I remember the LA Riots . When the Rodney King finding of fact was announced I was a kid – 12 year erstwhile – but the fear and affright was real as I ascertain fume plume from my Quaker ’s rooftop in the middle of the city , and get wind my parent mouth about rumors of looting " unfold " ; I was in the Tower Records on Ventura while it was evacuate , which now seems completely surreal . Sadly , as anyone who catch the news program ( orThe multitude v O.J. Simpson ) get laid , the causes of the riots have n’t precisely been solved : the past year has been full of news of police viciousness , often racially charged , echoing the problems that were brew beneath the surface in LA just before the belly laugh .
That ’s why we ’re breaking from traditional Thrillist topics to convey you these stark dim - and - white images ( provided graciously by theLA Public Library ) of where the city was nearly a quarter - one C ago today ; it ’s a sobering reminder that though we ’ve total a retentive way since then , there ’s always room to develop .
One of LA ’s stylemark miniskirt - malls has its flames extinguish .
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The wake of a pillaged horseshoe store .
A National Guardsman keeps watch .
The aftermath of ramp fires .
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Two kid do handstand while the National Guard stands watch .
Looting – and its aftermath – on Pico .
A street in K - Town as fires ramp .
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military volunteer spread supply to people touch on by the riots .
Police outside a plunder Ralphs .
law encounter National Guardsmen on the street .
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A Humvee makes its way down a mid - city street .
Smoke rise as police force make their front eff .
Looters leaving a Sears .
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looter at an electronics store .
protester gathered at the LAPD headquarters .
dissenter gain Downtown .
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Smoke rises behind a store sign .
Riot law take to the street as a fire combust in the background .
The gutted remains of a burn - down construction .
Gary Leonard/Los Angeles Public Library
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