L.A. Riots: President Bush’s reaction

[@dantefaulk4229]

Here are the time stamps for each line of the sample from RIOT - The Mob 0:29 Tonight I want to talk to you about violence in our cites 3:06 Its been the brutality of the mob 3:12 I will use what ever force is necessary, to restore order. 12:35 The violence will end

[@LastCommodore]

One of his best speeches, one that I still remember after 26 years.

[@rocki_bb]

How different this is from Trump encouraging Americans be shot in a tweet is just breath-taking

[@rocki_bb]

@@johnbarkley7043 I agree

[@garretts5507]

@@johnbarkley7043 your a looser with no real argument so you just make fun of someone just like the rest of you liberals , mindless dumbfucks

[@montello33]

Trump said when the looting starts, the shooting starts. Who has been shot? Many police and one beautiful innocent black girl, shot by a rioter shooting in a crowd. You hate Trump for rhetoric but ignore actions of others. Now the left is mad he held up a bible. That is headline news, not the hard working business owners who spent years building their business in these communities. Crickets.....

[@rocki_bb]

@@montello33 Trump had police on horseback forcefully remove peaceful protesters, including the owners of that church, for a government funded campaign ad, which is illegal. In the process, an Australian camera man was assaulted by police. The Australian prime minister is asking for an investigation. Cops killed a man in Louisville. Cops permanently blinded a reporter in one eye in Minneapolis. Cops in Kansas City were caught on film moving as a group to attack one black man in a group of peaceful protesters, trying to incite a riot! A cop in NYC pushed a woman to the ground so hard she hit her head & had a seizure in front of a superior officer, & they didn't even slow down to check on her. My Twitter feed is filled with videos of cops committing acts of violence no honest ethical person could excuse, & I think it's been orchestrated to deflect from the over 100,000 Americans that have died in 3 months due to Trump's incompetence! I hope Trump swings as the traitor he is!

[@montello33]

@@rocki_bb Yea I seen them being rough to "media." I guess Joe Biden is our Pres then huh?

[@HybridTrapMusic]

2020 anyone? 😔

[@bedfordnhdonkey]

I’m living in 2068 and everyone is happy 😃

[@TheBeard411]

Yep. How did trump literally not play this and say “ditto”. It was perfect.

[@danielbostwick5601]

This is what an excellent President looks like. I miss him so and I will never forget him. What a fabulous leader!!!

[@saber-san6270]

Who's Here From RIOT - The Mob?!

[@yokan1342]

I will use whatever force is necessary to restore order

[@p1ckleman]

rin kagamine me

[@TVRXorro]

**puts his hand up**

[@jayamarillo628]

At what seconds are the exact samples?

[@jayamarillo628]

Wait never mind

[@TheAto2000]

I was not aware of this speech (too young to follow),but I did know later that Bush initially expressed that the video of the beating made him "sick". Now I know why no black person, no matter how negative they view this Bush, has had anything bad to say about him when it comes to the Rodney King situation.He was sympathetic in this speech.

[@Shorty_Lickens]

He was moderately sympathetic. He completely ignored the decades of oppression and violence that led to the riots.

[@ekweseman]

RIP Mr. President.

[@adrianmarcolini2210]

Who else is here after Trump announcing military force against George Floyd rioters?

[@melissabeaver2475]

I had to look it up to see how it was and should be handed. Our situation is at a bigger magnitude. Big Orange let it go on too long.

[@garretts5507]

He threatened that he could he didnt say he is rn , he told the mayor/governors to get more national guard there and if that didnt work he'll use the military

[@Jackholiday1025]

Big difference between protestors and rioters.

[@rocki_bb]

@@garretts5507 he CAN'T use the military!

[@melissabeaver2475]

@@rocki_bb yea he can.

[@ishmael802]

Honestly his calming nature showed true leadership. Trump tweeted while Bush spoke to the nation

[@arodgefan589]

Twitter didn't exist in 1992

[@valuecalc]

@@arodgefan589, exactly.

[@shawnfutch9474]

WHAT A DIFFERENCE A RIOT MAKES

[@Amaymay1000]

Well your comment aged like well.

[@yevgeniyzharinov7473]

This is a good speech.

[@WD-ti5cn]

He's more interested in restoring order than dealing with the root of the issue(the verdict)! Interesting how things repeat themselves when you don't deal with the root issue. Justice hmmm! We are still waiting.

