How to deal with Looters and Thugs - Koreans in the 1992 L.A. Riots

Youtube ^ | August 9, 2011 | GlockTheVote

[GlockThe Vote]

This is how you deal with looters and savages.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmsKGhLdZuQ&feature=player_embedded

[GlockThe Vote]

This is how we need to deal with the looters.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmsKGhLdZuQ&feature=player_embedded

[GlockThe Vote]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmsKGhLdZuQ&feature=player_embedded

[AnAmericanMother]

Bad fire discipline and failure to use available cover.

And I think something a little heftier would be recommended since some of the goblins were shooting back.

Other than that, three cheers.

[Sequoyah101]

I wonder if they were charged?

Crooks and parasites get away, taxpayers jailed.

[GlockThe Vote]

it worked no?

[dmz]

Some of us are old enough to remember the riots that ensued after MLK Jr was assassinated.

Little Italy in downtown Baltimore was right across the street from some pretty serious projects. Not a dime of damage done,however.

Amazing what a few guys with guns on rooftops can accomplish.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

I remember the July 13, 1977 New York Blackouts when their was widespread rioting and looting. The Lebanese Family that owned the local grocery store showed up with lawn chairs and long rifles. They sat around the store drinking tea and listening to that shitty Middle Eastern popular music on their boom boxes. Not a bit of trouble. And the da buthras really HATED the Lebanese.

[HANG THE EXPENSE]

This crap wont happen where the citizens are armed to the teeth which is all over the south.I dare ‘em.

[ctdonath2]

Bump & tag.

[TLI]

I wonder if they were charged?

According to this the cops ran away so fast they never tried to arrest anybody.

Riots and the Korean-American community

The Korean-American community in Los Angeles refers to the event as "Sa-E-Gu" (literally "4-29", the first day the riots broke out). The riots prompted various responses from the Korean-American community, including the formation of activist organizations such as the Association of Korean-American Victims, and increased efforts to build collaborative links with other ethnic groups.[74]

During the riots, many Koreans from throughout the area rushed to Koreatown, heeding a call put out on Korean-language radio stations for volunteer security guards. There was a lot of activity to protect the Korean businesses, especially in Koreatown. Many Koreans had weapons, including but not limited to: shotguns, AR-15s, semi-automatic AK-47-style rifles, and semi-automatic Uzis.[citation needed]

According to Edward Park, the 1992 violence stimulated a new wave of political activism among Korean Americans, but it also split them into two main camps. The liberals sought to unite with other minorities in Los Angeles to fight against racial oppression and scapegoating. The conservatives emphasized law and order and generally favored the economic and social policies of the Republican Party. The conservatives tended to emphasize the political differences between Koreans and other minorities, specifically blacks and Hispanics.[75][76]

One of the most iconic and controversial television images of the violence was a scene of two Korean merchants firing pistols repeatedly at roving looters. The New York Times said, "that the image seemed to speak of race war, and of vigilantes taking the law into their own hands."[77] "I want to make it clear that we didn't open fire first," said ,b>David Joo, manager of the gun shop. "At that time, four police cars were there. Somebody started to shoot at us. The L.A.P.D. ran away in half a second. I never saw such a fast escape. I was pretty disappointed."[77]

Defending the armed response of the Koreans, Mr. Rhyu said, "If it was your own business and your own property, would you be willing to trust it to someone else? We are glad the National Guard is here. They're good backup. But when our shops were burning we called the police every five minutes; no response."[77]

Jay Rhee estimated that he and others fired 500 shots into the ground and air. "We have lost our faith in the police," he said. "Where were you when we needed you?" One of the largest armed camps in Koreatown was at the California Market. On the first night after the verdicts were returned in the trial of the four officers charged in the beating of Rodney King, Richard Rhee, the market owner, posted himself in the parking lot with about 20 armed employees.[78]

One year after the riots fewer than one in four damaged or destroyed businesses reopened, according to the survey conducted by the Korean American Inter-Agency Council.[79] According to a Los Angeles Times survey conducted eleven months after the riots, almost 40% of Korean Americans said they were thinking of leaving Los Angeles.[80] Before a verdict was issued in the new 1993 Rodney King Federal civil rights trial against the four officers, Korean shop owners prepared for the worst as fear ran throughout the city, gun sales went up, virtually all of them by those of Korean descent, some merchants at flea markets removed their merchandise from their shelves, storefronts were fortified with extra Plexiglas and bars. Throughout the community, shop owners readied to defend themselves as if on the eve of a war.[79]

