All Blog Posts Tagged 'riots' (3)

The Tragedy, Triumph and Tragedy of Rodney King

Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Less than two weeks before his death, I was scheduled to interview Rodney King on the public stage at the annual Leimert Park Book festival in Los Angeles. I had two conflicting thoughts about the…

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Added by Earl Ofari Hutchinson on June 17, 2012 at 1:01pm — No Comments

Twenty Years after the Flames: Vigilance is still the watchword with the LAPD—Pt.2

Earl Ofari Hutchinson

As President of the Los Angeles Urban Policy Roundtable, social commentator, and longtime critic of many of the Los Angeles Police Department’s racial practices, the invitation I got three years ago was unprecedented. Then Los Angeles Police Chief William Bratton called and asked me to be his special…

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Added by Earl Ofari Hutchinson on April 21, 2012 at 8:26pm — No Comments

Twenty Years after the Flames: The Rodney King Beating Verdict and the L.A. Riots

Earl Ofari Hutchinson

For two fateful days at the end of April and the first day of May 1992, I ducked around police cordons, and barricades, cringed in fear at the cackle of police gunfire. I choked, and gagged on and was blinded by the thick, acrid smoke that at times blotted out the sun and gave an eerie…

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Added by Earl Ofari Hutchinson on April 17, 2012 at 9:00pm — No Comments