So today last night as I was doing nothing at all and being rather unproductive, I decided that it would be cool to do my AP US vocab. In doing this I got to the Democratic convention in Chicago, 1968. This led to me watching some footage of the riots that took place and the severe brutality of the police. And for whatever reason I stumbled upon some videos about the 1992 LA riots in the related videos section. I became quickly intrigued as I went from video to video, watching the events I had heard about in passing a couple times before. Soon I fell upon a documentary by CNN where they went through the Rodney King trials and beating, and revisited him and how hes doing now. I would definitely suggest watching this to get a chance to see the causes behind the riots and then to look for yourself at the hours of footage on YouTube about all the looting and violence. Definitely a shocking glimpse into human psyche.
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