Analysis Of The Trigger For The 1992 Los Angeles Riots

“The Trigger for the 1992: Los Angeles Riots” The riot of 1992 Los Angeles is not the first one to happen throughout our American history. It is the common civilized way for people to protest about any injustices or certain events that they’re unhappy with like for example immigration reform, racism, women’s rights, stamp act and including the 1992: Los Angeles riots etc…. Most of the occasions they tend to turn out to violent and disruptive to the community because they either destroy public property or there issues with the law enforcement. Riots have been successful the best way for a community to be heard on their yearning injustices, but the downfall has been that people have been adopting

According, to Sergeant Charles Duke, the violent crimes and riots could be avoided by providing advanced techniques that would not harm or create a bigger conflict like the incident of Rodney King. It is obvious that Sergeant Charles agreed that the police officers were just simply fallowing the justice system. The Sergeant believes the cops did what they had to and the cause of the conflict was because “You took upper-body-control holds away from us. Now we’re really gonna show you what you’re gonna get, with lawsuits and all the other things that are associated with it “(Deavere Smith-65). It was obvious that they were foreshadowing the results of the banned on upper-body control would be the cause to a bigger problem like the 1992 Los Angeles that has been labeled in our American history. Duke was always against the technique of using a baton to hold the submission and always spoke on the harm the officers would go through if anything turns out to a tragic death. Duke’s perspective on the scenario was that it was all the police commission to blame, and “The whole thing boils down to…Powell was ineffective

I would think that the situation wouldn’t have affected him in any way, but even he had to confront the ending result of the verdict. Never expected his life would have change drastically after getting out of the courtroom, and had affected him the way it did to him and his family. There was no regret to his decision, “it’s not fair to say I would have voted a different way. I wouldn’t have-that’s not our justice” (Deavere Smith pg70). His job was to give a verdict based on justice system, but never thought the impact and anger it was going to cause the mob inside in the courtroom and the mob outside. Angry people were mad at the injustice of letting Powell and the other officers acquitted for an injustice done to Rodney King. People mobilized themselves to create riots for the cause of justice of the inequality. They wanted a change and protection of their rights as a citizen. Many people felt in danger. The verdict was the fuel to people especially minorities to fight for their rights and their safety. The juror only regret was the fact that he was part of the trial and putting his family through it. At the end, he felt betrayed as other jurors did “We just feel like we were pawns that were thrown away by the system” (Deavere SmithPg-72) that just triggered the deadly mobs in the riots.