Knowing that no help was coming, Korean Americans formed self defense groups to defend their shops and homes.
Anytime some idiot tells you the police will come to defend you, remember Koreatown and the LA riots.
Posted on 04/29/2016 12:46:57 PM PDT by PanzerKardinal
During the LA riots, the LAPD completely abandoned Koreatown in Central LA. Instead the police formed defense line guarding Beverly Hills.
Knowing that no help was coming, Korean Americans formed self defense groups to defend their shops and homes.
Anytime some idiot tells you the police will come to defend you, remember Koreatown and the LA riots.
Four of us jumped into a car. Armed with an Rem 870, a Mini-14, a 10-22 and a SW 357. we spent the night and the next day driving around. Anytime we saw a group gather, we should stop, get out and flash out guns.
The only time we ever saw the police was when we were stopped by a patrol car, two officers told to get off the street or we would be arrested. All the time a store was being looted behind them.
Those three days taught me a very important lessons, when the SHTF, the cops aren't coming.
How many Americans come from an organized, functional community like the Koreans do?
Korean Americans earned the respect of the country that week ... they were amazing.
Prepper ping
The Koreans in SouthCentral LA were already operating under a siege mindset, even before the RK verdict. For years their stores had been robbed and looted at the slightest provocation, and they were constantly victimized by the black communities around them.
“when the SHTF, the cops aren’t coming.”
They may come afterwards. At that time you may wish you had something better than “shoot, shovel and shut up”.
On a tangent note but not directly related to this story, I was reminded of this -
“On this date last year, the Orioles and White Sox played in an empty Camden Yards amid riots in Baltimore.” (ESPN tweet, won’t link)
During the BLM riots in Oakland CA, there was one area the protesters avoided like Superman avoids Kryptonite.
And that Chinatown/Little Saigon. Even though it’s in the middle of downtown Oakland.
Merchants stood outside their shops with 2x4’s, broom handles, and metal rods. And you know behind the counter was all sorts of knives and guns.
They worked too hard to let some POS’s burn down everything they own.
“How many Americans come from an organized, functional community like the Koreans do?”
The Bloods, the Crips, MS13, various motorcycle “clubs”, maybe the Aryan Nation, the Chinese Tongs. Not necessarily helpful to an overall ordered society.
“Those three days taught me a very important lessons, when the SHTF, the cops aren’t coming.”
New Orleans taught me that when the SHTF the police will come for your guns.
This is why 8 round limits and other silliness is stupid and immoral.
The police will be protecting the elites, or their own loved ones. That’s how anarchy works.
Remember that vividly, lived about 6 miles from Korea Town.
Told my wife and kids not to worry, our home was better armed than the Koreans.
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My wife is Korean...and heavily armed.
:)
The personal account of the ONLY Korean speaker on the staff of the LA Times at the time:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJw41e8eb24
When The Music Stops – How America’s Cities May Explode In Violence (EBT SHTF scenario)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3136803/posts
Does she have a sister? :)
Love me some Koreans.
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