[@lefty7511]

That's his job, to restore order.

[@BeckerAviation]

It's impressive how similar this is to the Santiago, Chile riots.

[@SM-fm4eb]

There is no blaming the other party not doing its job and there is no mentioning of loot and shot... The message is maintaining law and order; Justice for all... stoping the violence, calming and uniting the country as best a President can.

[@Eisenbison]

I miss Bush Sr. and Bush Jr... Either of them would do a better job handling this situation that our current president for sure.

[@GTADriver64]

Here we go again.

[@enakuen1]

I wish we could get a post-riot speech this good, or at least passable, in 2020. Cough cough.

[@TVRXorro]

0:29 3:06 3:13 If you know why I marked these specific times, then WE ARE RIOT!

[@CaptainFordo100]

The mob by riot

[@iamlord2942]

He was a very strong ,knowledgeable, respectful, decisive, ideological leader. One of the best America ever had

[@JJ-vx6xi]

Hes reading it off a tv. Dont be fooled

[@dianam2850]

This is how a President should talk to his fellow Americans

[@THX-kw2jh]

And Bush lost to Clinton in 1992, also because of the Economic Recession of Late 1991 & all of 1992.

[@tbirdUCW6ReAJ]

That and Ross Perot

[@orelas167]

Came to learn about the insurrection act. And.... wow. I feel so much more confident now.

[@victorjosejose6099]

Who's here 2020 bcz of ......

[@MissAmazanda]

This is something us older millenials can remember that the younger ones don't , I was 12 when the LA riots broke out

[@chrism7163]

And that makes you special? Why does it matter that y'all remember it? It was chaos

[@themorgue3836]

Okay Boomer

[@beachbunny8021]

I was 14 at that time, were not millenial generation, were generation x

[@rocki_bb]

@@chrism7163 it's that we remember the outrage of seeing police attack & beat a black man captured on video & the outrage of those police officers being found not guilty. It was proof that what black people said about how cops treated them was true, & that our justice system gave them no justice

[@chrism7163]

@@rocki_bb ok and y'all remembering it makes what difference

[@RYMAN1321]

Sadly, I don't think he fully understood the struggles African Americans go through.

[@timothybryce1948]

Ryan Blanche so blacks are able to start riots? Stay in school,not like your bud rodney king lol

[@haleemao4509]

why?

[@patrickperez6791]

No rich white folk understands the struggle

[@MortalWombat4480]

Ryan Blanche ok wait. No. The African Americans that were protesting were the ones who cared. The ones who rioted were taking advantage of the chaos. Don’t fool yourself into thinking the riots were some kind of strive for justice because they weren’t. They were just crimes.

[@williamkelly5689]

Every white person knows if you break the law and run away from the police, you're gonna get an ass kicking, that's why we don't do it.

[@alexmcquiston693]

I appreciated seeing this. Very presidential. Thanks Bruce.

[@nexishornet6007]

Gets your ass up we gonna have a turn it up

[@MA-jn7rd]

RIOT - The Mob 🔥

[@elgeneralxx]

Its 1991 people... what do you think it will be like in 2020?

[@shawnfutch9474]

Riots made justice system look at the tapes again

[@JYMAHJAMES]

1992 riots, tell me where was George Bush

[@rickploddingzombieproducti1530]

What would have Obama done to confront this crisis?....

[@waveytacoboii7341]

So if police attack people I have the right to defend him ok thanks

[@basileusmegas7667]

the son of that presidential actor was even worse...

[@basileusmegas7667]

they already became actors - the role is still the same...

[@williamkelly5689]

Im 27, why didnt we send in the national guard or actual army?

[@rocki_bb]

The National Guard was sent in. Other than the National Guard, US military CANNOT be used on American soil against Americans. This article explains why www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/immigration/sd-me-military-border-20180403-story.html

[@NwoDispatcher]

@@rocki_bb in waco they were used

[@jackmeeellleee4896]

Best Republican president since Eisenhower. His son could never hold a candle to him.

[@2H2521]

@jackmeeellleee4896 His son was a horrible president, he was so unfit.