"Like many others, Miss Hwang's family is armed now with a Glock 17 pistol, a Beretta and a shotgun and they plan to barricade themselves in their store to fight off looters. Last year, she slept in the store for a month after the riot. The Korea Young Adult Team of Los Angeles, bought five AK-47 rifles. "We made a mistake last year," said Yong Kim, the group's leader. "This time we won't. I don't know why Koreans are always a special target for African Americans, but if they are going to attack our community then we are going to pay them back."[79]

,b> Texas House of Representatives member Suzanna Gratia-Hupp testified before Congress:“ As far as these so-called assault weapons, you say that they don't have any defense use. You tell that to the guy that I saw on a videotape of the L.A. riots, standing up on his rooftop protecting his property and his life from an entire mob with one of these so-called assault weapons. Tell me that he didn't have a legitimate self-defense use.[81]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Los_Angeles_riots

Good technique, Fire Team members watching, guy with the radio ready to direct the firing.

Using available cover, a forklift. Not bad and it can be repositioned.

Preparation brings great joy!

POW! One less roach...

One of my favs... a little "quality time" consisting of father-son activity.
I wonder if they still have the Thighmaster?

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[atomic_dog]

Be advised that California's 10 day waiting period for firearms purchases does not apply to long guns over 50 years old in a private party transaction. At least not yet. For now it is still cash and carry.
I'm just sayin ....

[GlockThe Vote]

Good post!

[Sequoyah101]

Thanks for this nice post. I am slightly encouraged.

[GlockThe Vote]

I have a few korean neighbors. Best immigrants this nation could ever possibly ask for.

My GTV immigration plan is to deport the trash and import the koreans.

[TLI]

Fixing it, I meant to bold the final paragraph.

Texas House of Representatives member Suzanna Gratia-Hupp testified before Congress:“ As far as these so-called assault weapons, you say that they don't have any defense use. You tell that to the guy that I saw on a videotape of the L.A. riots, standing up on his rooftop protecting his property and his life from an entire mob with one of these so-called assault weapons. Tell me that he didn't have a legitimate self-defense use.

The silence after that statement was deafening...

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[AnAmericanMother]

Well, yeah, it worked.

But only against an undisciplined mob. Better to be prepared for the worst.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Did you hear wat the idiot reporterette said? Basically, that the gunfight between the Koreans and the blacks was started because the Koreans DARED to defend their property.

[AnAmericanMother]

Now THAT's what I'm talking about!

Somebody thinking straight.

And yeah, you can't really count on the cops when the chips are down. They don't have anything at stake.

During the riots here, the Atlanta police flat out told the suburban community where I live now (didn't live there then) that they could not stop the mob from coming over the river bridge. The local vets broke out the Garands and the AR-15s and had the bridge boxed tight as a drum, dug in on the railroad embankment and in the woods above the north end of the bridge. A couple of bullets splatting on the approach convinced the rioters that it wasn't worth being a sitting duck all the way across 150 yards of concrete bridge with no cover. So nobody got killed and everybody went home. The county sheriff's office gave them their blessing, which was kind of funny. The old guys are still talking about it (which is how I heard the story). Kind of a last hurrah for a bunch of old Nam and Korea (and a couple of WWII) vets.

At the time, we lived in downtown Atlanta but in a little wooded enclave on a dead end street off a dead end street. No bus lines and only one way in or out, didn't figure anybody would bother us and they didn't (we were nevertheless ready, though a bit nervous because the house wasn't very defensible).

"The problem with all these stories about last stands in houses is that sooner or later somebody sets the house on fire."

-C.S. Lewis, The Horse and His Boy

[MasterGunner01]

Many moons ago we had a racial dust up caused by a police shooting of a couple of “West Indian” perps who were attempting to kill the cops. The perps developed severe lead poisoning, leakage problems, and one died. The usual rabble rousers came out of the woodwork and the Rev. Jesse Jackson said he was coming out (and it wasn't to put out fires, either). He was politely told not to come (and reconsidered).

My neighbors and I broke out the artillery and it was cocked and locked and loaded. My weapon of choice was an M1C Sniper's rifle (caliber .30-06) and an M1911A1 pistol (caliber .45 ACP). After several days, the rabble quieted down and no further shots were fired. However, the mere presence of the arms and an obvious will to use them must’ve been sobering to the usual suspects.

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[waxer1]

As I remember no. More and more shop owners started to protect their property. I was horrified that the police just stood by and did nothing. The California National Guard should have been called up. This was outragous.