A Dangerous Night In L.A. | LA 92

The tipping point is reached, and all hell breaks loose. A state of emergency is declared.
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About LA 92:
Twenty-five years after the verdict in the Rodney King trial sparked several days of protests, violence and looting in Los Angeles, LA 92 immerses viewers in that tumultuous period through stunning and rarely seen archival footage. Produced by two-time Oscar winner Simon Chinn and Emmy winner Jonathan Chinn and directed by Oscar winners Dan Lindsay and TJ Martin, the film looks at the events of 1992 from a multitude of vantage points, bringing a fresh perspective to a pivotal moment that reverberates to this day.
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[@Davethe3rd]

Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it.

[@sweetjaysus4507]

2:03 "Don't worry guys, i got this covered, we have pepsi. Repeat: we have pepsi"

[@taxsn5807]

Serious but a good meme 👌🤜🤛

[@josephkimaninganga2980]

History possibly repeating itself in Minneapolis..May 2020

[@Uknown76]

Will this happen in all 50 states

[@nenemuy]

History tends to repeat itself

[@Thenormalguy_real_one]

It’s a lot worst now

[@jname9368]

@@Thenormalguy_real_one no it's not, not even close, and hopefully stays that way. 2,500+ injured, 63 killed, 12,000+ arrested. The LA riots of 92 were more destructive than all American riots since combined

[@Thenormalguy_real_one]

Jarred Gibson sorry meant to say it’s going to be worse

[@adoRebelstyle]

I was 11 years old when the riots broke out and lived in Compton, Ca. I remember at one point things got so bad that there was a cease for police to not go into the city so basically there was no law enforcement coming into the cities affected at all. It was a war zone and I will never forget.

[@LozJLL-p7i]

Oh my goodness how scary

[@FortuneZer0]

Just a few brave rooftop koreans to hold the line. The finest of the brave.

[@MrWhyGuy0]

I bet Kim Jong ill sent them to protect the Korean part of town

[@user-sq7vt8zp6p]

@@MrWhyGuy0 different korean buddy lmao not north but those people were mostly south korean

[@caramelc0rn]

@@MrWhyGuy0 someone failed middle school geography

[@FortuneZer0]

@@user-sq7vt8zp6p Mandatory military service made them perfect free citizens in the US. Oppressive state laws? Doesnt matter. They know how to deal with trash in the spirit of shall not be infringed.

[@audayshabaskerville9501]

This is history repeating itself all over again. I’m only 20 years old and I’ve seen things I thought I would never see. This is tragic and terrifying.

[@ritzharris1303]

You are a child, stop acting like you have seen or know how this world works kid.

[@stevesibaja3123]

Rodney King Riots 1992 Freddie Gray Riots 2015 George Floyd Riots 2020 Tyre Nichols Riots 2023

[@adamthewolf9940]

You forgot Ferguson

[@stevesibaja3123]

Yeah your right

[@satoyamahomestead4313]

Getting closer together

[@muzeack9700]

You forgot one in 1976 in think 🤔

[@stevesibaja3123]

Jacob Blake 2020

[@davidnoticiero6728]

Why do I own guns? Because I remember living in East LA during the riots, and not seeing a single police car (except for those escorting firefighters to/from the seemingly endless blazes that razed so many neighborhoods in those 3 awful days) our neighborhood was tense, but everyone opened for business, there were groups of punks out looking for trouble and a few of them tried to act the fool, (knowing the police were too overwhelmed to stop looting), but every shop had owners, employees, and even neighbors with guns either holstered, tucked into waistbands/backs, or pockets in plain view, a few small store owners sat on the roofs of their livelihoods with shotguns and/or rifles at the ready. Our neighborhood operated largely as normal (except for the curfew and subsequent military patrols) but we the people, policed ourselves, as the punks knew that to step out of line, would mean a quick, non-judicious death sentence.

[@freatythedreary5491]

If you don't mind me asking, how old were you at that time and were there any shots fired in your neighborhood?

[@guardianofthehill]

Situations like these are the only ones were i can somewhat agree with people defending america's first amendment. But really only in those situations . Generally, i still disagree with the first amendment. But im a European, so what do i know about stuff like this?

