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A Rooftop Korean Reacted to the Anti-ICE Riots in LA
Townhall ^ | June 08, 2025 | Matt Vespa |

Posted on 06/09/2025 2:39:32 AM PDT by george76

Tony Moon’s Twitter account was likely going off the rails yesterday. Everyone who remembers the 1992 LA riots and the ‘Rooftop Koreans’ was either mentioning him or making references, leading to others tagging him in their threads. Moon is one of the original rooftop Koreans who grabbed their guns and took defensive positions atop their businesses as hordes of rioters descended upon them. It’s a classic American tale: invoking one’s Second Amendment rights to defend themselves and their property when law and order are absent, and the police cannot be relied on amid the chaos.

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The Rodney King fiasco and the fatal shooting of Latasha Harlins at a Korean-American-run convenience store sparked those riots, which led to the deployment of the National Guard, U.S. Army, and Marines to quell the riots. At least 60 people were killed in the mayhem, which totaled $1 billion in damages. Moon mostly played along with these call to arms:

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Immigration and Customs Enforcement executed a series of raids in Los Angeles this week, which led to an uproar among the left-wing clowns who have assaulted cops, attacked federal agents, and stormed Department of Homeland Security facilities. It was bad on Friday and even worse on Saturday. The National Guard has been deployed.

President Trump isn't going to allow lawlessness to reign in America. We will not have a repeat of 2020's "Summer of Love."


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: california; koreans; la; lariots; losangeles; riots; rooftop; rooftopkoreans

1 posted on 06/09/2025 2:39:32 AM PDT by george76
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To: george76

Go get them Hong Gil Dong!!!!!


2 posted on 06/09/2025 2:57:49 AM PDT by BFW (loss of signal)
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To: george76

You stay out brackie!


3 posted on 06/09/2025 3:53:18 AM PDT by sgt_lau (No one loves Mexico as much as the people who refuse to live there.)
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To: sgt_lau

Arrest Bass! New erection needed!


4 posted on 06/09/2025 4:53:03 AM PDT by DCBryan1 (Inter arma enim silent leges! - Cicero )
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5 posted on 06/09/2025 4:56:41 AM PDT by SGCOS (If COVID doesn't kill you, the vaccines will. )
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To: george76

Need Long Duk Dong.


6 posted on 06/09/2025 4:58:51 AM PDT by JusPasenThru (Make America Florida! )
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To: george76

Hooray for the Rooftop Koreans.

Show the world how it should be done.

And the crying shame is that they’re going to have to show AMERICANS how to do it right.

May this motivate patriotic American citizens to take a stand to protect their lives and property and livelihoods.


7 posted on 06/09/2025 5:05:03 AM PDT by metmom ( He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.”)
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To: DCBryan1

Bass? Erection? Ewwwwww


8 posted on 06/09/2025 5:27:42 AM PDT by Hyman Roth
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To: george76

The rooftop Koreans were such an inspiration at that time of chaos. But I wonder, did they actually shoot anyone?


9 posted on 06/09/2025 5:39:53 AM PDT by montag813
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Don’t mess with Koreans. They’re an angry people.


10 posted on 06/09/2025 6:02:23 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: george76
Yes. There are excellent reasons why our forefathers enshrined the right to keep and bear arms in the US Constitution.

When government fails to protect the People and the rights endowed them by their Creator, the People have a right endowed by their Creator to protect themselves, and fortunately the Founders of the USA were wise enough to protect this right in the very foundation of US law

11 posted on 06/09/2025 6:09:48 AM PDT by Savage Beast (There's a Light over the Whole World. I just want everybody to be happy, healthy and well. --DJT)
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To: montag813

The rooftop Koreans were such an inspiration at that time of chaos. But I wonder, did they actually shoot anyone?

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Not that I remember. The display was enough - the rioters turned around and left.


12 posted on 06/09/2025 6:34:35 AM PDT by dagunk
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I was so hoping yesterday that these violent rioters would find their way into Koreatown, which isn’t that far away.

I’m sure the rooftop Koreans are ready for them.


13 posted on 06/09/2025 7:55:47 AM PDT by Bon of Babble (You Say You Want a Revolutioan?)
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To: dagunk

Rioters/Antifa types are generally cowards. Just like when the husband/wife in Saint Louis stood out in front of their house armed with weapons the MOB decided to pass them by and go riot somewhere else.

So, the threat of standing up to bullies is typically all you need to do.


14 posted on 06/09/2025 8:00:43 AM PDT by woodbutcher1963
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To: Bon of Babble

I would love to find a rooftop Korean T-shirt from back in the day.


15 posted on 06/09/2025 8:01:05 AM PDT by sgt_lau (No one loves Mexico as much as the people who refuse to live there.)
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Get your own t-shirt made by a private t-shirt business.


16 posted on 06/09/2025 8:33:10 AM PDT by Ciexyz (Prayers for America and Israel.)
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I probably will. Good idea, thanks.


17 posted on 06/09/2025 9:41:40 AM PDT by sgt_lau (No one loves Mexico as much as the people who refuse to live there.)
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Sounds like Tony Moon & his crew were ready to take the bull by the horns. Good for them as they were just protecting their business.


18 posted on 06/09/2025 11:52:32 AM PDT by oldtech
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To: sgt_lau

ebay


19 posted on 06/09/2025 8:14:36 PM PDT by gundog (The ends justify the mean tweets. )
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