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riot in Watts, California. It all started with a white police officer stopping what appeared to be a drunk black driver. In the end, the 6 day riot costed the lives of 34 people, and over 1,000 were injured. 600 buildings had been looted an set on fire, leaving the total damage cost at over $100 million. King wanted to help his people everywhere, not just in the South. So in January of 1966, King and his wife move into a slum in Chicago to start a campaign that would hopefully put an end to all…

” These were the words of Los Angeles Police officers in 1992, in this same year one of the most violent riots in American History occurred. Due to the discrimination of the minorities in Los Angeles the beating of one man becomes the push needed to send the minorities, mostly African Americans, in South Central over the cliff. After the severe beating of an African American man named Rodney King and the trial that allowed the officers in question to walk free Los Angeles citizens of South…

On April 29, 1992 began a riot later called The Rodney king riots. This riot began because the four white police officers who brutally beat Rodney King, a black man, didn’t get convicted for the crime. The “not guilty” verdict was carried live , which made the people’s anger escape and minutes later that day the riots started through South Central on Florence & Normandie and ended with everything getting burned. Many people got injured like Reginald Denny who got caught in the streets by Damian…

Pedro Madaleno Rodney King Case The Rodney King case is an event in history that created mass hysteria in the city of Los Angeles in the town of south central. In 1991 Mr. King was in a high speed chase that took place on a highway in Los Angeles. When Rodney King was finally stopped he was brutally beat by four police officers. The results of the police officers sentencings created riots in L.A. Rodney king was 25 years old, and an unemployed construction worker with two children. Rodney…

Each drawing and painting always has a true and great story behind it. Paintings in Los Angeles are very beautiful and there should not be any problem with having nice paintings or drawing in the walls. I think its okay to have drawings in Los Angeles because a lot of people from all over the world go there and like to look around and explore How Los Angeles really is. Art is a really outstanding when you know that it is something that a artist drew out of there feelings or emotion or simply…

of the projects their set name Rollin 60. He wanted people to feel their impact and presence. There were two victims that had died in the gang shooting that happened. The two victims were from Dominican Republic. One of them was Albert Cintron of twenty four years old. He was raised in a small town of Pennsylvania called Reading. He moved to the Bronx when he was about seven years old with his parents and sisters. He was affiliated with the bloods for three years. The other victim was Allen Diaz…

Introduction The representation of Africa and African people in popular American media has been a major concern in academic disciplines and the subject of numerous books and essays. Many scholars and activists have written about this issue seeking to introduce new knowledges and methodologies into the debate while taking into account the overwhelming evidence of the colonial influence on these representations. The debates and arguments are not restricted to Hollywood films (although Hollywood…

In the book Tong Wars: The Untold Story of Vice, Money and Murder in New York’s Chinatown, Scott D. Seligman discusses the lives of Chinese immigrants residing in a suburb of New York during the late 19th and early 20th century. Throughout the book, Seligman delves into the quarrels between rival Chinese gangs. The Hip Sings and On Leongs rise in criminal activities led to violent actions that resulted in the deaths of many individuals. Although these individuals acted maliciously, Seligman…

If we compare the novel of “The Outsiders” that was written by S.E.Hinton and the film that was produced by Francis Ford Coppola, there will be many similarities and differences. One of the major differences is the different treatments to express some major themes. For example, Conflict between different social classes, conflict between siblings, the definition of family and the coming of age and maturation of teenage boy. The conflict between different social classes is based on several…

Teens join gangs for a variety reasons from families, schools, friends, to what city they live in. Gangs are everywhere, even some of the nicest cities. Peer pressure, family, protection, and boredom are the main reasons I noticed that teens join gangs. In reflecting upon my own adolescence and witnessing teens joining gangs, I believe that all these reasons are closely associated. It seems as though gangs have no boundaries it affects the poor and the rich, small towns, suburbia, and some of…