[@Phunny]

Guardian of the Hill The First Amendment is about freedom of speech and similar freedoms. Why would you ever be against that?

[@bojunchoi6354]

Phunny i think he means the second

[@PolymurExcel]

@@guardianofthehill Wrong amendment dude, first amendment is the Freedom of speach, you're thinking of the second amendment which gives people the right to have a well regulated and armed militia.

[@zerenio]

Who’s here during the George Floyd riots?

[@maddenmobile2677]

Me

[@Neozzzzz14]

Me

[@wokcentral1]

mee

[@thanmad]

Let's hope it will all calm down after a just verdict. Otherwise, people's properties are going to be on fire again. That includes African Americans.

[@zerenio]

Amen to that.

[@ChocoWaffl3s]

After finishing the GTA SA riot mission, I immediately searched the IRL events of the LS riot....

[@gdicon1247]

When you play so much GTA, that you say ls instead of la

[@Cc-ln8co]

It's just how life works... it's sad. I'm glad these amazing people are able to help.

[@mohamedalthaf4802]

MissChips you are correct

[@mohamedalthaf4802]

by the grace of god

[@dannynicastro3207]

Crissy thats all u can say to this.Normal sane folk do not set fire to their own hoods and steal others belongings...these ignorants will see repercussions one way or another...i am sure most of them have in their own little fudged up lives over these past 25 years...no matter what as far as King and the cops andDenny, no reason for this!!!

[@shadyeaglesrock9453]

Like they say history always repeats its self

[@poorchristopher15]

The National Guard was too late. Damage was already done.

[@michaellovely6601]

It would have been better if the National Guard was put on standby on the day of the verdict in the Rodney King beating trial. In addition to having the National Guard on standby; they should have dropped warning leaflets on South Central Los Angeles warning the residents that if they reacted with violence to the verdict; the police and National Guard will respond with rapid militarization and brute force. Much like how the United States dropped warning leaflets on Japan before the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. The United States had these pamphlets written up by Japanese Prisoners of War and dropped over major cities in Japan. Sources disagree on when the dropping of the pamphlets stopped; with some claiming that the United States stopped dropping the pamphlets in early July and others saying that this stopped just days before Hiroshima was bombed. Regardless; the pamphlets warned the Japanese of major air raid and fire bombing campaigns, encouraged evacuation and surrender, and also listed major cities in Japan as potential targets; with the exception of Hiroshima.

[@Ludwig_Perpenhente]

Just like now

[@soniasg8639]

@@michaellovely6601 Yes, absolutely

[@michaellovely6601]

@@soniasg8639 There are a few interesting but little-known facts about the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki; one fact is that Ginkgo trees in the area of the Hiroshima bombing survived albeit with mild charring and are still growing today. Another is that Nagasaki was not the original target of the second bombing. The five original targets for the bombings were Hiroshima, Kokura, Yokohama, Kyoto, and Niigata. Kokura and Niigata were spared due to the weather conditions, Yokohama is close to Tokyo and was largely decimated from both conventional air raid and fire bombing campaigns. Henry Stimson- who was the Secretary of War at the time- had spent his honeymoon in Kyoto and was so fond of the city that he asked for Kyoto to be spared.

[@carlosvalerochavez3045]

@@michaellovely6601 and if you really want to make sure that riots NEVER happen, its to put the army in alert too

[@RON_HART]

GTA:SA's story was partly biased on this.

[@TruhSeakingBuscandoV]

1RON_H3ART98 i member

[@HectorMartinez-ox5hn]

Of course

[@SuperRonaldo90]

Yeah! It was in the antepenultimate mission and it only ended when the tenpenny overturned a fire truck and died and CJ managed keep a order in LS

[@madhatter9569]

Not really. What happened to Rodney King didn't need to happen. The police were not justified in beating him. GTA SA got it right on the situation and Tenpenny and his team were an accurate portrayal of C.R.A.S.H

[@frank-gavinmoratalla7942]

You know everytime I see stuff about the L.A. riots it's frustratingly annoying that it's made to seem as though the entire city was engulfed in looting, fires and violence… I was 16 when the L.A. riots happened and my neighborhood was peaceful and far away from the chaos! We watched on tv in awe just as the rest of the country/ world did!

