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· Following Verdict
By NAOMI BRADLEY
Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES - Firing-.
assault rifles and pistols into the
'·air, ransacking and looting small
stores before setting them on fire,
. hundreds of people darted across
glass-strewn streets, past abandonedcars.
:. - They ran down alleys carrying
. televisions, food and bottles of
beer, shouting obscenities and
. words of extreme hatred.
I had left the newsroom at about
· 6:30 p.m. April 29, assigned to
cover the rally at First AME
Church. I never made it. I decided
to stop by first at Florence and
, Normandie where a group of
angry, mostly young, black men;
: had chased over a dozen police
cars away, throwing bottles and
' chunks of asphalt at the fleeing
patrol cars. ·
~ A bit scared
· I was a bit scared, a bit unsure
•··of ll}Y role. I, too, am black, and
1, too, was hurting over the ac-·
quittal of the four LAPD officers 1
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newspaper, city and state.)
'!HE WAVE
IDS ANGELES, CA
Date: WED. , 5/6/92
Edition: FRONT SECTION, PAGE 1
Title:
TALE OF 2 ROITS
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Submitting Office:
LOS ANGELFS
MAY : 4 1992
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