Reply #120: After having a beer, this reminds me of the LA Riots.....

[AntiFascist]

I recall hearing about a woman sitting in her BMW at an intersection on Sunset Blvd. She had broken down crying while sitting at the intersection, witnessing her city going up in smoke. Believe me, you could see plumes of smoke stretching all the way from Hollywood to the coastal areas, it seemed to be much worse than what was being reported on television. All happening because immediately after the Rodney King verdict people knew that justice was not done: the system was corrupt and broken.

On edit: This was the trial where a mostly white jury acquitted the four police officers accused in the videotaped beating of Rodney King. The trial had received a change of venue to mostly white Simi Valley.