As the unrest approached koreatown store owner kee whan.
Roof korean during the rodney king riots in la.
In april 1992 when a trial jury acquitted four officers of the los angeles police department for the beating of rodney king the la riots erupted.
The roof koreans were spontaneous self defense forces organized by the korean community of los angeles primarily centered in koreatown in response to violent and frequently racist attacks on their communities and businesses by primarily black looters and rioters during the los angeles riots of 1992.
The 1992 los angeles riots sometimes called the 1992 los angeles uprising were a series of riots and civil disturbances that occurred in los angeles county in april and may 1992.
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The unrest was defined by violence arson murder and looting.
The roof koreans during the la riots at 1 09.
The roof koreans were spontaneous self defense forces organized by the korean community of los angeles primarily centered in koreatown in response to violent and frequently racist attacks on their communities and businesses by primarily black looters and rioters during the los angeles riots of 1992.
The dramatic pictures show korean americans taking up arms during the 1992 los angeles uprising when riots and looting erupted after four white los angeles police department officers were acquitted in the brutal beating black motorist rodney king.
Unrest began in south central los angeles on april 29 after a trial jury acquitted four officers of the los angeles police department lapd for usage of excessive force in the arrest and beating of rodney king.
Korean storeowners during the 1992 riots.
Korean store owner on arming himself for riots the los angeles riots stunned the nation in 1992 claiming more than 50 lives in that city.
Left and right businesses were being burned to.
It began in the notorious south central area of la before involving thousands of rioters and spreading throughout the la area.
