Wednesday, May 18, 2016
90s kids thinking they too rich
When I saw the documentary segment that was focused on Reginald Denny in the 90s, I was actually horrified to the point where I could barely watch. There was a man, who was just a truck driver, being dragged from his vehicle, after they threw bricks at his windshield, and being savagely beaten to the point of unconsciousness. All of this was due to the fact that he was driving through a suppressed neighborhood and he was not black. They literally smashed his face with bricks because they felt so oppressed like no one was representing and or listening to them. This is absolute cruelty, but it goes to show just how desperate these people were. The damage and rioting was so bad that there are still some places in LA that have yet to recover from the way that these people were expressing their rage upon their surroundings.
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Love how you express on how you felt when you saw the video... even though we didn't ask. It was pretty brutal seeing that man get beat in front of his truck.
ReplyDeleteI agree with your thoughts here. People in these areas just declared full on Anarchy, because they felt the police had no power, the couldn't do anything to stop them from doing what they wanted, so if the police couldn't stop them, who would?
ReplyDeleteI agree with your thoughts here. People in these areas just declared full on Anarchy, because they felt the police had no power, the couldn't do anything to stop them from doing what they wanted, so if the police couldn't stop them, who would?
ReplyDeleteI agree with all my classmates! It really does show how desperate these people were to get change. We can see what happened in the riots then still do happen today.
ReplyDeleteThis is a very poignant summary of what we saw in the video, and I really like how you included your own opinions about the events that occurred and the horror you felt. Additionally, I like that you included the aftermath of the LA riots and how the area continues to be affected by these events, even today.
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