They weren’t rioting over OJ Simpson. They were rioting over the dismissal of LA police of criminal liability by a majority white jury in Simi Valley (not LA) who were caught on tape beating a “defenseless” Rodney King who was speeding to evade being pulled over by police. This was during the robert gates tenure as LA POlice Chief in which there was significant friction between police and the minority populace due to higher incidents of police brutality.
Reginald Denny was pulled out of his truck by latino gang members in south central LA. After that most of the rioting involved was burning and looting of shops (predominantly owned by Koreans) in that area.
Yes. I meant Rodney King. I wrote that wrong. I do remember King, Gates and what happened.
I’m sorry. I wish I could edit what I said.
I’ve got tornado warnings on my mind right now, so I’m a little distracted. My apologies.