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If that were true, I would be very surprised. Not only were the faces on the TV mostly black, but in the aftermath, it was predominantly black "leaders" who addressed the riots and defended the rioters.

By the way, why put rioters in quotations? It's hardly in dispute that the term is accurate.

You can go back to all the statistics gathered by our major L.A. newspapers if you like, but the fact is that despite what you saw on your TV, more Hispanics were involved in looting than were Blacks in 1992.

I live in Los Angeles and we all were under curfews, etc., for days. We had access to much more information, 24/7, about the situation than did the rest of the country, naturally. The statistics revealed after the events were over were surprising, but not shocking since there are far more Hispanics in this area than there are Blacks. Blacks in Los Angeles are not a huge group anymore and haven't been for years.

Blacks have been leaving the area in droves for quite awhile, and their previous L.A. locales have been taken over by Hispanics.