 days, we all worked 16 hour shifts. Then we would sleep in the bunkhouse that was used to house inmates awaiting trial.” Throughout the 5 days he saw many things he never thought he would ever witness. “It's something as an officer you would never think of seeing at that magnitude of a riot, because it started in the south central area then just went everywhere. Seemed like it was basically just a free for all, people took advantage, of what originally was a disgruntled group protesting the court's verdict. That then erupted into people just going and stealing whatever they want because there was so much chaos. they could steal stuff and not many would realize it because they all were doing …show more content…
Eventually the national guard was called in to help stop the rioters, but before they came they had a game plan they used. “Since we didn't have enough reinforcements at the time to fully stop the riots, we decided to try and just keep them in a small part and make sure it was controlled in one area and not everywhere like it had started. Just until the reinforcements came in and helped us stop the riot” said Danny. Even though the riot had ended there was still a lot more to do to try and bring the community back
Ms.Kasey Davis
Col Prep English
6 April 2017
The Worst Race Riot in US History
More than 20 years ago, my father, Danny Torres, was a member of the Los Angeles Police Department and he experienced firsthand what the Los Angeles riots were all about in 1992. When he got out of high school, my father enlisted in the United States Army. During his military service he was stationed in Panama , and many other places all over the world. July of 1989, he married his high school sweetheart, Sarah Blossom. My mother, Sarah gave birth to their son, Ross. Danny decided to become a Los Angeles Police Officer and so they picked up and moved to California. Danny worked hard while attending the Los Angeles Police Academy, and he prospered. …show more content…
Danny said, . “I didn't come home for 5 days, we all worked 16 hour shifts. Then we would sleep in the bunkhouse that was used to house inmates awaiting trial.” Throughout the 5 days he saw many things he never thought he would ever witness. “It's something as an officer you would never think of seeing at that magnitude of a riot, because it started in the south central area then just went everywhere. Seemed like it was basically just a free for all, people took advantage, of what originally was a disgruntled group protesting the court's verdict. That then erupted into people just going and stealing whatever they want because there was so much chaos. they could steal stuff and not many would realize it because they all were doing …show more content…
Eventually the national guard was called in to help stop the rioters, but before they came they had a game plan they used. “Since we didn't have enough reinforcements at the time to fully stop the riots, we decided to try and just keep them in a small part and make sure it was controlled in one area and not everywhere like it had started. Just until the reinforcements came in and helped us stop the riot” said Danny. Even though the riot had ended there was still a lot more to do to try and bring the community back