1992 L.A. Riots

[doggie]

Can't we all juz ga-ga-ga-get along?

[Blade Gunner]

I am glad social media didn't exist back then. It would have escalated and spread much more quickly.

Excellent observation. But the causes of the riot still exist now with social media. The next riot in LA (and there will be one) will engulf most of the city. And you're not safe up on the freeways anymore (BLM tactics). The Century Freeway will be one big kill zone. When in LA I listen to the police scanner at all times.

[HUTCH 7.62]

Yes Lt Mike Moulin who was the officer in charge of the station responsible for the Florence and Normandie intersection was forced out by Gates. Lt. Moulin wisely ordered his officers out of the area as they where taking rocks and bottles from a angry mob and did not have riot gear. However once he set up a command post, and watched the live feed from news copters, he refused to allow his officers to go back in (although most of them wanted to). He watched the Reginald Denny beating live and later commented "It was like a war. Bad things happen in war." Obviously Lt Moulin never served in the military. (I refer to Macus Latrell among others). If that had been an LA police officer being beaten he would have sent officers back in. His inaction and disregard for the lives of mere citizens was appalling. Those where the reasons Gates had him sacked, not to make him a fall guy as Moulin continues to claim to this day.

Moulin is on a new documentary on CBS. He still seems very sour.

[brad96cdc]

Excellent post
Wife and I said screw it and went to Vegas


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[cannon]

Interesting times indeed.

I worked straight through the entire thing. My work place was 210 W. Temple. Yup, CCB as it was known then. Spent the time doing felony arraignments in Div. 30.

At the time I was a smoker so I had a key to those ledges that circle every floor. Grab a smoke, watch the fires and do things like trade subway sandwiches to the Nat Guard who had some amazing BBQ.

The things that stick in my mind were.

Watching the Nat Guard go down Broadway from Temple and recognizing my desert buddy (Embrey LASD) was with them. Had a conversation from the 5th for down to the street.

The Communist Party nitwits marching down 1st. A herd of LAPD Motors on foot appeared to grow out of the pavement. (Actually hidden in the times building lobby) About 30 LAPD and 50 Commies. The meeting was short, decisive and ended in about 2 minutes with all the commies on the blue LAPD bus.

Going with some Marshalls over to Parker Center because LAPD was giving shotguns out to Fire and other agencies. we got there late and they were mostly gone. They were kind enough to give out ammo too.

My favorite part was while standing on the balcony I watched rioters approach the Hall of Justice. LASD sent out a Lt. looking guy in a blue shirt and tie to calm the crowd. It of course failed and someone threw an empty trash can at him. All the doors on that side burst open and a tide of Deputies washed out to the yellow line of the street just leveling everyone in their path. They then washed back into the Hall and all that was left was a bunch of folks in pain. Took about 90 seconds for that particular tide to wash out and then back in. Blink and you missed it.

The riots were very surreal. Smoke and flames from fires. Gunshots, sirens and revving engines from every direction it seemed.

[chsk9]

I was still working part time and in school. About the 3rd day I was at my parents home north of L.A. when a car with 4 gangsters pulled in the driveway looking hard. Our Rottweiler came out barking and they slowly drove back out. I immediately drove home and brought back a Browning Hi-Power with a few mags and a 12 gauge and a box of buckshot. Thankfully they never came back.

[Samuelx]

My favorite part was while standing on the balcony I watched rioters approach the Hall of Justice. LASD sent out a Lt. looking guy in a blue shirt and tie to calm the crowd. It of course failed and someone threw an empty trash can at him. All the doors on that side burst open and a tide of Deputies washed out to the yellow line of the street just leveling everyone in their path. They then washed back into the Hall and all that was left was a bunch of folks in pain. Took about 90 seconds for that particular tide to wash out and then back in. Blink and you missed it.

Nice story cannon! Sad to think that the LASD has gone from That to this (and much worse):

https://ktla.com/2018/05/17/authorities-in-pursuit-of-vehicle-in-norwalk-area/

[repoman1984]

Being a kid I don't remember much we made up "border lines", you didn't go east of la Cienega or south of Jefferson unless you had a good reason. Few national guard standing next to the grocery stores iirc.

[UberPatriot]

I was living in a mostly black and Mexican neighborhood in San Diego when the riots were happening, they burned a furniture store and looted a liquor store at the end of my street.
Me being one of the only white people on the block got a lot of attention.
Fortunately I had some gangbanger neighbors who thought I was ok and told the others not to f with me.

The next morning all the cars on my street had their windshields broken except mine and the Cholos.

[The War Wagon]

I was an older college student (25) in the mountains of NC at the time; made for some riveting TV 3 timezones away, I can tells ya'! Nonetheless, the lessons learned from that event, were NOT lost on us right coasters. A few months later, I had this happen to me (I wrote the incident up a few years later, while in grad school in SC - "Caught in a drive-thru riot").

[bigger hammer]

Interesting paper that talks about that

http://www.militarymuseum.org/LARiots1.html

One thing that's a little misleading in that article... In the chart on page 91 Titled "Chronology of the 1992 Los Angeles Riots""Ammunition from Camp Roberts (in central California) arrives in LA area via CH-47 helicopter."

This sounds like the ammunition was delivered to LA by the helicopter. The text later in the article, is clear though, that the helicopter delivered it to Los Alamitos, about 30 miles south of LA. On a national level I guess "30 miles" might be considered to be "the LA area" but as far as needing it NOW it might as well be on the moon! Lol.

Here's some back story. As the National Guard was loading onto the trucks to be deployed from a local mall just outside LA, one of them said, "Hey Sarge, are we going to be issued ammo?" Oops! The brass had completely forgotten that ammunition might be helpful in this sort of situation and no steps had been taken to supply the troops. They stood down while arrangements were made for ammunition to be picked up from Los Alamitos. I think it was the Naval Air Station then, but memory fails. The NG CO lost his job because of this screw‒up. My partner and I "rode shotgun" on the convoy of National Guard vehicles to pick it up.