San Pedro, Los Angeles, California

emergency response to the 1992 LA riots Institution Affiliated Date Introduction The organization from which the case study is based is the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) which is the law enforcement agency for Los Angeles, California, United States of America. The problem herein referred to in the case study emanates from the 1992 Los Angeles Riots that were in response of what became to be known as police brutality. The problem is particularly a conflict between the LAPD and…

Chargers’ relocation application was thought of as BS by the San Diego leaders. The lead negotiator for the county and city efforts to keep the Chargers in town tried unsuccessfully in obtaining a copy of the teams’ application to relocate to Los Angeles. The officials are concerned that the application might have inaccuracies in it. Attorney Chris Melvin tried requesting the document from the NFL and the Chargers and they have not provided it to him. Monday night the Chargers’ had a video…

The report I chose was retrieved from ABC News and written by reporter Dennis Romero, addressing the heartbreaking shooting of an unarmed African American male name Stephon Clark who lived in Sacramento, California. This tragedy initiated a large protest by the Black Lives Matter movement in the Sacramento area. It affected the local community and an event in the community all day on a Thursday, March 22, 2018. The local community the protestors affected were five expressed highways. Protestors…

on television through news broadcasts, shocking citizens across the nation about the excessive force used by police officers and the underlying motives of racism. Anger among African Americans increased when the trial took place in Simi Valley, California, a predominantly white and conservative suburb. The jury comprised ten whites, one Hispanic, and one Asian –…

Let’s begin with the killing of Los Angeles Police Department officer Kevin Gaines. He was shot by undercover officer frank Lyga. Lyga was involved in a road rage incident with Gaines and suspected him of being a gang member. After his untimely death it came to be known that on his off duty time he worked as a security guard. It also came to light that this was not his first road rage case where he would threaten drives with a gun. Kevin Gaines came to be employed on his off time by Suge Knight…

Meanwhile in the North, mass riots and deaths were occurring, such as the 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…

” 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…

Bowling for Clues For my detective assignment I elected to research object D-12, a small ceramic bowl with multiple cracks. I estimate the diameter of the bowl to be about 18 to 20cm and the width about 35cm with a height of 8cm. It is beautiful piece portraying a polo player surrounded by flower and sun motifs. The polo player appears to be female and is dressed in a gorgeous and complex gown. The vegetal themes are complimented by the use of the neutral shades brown and tan and a luster…