[@burdy2959]

Over 1,000 buildings were destroyed, this is sort of expected.

[@samhirst2830]

Which neighborhoods were unaffected? there were deaths in the San Fernando Valley.

[@euphoriaggaminghd]

Well ye but majority of the riots took place in South Central LA, high minority area with high poverty rates at the time..... its common knowledge that the LA riots didn't happen all over LA

[@rat-dq5nh]

idk how i feel about riots but fires are definitely one thing i hate :/ i hope this current situation gets resolved in the best way possible

[@Ludwig_Perpenhente]

It would take a long time before The Riots end Edit: nvm the LA 92 part okay?

[@decoder7233]

It got resolved decades ago

[@nobodyburgen4594]

@@decoder7233It was resolved in 1992 lmao

[@raymondcerv1370]

People complain about the 2020 riots, when the LA riots where the worst in history.

[@wisdomasculture3173]

And it's happening again 😔

[@mikehalinan]

"Let the weak, sinful soul have no fear to approach Me, for even if it had more sins than there are grains of sand in the world, all would be drowned in the unmeasurable depths of My Mercy." Jesus Christ

[@eduardoreyes441]

A representation of what Anarchy will look like...

[@redpillrhino]

Eduardo Reyes incorrect

[@redpillrhino]

Eduardo Reyes this is what ignorance looks like

[@Rodsupremos]

thank you Democratic voter plantation.

[@bobmartin8377]

The real *PURGE!*

[@thatexitsignuser]

@@bobmartin8377 but with laws (I.E purge Hard Mode with the laws operating still)

[@sassano.]

POV: Carl robbed Jimmy's nuggets

[@Carl-Johnson72]

What?

[@sassano.]

@@Carl-Johnson72 i dont even remember commenting that, i was drunk

[@Stefano-hq3sl]

"90s is best decade" well..... if that case why that happened?

[@xxxod]

yet you have imports as your profile picture. that r32 gt-r is straight from the 90's. that datsun 510 or whatever is from only a few decades earlier, where perhaps things were even worse in regards to laws and such.

[@imanekandili9740]

yeah well not everything revolves around America. My country was totally fine so yeah, for most countries the ‘’90s is the best decade’’

[@madhatter9569]

@@imanekandili9740 I wouldnt exactly say this represents 90s America. Los Angeles California is just one city in a country with Thousands of cities and 50 states. The 1990s in America was pretty nice in most places.

[@euphoriaggaminghd]

This was 1990s South Central Los Angeles.... just a little context this was the most dangerous part of America for half the decade

[@raymondcerv1370]

@@imanekandili9740 The 1990s was the worst decade for violence worldwide, South America, Eastern Europe, Africa (Specially Central Africa) no decade before the 1990s and after the 1990s where as dangerous as the 1990s themselves.

[@sambou6286]

When LA was Baghdad !!

[@soniasg8639]

No kidding!

[@carlosvalerochavez3045]

Baghdad under Saddam was a LOT safer than LA And you know why ? Because Saddm responded with quick and brute force against any protests, and so that's the reason Baghdad was a safe place If you don't have s strong harline leader, you only have madness

[@felipesalgado6347]

It’s starting to happen in Minneapolis

[@JoshGodoy81]

Awesome documentary.

[@decoder7233]

Watch the movie. Its better

[@Rodsupremos]

April 26th, 1992 There was a riot on the streets, tell me where were you? You were sitting home watching your TV While I was participating in some anarchy. -Bradly Noel (Sublime)

[@trailerparkpirate7348]

1st stop was the liquor store finally got da alcohol I couldn't afford....2nd stop was da music shop only took one brick to make that window drop...dats how we got our own PA that's howya hear'in this guitar today with red lights flashing it was time to retire turned this place into a structure fire...SUBLIME LONG BEACH!!

