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RIOT IN LOS ANGLES: Pocket of Tension; A Target of Rioters, Koreatown Is Bitter, Armed and Determined
New York Times ^ | May 3, 1992 | Seth Mydans

Posted on 04/27/2021 6:03:16 AM PDT by artichokegrower

The nation's largest Korean-American community is grim, armed and determined to repel racial violence in its riot-scarred corner of the city.

A vigilante Korean security force, wearing white scarves, is patrolling the burned and looted shops of Koreatown, the economically vibrant enclave just north of the sad streets of South-Central Los Angeles, where black and Hispanic residents struggle with poverty and crime.

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To: dynachrome

“Back then the cops were on the Koreans’ side. Not now.”

Perhaps at the individual level, but I saw a report where it said that the cops later collected their weapons and then were nowhere to be seen. Cops still hate competition.

The Rooftop Koreans were immigrants from a country that still had a draft (and for good reason), they were perfectly capable of taking care of themselves, when they needed to.


21 posted on 04/27/2021 7:47:58 AM PDT by BobL (TheDonald.win is now Patriots.win)
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To: artichokegrower

It’s something we all know.


22 posted on 04/27/2021 7:50:48 AM PDT by boycott
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To: artichokegrower

Of course...That’s how dems keep blacks voting for them..Loooook how everyone steals from you ..YOU SHOULD HAVE ALL OF THAT......


23 posted on 05/04/2021 1:27:10 PM PDT by Hambone 1934 (When will the dems turn the US into Venezuela????)
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