[@plumpygoaterz]

That's that shit I do like

[@Thebeatles19632]

At least he never politicized it

[@deguircecil7282]

Drivers must be armed now for they own life protection if they can*t avoid creepy dangerous protestator anywhere in America

[@EricE549]

WE ARE THE MACHINE WE ARE RIOT

[@JeremiahsFiles]

Social media has also become a medium that brings us together these days. But the images we’ve seen of what happened to George Floyd shocked us, & the images we’ve seen of the riots last year & this year have appalled us.

[@kyoung3768]

In the beginning he states "at the request of the Governor's" back then they would accept help from the Federal Government .now, they will refuse it

[@alanm5090]

I remember this speech in the 90s. I was in highschool. A Republican would never give this kind of speech.today. Bush sr. And Ronald Reagan. Where good Republicans that knew how to lead. And they worked together with everyone. Republicans nowadays are horrible! And immature.

[@bugzy2bangz]

Does he or anybody ever call this a insurrection?

[@1p4142136]

Does anyone know what time Bush’s address to the nation was aired?

[@princepond1633]

May 1, 1992

[@JeremiahsFiles]

Sesame Street is an example of the climate of understanding & tolerance, it has always been about kindness, acceptance, inclusion, equity & diversity, we must allow our diversity to bring us together, not drive us apart. Racism, bigotry, anti-Semitism & hate of any kind have no place on Sesame Street or any street. Now Sesame Street has a new initiative to help kids stand up against racism.

[@MrBillcale]

histery does repeat itself over and over and over and over again no?

[@zonaryorange8734]

This... this was almost a whole year too early 💀

[@soccerlovin1]

This man demolished Mike Dukakis by being 'tough on crime' which is code for overzealous punishment and zero accountability by police. When you suppress a huge population for centuries and abuse them. WTF do you expect?

[@si91]

What do I expect? Law and order! It is asinine to assert that the "natural" response of an oppressed people is to destroy their own city in response to a judicial verdict they don't like. Korean businesses were targeted during the LA riots.! What on earth do they have to do with "oppression" or "abuse" of blacks? Is it so unreasonable to expect that oppressed and abused people refrain from oppressing and abusing others?

[@rickploddingzombieproducti1530]

What seperates us from a lawless society is the cops. Not all cops are angels but they at least have for the most part good intentions. Just think about a major city without its police force for just 1 day....Then you tell me if you'd wanna live there.

[@amritpalsingh3293]

He never declared implementation of insurrection act

[@jerrylaw788]

you are wrong and he did declare implementation of insurrection act during the 1992 LA riots and you must don't know that the 1992 LA riots was the largest riot in USA history and you must don't know how bad the 1992 LA riots was and that's why you said he never declared implementation of insurrection act and all you need to do is google search Insurrection act was last used in the 1992 LA riots and confirm the truth that you thought was wrong

[@rubyrose2522]

It's like a different kind if existence, completely.

[@finchborat]

RIP Papa Bush

[@adambriceland6588]

why all the orbs in the background?? look at 9:45 to 9:50

[@jordanwebb989]

It’s the fucking 90’s.

[@janicknorman8778]

Bush SR was a decent man.

[@doncapone9597]

Latasha harlins. Was the last straw

[@mattheweuqnicurzeid7154]

Bush Sr > Trump Trump was just a big mouth on Twitter

[@alanm5090]

Rest in peace bush.

[@gottagoguylo]

Trump is not a decent human in any way what so ever.

[@Fortaz107]

George Bush called in the troops to take care of the riots. Wasn't an issue then, why is it an issue when Trump does it?

[@JamesWilson-sb9iq]

Fortazzz They want Trump out of office and they will do anything to do that

[@royisdabest]

@@Fortaz107 double standard and the leftist media, *cough* vox *cough*

[@clevesland8753]

What's up Whitney Houston and pac and big and pun and james brown oh heavy d what up boi I see ya chillin

[@loked4life]

When you could walk out your house and feel safe because george bush was president

[@antidesign2384]

In other words: The show must go on, no Revolution!

[@okaygangtv]

Anyone here in 2020 notice what he had that Trump doesn't? He saw all sides of the problem! Trump has yet to do so and thus the country is a mess!

[@JamesWilson-sb9iq]

Burn Loot Murder! It’s pretty simple honestly!

[@LuisGutierrez-vw9ic]

Just like Trump !