[@potlickerhound7262]

brad nowell = lbc legend

[@testsxxrxxmp]

Gandalf the White i wast born yet

[@akelly85ak58]

They ACTUALLY started three days after the date you mentioned, so.....

[@zerenio]

Gandalf the White I was at the scene

[@Slayerandsprite]

I can just tell before reading that the comments are going to be delightful.

[@chris_chitown97]

"We might fight amongst each other, I promise you this we'll burn down this bitch get us pissed".-Tupac.

[@speedydog45]

Could we not have racism in the comments this time?

[@domojim]

You've come to the wrong place my man

[@austinkaiser5221]

A Pacing Goose no because we all know that wouldn't have happened if we didn't have blacks. Which we were allowed to ship away blacks back to poor ol Africa where they belong

[@austinkaiser5221]

God made them to show us how not to ve

[@austinkaiser5221]

91750fast got everything but the piece of shit part right

[@myriadmaestro572]

Well, that was tasteless. Things are never that black and white, and you know it. People in the South are no different than individuals in the North. I swear people forget we are a single country at times.

[@delajt]

Rodney King Riots

[@delajt]

25 years ago. Never forget.

[@chilleverest]

Is that officer tenpenny in that fire truck ?

[@mr.frandy7692]

this footage is incredible

[@trindellbrown]

32 years ago today

[@johnnybgood8698]

20 yrs later and there still is no change lmao

[@maitro94]

27

[@swaggershatter2529]

johnnyB Good no change? Of course LA has changed. If it hasn’t then why tf do I not see any more protests?

[@bluskies1000]

Sure there is. The black racists have gotten older, and immigrants have fought their way into the black neighborhoods.. There has been a sort of "black flight" and Latino's are taking over Compton.

[@fajraarief9157]

And this video recomendetion by youtube mid 2020. Amazing

[@mentalward3340]

30 years ago today 🔥🔥

[@valuecalc]

Such ignorance.

[@MeYou-fq7hb]

History repeating it self

[@Leelanau03]

Who's here in 2021 watching this

[@stevehirsch8413]

These are riots not protest... Thank goodness the entire country didn't do this... I'm a L. A. native and this was horrible...

[@catusyt6250]

This is worse then the George Floyd riot

[@diablo4166]

No it ain't this was just in Las Angeles George Floyd was all over the world

[@jacquelinevann3912]

@@diablo4166 you're delusional asf almost 100 people died in Los angeles riots lmfao in Los angeles alone only 30 people died in the george floyd riots nationwide stop the cap bruh it was mostly protest in 2020

[@Monkey_nm9]

Just like in gta san andreas when the riot broke out

[@christobias8318]

and so history repaeats in minneapolis mn and chicago il

[@shakmp4]

Ozone layer: am i a joke to you

[@user-pb7oj3tv4g]

Yesterday once more🤷🤷🤷

[@joejones1991]

idiots will be idiots.

[@jamesbedukodjograham5508]

Thank God I was only 10 years In 1992 living with my sweet Parents in DR Congo during the rule of Mobutu Sese Seko.

[@benfromvt]

those national guard guys had cool cars

[@fuyiiirex]

I’m 11 I’m glad I was not born during this awful event that happened

[@user-uo4jh7iz8l]

Probably Cj was there driving around

[@Bozewani]

maybe if the LAPD did not violate the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment maybe this riot would not have happened

[@Imfailingmath]

The riots were way worse than the original problem tho

[@Bozewani]

@@Imfailingmath i have a BA inpolitical sciecne so I would know the constitution very well I am doing my masters I n internationalhuman rights law So I would know

[@Bozewani]

yes i can spell just fine i typed really really fast and YES I know the us constitution from memory preamble 7 articles 27 amendments

[@mikehalinan]

“I am Mercy itself for the contrite soul. A soul’s greatest wretchedness does not enkindle Me with wrath; but rather, My Heart is moved toward it with great Mercy.” Jesus Christ

[@Jdkyler2]

ok but did you hear him say law and order??

[@mrfanpl]

I'm here because of GTA San Andreas. I didn't know it actually happened.

