From Watts to Washington, Any Lessons Learned?
On this day 38 years ago, South Central Los Angeles was in its second day of a continuous volcanic eruption that transfixed the nation and the world. Touched off by alleged police misconduct in the arrest of a local man for speeding and an officer’s club “accidentally” striking a witness of the arrest, the Watts area became a veritable war zone. By the third day, when a contingent of military units quelled the uprising, 34 people were dead and property damage was assessed at $35 million.
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