Editing 1992 Los Angeles riots (section)

{{Short description|Riots following the beating of Rodney King}}
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{{Infobox civil conflict
| title = 1992 Los Angeles riots
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| image = [[File:LA Riots - aftermath (159598182).jpg|300px]]
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| caption = Aftermath of the riots
| date = April 29 – May 3, 1992<br /> (6 days); {{age|1992|04|29}} years ago
| place = [[Los Angeles County, California]], US
| causes = * Four policemen acquitted of assaulting and beating [[Rodney King]]
* [[Killing of Latasha Harlins]]
* Racial tension in Los Angeles
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| methods = {{flatlist|
*Widespread rioting
*looting
*assault
*protests
*vandalism
*shootouts
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| result = '''Riots suppressed'''
*Many homes and businesses damaged, looted, or destroyed
*Resignation of chief [[Daryl Gates]]
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'''Rioters and looters'''
* [[Crips]]
* [[Pirus]]
* [[Bloods]]
* [[Mexican Mafia]]
* [[Florencia 13]]
* [[MS-13]]
* [[18th Street gang]]
{{Citation needed|date=October 2024}}
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'''Government forces'''
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* [[7th Infantry Division (United States)|7th Infantry Division]]
* [[1st Marine Division (United States)|1st Marine Division]]
* [[California Army National Guard]]
* [[California Air National Guard]]
** [[144th Fighter Wing]]
**[[144th Security Police Squadron]]
** [[146th Airlift Wing]]
* [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]]
* [[United States Marshal Service]]
* [[Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms]]
* [[United States Border Patrol]]
** [[Special Response Team|SRT]]
** [[BORTAC]]
* [[Federal Bureau of Prisons]]
* [[Drug Enforcement Administration]]}}
{{Collapsible list|title={{nobold|{{flagdeco|California}} [[Government of California|State of California]]}}|
* [[California Highway Patrol]]
* [[Los Angeles Police Department]]
* [[Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department]]
* [[Long Beach Police Department (California)|Long Beach Police Department]]
* [[Compton Police Department (California)|Compton Police Department]]
* [[Inglewood Police Department]]
* [[Pasadena Police Department (California)|Pasadena Police Department]]
* [[Gardena Police Department]]
* [[Hawthorne Police Department]]
* [[South Gate Police Department]]
* [[South Pasadena Department]]}}<hr>Armed civilians, notably from [[Korean Americans in Greater Los Angeles|Korean American communities]], [[Rooftop Koreans|defending property]] from rioters and looters.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/05/03/us/riot-los-angles-pocket-tension-target-rioters-koreatown-bitter-armed-determined.html | title=RIOT IN LOS ANGLES: Pocket of Tension; A Target of Rioters, Koreatown is Bitter, Armed and Determined | work=The New York Times | date=May 3, 1992 | last1=Mydans | first1=Seth }}</ref>
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| injuries = 2,383
| fatalities = 63<ref>{{cite web|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/04/los-angeles-riots-remember-the-63-people-who-died-.html|title=Los Angeles Riots: Remember the 63 people who died|date=April 26, 2012}}</ref>
| arrests = 12,111<ref>{{cite book|last1=Harris|first1=Paul|title=Black Rage Confronts the Law|date=1999|publisher=NYU Press|isbn=9780814735923|page=186|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XDsTCgAAQBAJ&q=12111+arrests&pg=PA186|access-date=October 25, 2017|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Rayner|first1=Richard|title=The Granta Book of Reportage|date=1998|publisher=Granta Books|isbn=9781862071933|page=424|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YBPG3MgSdDEC&q=12111+arrests&pg=PA424|access-date=October 25, 2017|language=en}}</ref>
| damage = $1 billion
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The '''1992 Los Angeles riots''' (also called the '''South Central riots''', '''Rodney King riots''', or the '''1992 Los Angeles uprising''')<ref name="LA Uprising">{{cite book |editor-last=Danver |editor-first=Steven L. |title=Revolts, Protests, Demonstrations, and Rebellions in American History: An Encyclopedia, Volume 3 |date=2011 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |location=Santa Barbara, Calif. |isbn=978-1-59884-222-7 |pages=1095–1100 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eSncBZ9E14UC&q=%22los+angeles+uprising%22 |chapter=Los Angeles Uprising (1992)}}</ref>{{r|Bergesen & Herman}} were a series of riots and civil disturbances that occurred in [[Los Angeles County, California]], United States, during April and May 1992. Unrest began in [[South Los Angeles|South Central Los Angeles]] on April 29, after a jury [[Acquittal|acquitted]] four officers of the [[Los Angeles Police Department]] (LAPD) charged with using [[Police brutality|excessive force]] in the arrest and beating of [[Rodney King]]. The incident had been videotaped by George Holliday, who was a bystander to the incident, and was heavily [[Broadcasting|broadcast]] in various news and [[Media (communication)|media]] outlets.

The rioting took place in several areas in the [[Greater Los Angeles|Los Angeles metropolitan area]] as thousands of people rioted over six days following the verdict's announcement. Widespread [[looting]], [[assault]], and [[arson]] occurred during the riots, which local police forces had difficulty controlling. The situation in the Los Angeles area was resolved after the [[California National Guard]], [[United States Armed Forces|United States military]], and several federal law enforcement agencies deployed more than 10,000 of their armed responders to assist in ending the violence and unrest.<ref>{{cite web|title=Trump invoking Insurrection Act could undo years of police reform, experts warn|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/insurrection-act-was-last-used-1992-los-angeles-riots-invoking-n1224356|access-date=2021-12-27|website=NBC News|date=June 4, 2020|language=en}}</ref>

When the riots including multiple shootouts had ended, 63 people had been killed,<ref name="Miranda">{{cite news |last=Miranda |first=Carolina A. |title=Of the 63 people killed during '92 riots, 23 deaths remain unsolved – artist Jeff Beall is mapping where they fell |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/miranda/la-et-cam-la-riots-jeff-beall-los-angeles-uprising-20170427-htmlstory.html |work=Los Angeles Times |date=28 April 2017}}</ref> 2,383 had been injured, more than 12,000 had been arrested, and estimates of property damage were over $1 billion, making it the most destructive period of local unrest in US history. [[Koreatown, Los Angeles|Koreatown]], situated just to the north of South Central LA, was disproportionately damaged because of racial tensions between communities. Much of the blame for the extensive nature of the violence was attributed to LAPD [[Chief of police|Chief of Police]] [[Daryl Gates]], who had already announced his resignation by the time of the riots, for failure to de-escalate the situation and overall mismanagement.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1992/05/02/much-of-blame-is-laid-on-chief-gates/a19f266d-e9a3-419e-a0bb-c0bd73974971/|title=Much Of Blame Is Laid On Chief Gates|last1=Cannon|first1=Lou|date=May 2, 1992|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=November 22, 2018|last2=Lee|first2=Gary|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/10/22/us/failures-of-city-blamed-for-riot-in-los-angeles.html|title=Failures of City Blamed for Riot In Los Angeles|last=Mydans|first=Seth|date=October 22, 1992|work=The New York Times|access-date=November 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181123043203/https://www.nytimes.com/1992/10/22/us/failures-of-city-blamed-for-riot-in-los-angeles.html|archive-date=November 23, 2018|language=en}}</ref>