[@DraftPickieo]

This was powerful and also shine a real bright light on black racism! And yes black ppl can be RACIST.

[@Anthony-tb5vg]

Absolutely they can be racist, I have experienced black racism first hand.

[@drivechevys2673]

Things like this are all acts of Satan But one Day God will end this for sure people, God is great and the only true God ever

[@diablo4166]

Who Tom Cruise 😂

[@lindastretch2522]

i just started working when it happen

[@icytadbull]

Roof Koreans Best Koreans

[@Congacongaconga354]

This riot night is in my favorite game GTA San andreas

[@whitney7552]

Anyone else here to see history repeat itself?

[@mucahitayyildiz570]

If it doesn’t get it to this lvl this time nothing will change

[@user-fu7qg8mq5v]

why was city hall un touched

[@JOAQUIN45gw]

Esto lo pude encontrar una tele también mi TV😮😢😅

[@seanramsdell4172]

The People's Fire :'(

[@c.a.f.l]

GTA SA Flashback

[@withcamryn]

tragic

[@CookingLessonsforDad]

I forgot how bad that was.

[@wontrespond3263]

Masterful

[@basketballkidforever]

I can't wait t watch this

[@mr.matrix7159]

oh my.

[@vicvega24]

0:02 Frank Tenpenny

[@nasserx720]

Someone link me the full video

[@idontknow20404]

So this is the day CJ took back grove street.

[@Hppy_Cmpr]

We are about to repeat this moment in time when the outcome of the Supreme Court’s decision on the disqualification of Trump.

[@fadishour7360]

Bunch of degenerates

[@sk8o.o]

“I got the deuce deuce in the back of my car”

[@technowarriorstv]

this made yellowstone look like a little kids volcano 13,000km3 of rock and glass were released in this eruption still the biggest in modern human times people from the space shuttle could see the eruption Colum witch means this plume went to 132km in the air

[@mettgyver9519]

All: Rip to the ppl who died Me: *Roof Koreans*

[@onehandedeverything4742]

bad thing happens

[@handymanr4729]

vo artists must be hard to come these days..

[@dariogrossmann6274]

Oh boy...

[@nenemuy]

Crazy

[@suburbia8831]

It is with the Mexican’s The human race is going to earth like that of mars…

[@justindickman2351]

This is horrible

[@zerenio]

Now it’s happening in Minneapolis. 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@mikehalinan]

"Humankind will not have peace until it turns with trust to God's Mercy." Jesus Christ

[@sinceremovies3720]

CharlesPhoenix amen brotha!

[@jonmacdonald5345]

CharlesPhoenix yeah the Crusades was such a peaceful time!

[@hugoalfredodasilvapobaao2365]

😭

[@spkanava]

Melkaa 92

[@xxyungdracoxx9850]

GTA San Andreas

[@drowsymexico]

oh.... crap...

[@hendrixphish420]

such wonderful diversity and multiculturalism

[@andreitodor6480]

Just 1 year after the Yugoslav Wars started

[@semperfi6838]

Go Pet!

[@agila2022]

This is reference to the last mission of GTA San Andreas

[@michael_simpson]

This was before gta san andreas referenced it buddy

[@raymondcerv1370]

@@michael_simpson Yes, because GTA SA based the last mission on this riot.

[@michael_simpson]

@@raymondcerv1370 yep

[@user-fu7qg8mq5v]

not the best way to make change

[@waynethompson3216]

Wonder if those cops ever slept easy again knowing what their actions that night caused?

[@your6322]

Only in LA

[@spiritdanimal9302]

Why did I get an ad at the top for War For The Planet Of The Apes? 😂

[@jophoenix3919]

mulit cultureism at it's designed purpose..divide in conquer

[@burtan2000]

I think it's worse than him being only a poor speller; he doesn't even know the phrase is 'divide AND conquer!' At least he spelled "divide" correctly and the word "conquer" correctly.

[@Athea34]

Who is here for the Elections Kamala/walz

[@diablo4166]

CrOoKeD Cops THEN CrOoKeD Cops NOW