[@adelebz7]

😮😮😮😮😮😮

[@gingerboudreaux7894]

All Bush knew to do is sit behide His desk and do nothing

[@alanm5090]

Trump would never have been this professional. Or have given a good speech to the country like this.

[@JRnyc]

R.I.P Poppyfield Bush.

[@melissaporter4988]

It was, and still is, perfectly fine for the criminal police to abuse the public.

[@Amaymay1000]

Chile....you a month too early.

[@kevindocmesa9073]

typical spook behavior, we don't like the verdict so lets destroy our city

[@Zeldarw104]

shut-up you damn troll! I can't understand until it happens to me syndrome!😯

[@Zeldarw104]

Doc Mesa And you're most definitely are an evil, neanderthal, caucasoid, savage, thug, coward! I'm not a troll, I don't have to make up fake accounts.😯

[@kevindocmesa9073]

Zelda Williams hahaha, also my account is not fake.

[@Zeldarw104]

Doc Mesa you're a liar, a coward and a piece of smelly dog shit! I wouldn't believe you if your tongue was notarized!

[@jeffburden2628]

they deserved to do worse. An I am white. They weren't just owed OJ not guilty. They were owed 100 murderers & 100 drug related incarsarations 2 be released but all 200 should've gottin compensation along with their pardons.

[@zeroeffortmemes]

Man their teleprompter game was really lacking. You can clearly see he's looking to the left of the camera. I don't remember Reagan looking so obviously off camera, their teleprompter equipment must've been broken on this particular day.

[@Maverick180c]

Reagan worked as a an actor, so he was pretty good at memorizing lines.

[@zeroeffortmemes]

@@Maverick180c good point

[@massoverride478]

HERE ❤️🌹😇😤😭👌 my peer

[@yikemoo]

Its hilarious, I find even myself doing it often. But as a democrat/liberal I remember the absolute horrible things I could say and think about HW, W, Romney, etc. "They started a war for oil!" "Why won't Romney release his returns, he must be a crook" "W. dodged serving in Vietnam!" And then I lived through 3.5 years of Trump and McConnell. Me now: " George Bush commands respect" "Mitt Romney is a moral man who isn't afraid to speak his mind." "W. led us through 9/11 like a champ.... damn right I can hear you George, and Osama definitely heard us later!"

[@nathansestack3258]

poorly drawn card board cutout president

[@andrewsboy9776]

Its a good speech Reagan should have been thier to say it

[@edmerc92]

Reagan was out of office. Bush was the president at the time (1992).

[@Tomharry910]

Presidential!

[@dlec4000]

He never says anything about Mr. King. Bias.

[@josephmackela8466]

Darren Lewis He seemed friendly with minorities to me.

[@jman22009]

Did you not watch the video or something? 3:30 It’s an entire bullet point dude

[@lefty7511]

King was a crack head loser lol. He was no role model.

[@patrickperez6791]

Looking like he had nothing to do with it.....gtfo of here..

[@anonymousanonymous7250]

RIP.

[@黒キツネ-九零二一零]

A person with a brain: hey mr.president, why don't we retrial and the riots will stop? Bush: No! Get the military!

[@dumbdumber7203]

Yeah, you dont get to do re-trials on will. That's not how it works, that's not how any of it works.

[@黒キツネ-九零二一零]

@@dumbdumber7203 which was dumb. The riot would've stopped in a heartbeat if those officers were guilty, or would've been no riot at all.

[@dumbdumber7203]

​@@黒キツネ-九零二一零hahahaha, nobody is arguing against that point. You can just grant re-trials at will - just because you did not like the outcome. There is a process which must be followed. You dont get to loot, kill and burn down a city just because you did not get what you want. President Bush said that the federal government would lookin into the matter independently. But the rioters did not want to wait for that. Later on the federal government prosecuted a separate civil rights case, obtaining grand jury indictments for violations by the four officers of King's civil rights. Where two of the officers found guilty and sentenced to prison. The other two were acquitted of the charges. So all in all the riots forced Bush to do only thing that he could. It was the only solution. I wonder how many more would have died or be hurt in the riots, burnings and lootings if it was not for the guard.

[@erlanggaprasetyo1606]

@@dumbdumber7203 and what "process to follow" is that?

[@thatonespicychickenman]

rest in peace bush

[@U.S.SlaveOfficial]

lol!!

[@marylane774]

George DUB YA Bush 😆❤️