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   From: fzfzdfz@kkkh.com   
      
   "Kvebekski"  wrote in message   
   news:QAvef.14730$wc.828530@wagner.videotron.net...   
   > Hey dumbo: wanna hear about real totally uncontrolled violence, not only   
   > car   
   > damages? Compare the level of violence and destruction, even in a country   
   > which has structural differences that should make these kind of events   
   > virtually impossible. Once upon a time, (not so far back):   
   >   
      
   The difference is that in the US, gov acted to stop the violence. In France,   
   they basically did nothing for almost three weeks. There were still 200 cars   
   burned yesterday.   
      
   Stupid blacks in LA burned down all their own stores and later complained   
   that no businesses were rebuilding.   
      
   Germany has their crystalnacht. You can find history of various "pogroms" in   
   any Eurodopean city. France previously used artillery against Paris rioters.   
      
   >   
   > 05/01/92-2200CDT   
   >   
   > L.A. INSURRECTION SURPASSES 1965 WATTS RIOTS, 38 DEAD, MORE THAN 1,200   
   > INJURED   
   > By: Clark Staten, EMT-P   
   > Los Angeles, CA - The latest reported deaths in Los Angeles bring to   
   > thirty-eight the total that have been killed as the result of the fires,   
   > riots, and shooting that has plagued this second largest American city.   
   > The   
   > death toll has risen following another night of violence and mayhem that   
   > is   
   > said, by some, to be the consequences for the acquittal of four L.A.P.D.   
   > officers in Simi Valley, CA on Wednesday.   
   >   
   > The current totals of dead, injuried and damage done now exceed those that   
   > occured in 1965, when residents of the Watts section of Los Angeles   
   > erupted   
   > after the arrest of a black man by a white highway patrol officer.   
   > Thirty-four (34) people died in the following six-days of chaos, 1,000   
   > were   
   > injuried, and $200 miilion dollars in damage was done. Older eyewitnesses   
   > say that the most current riots far exceed the days of the Watts riots,   
   > both   
   > in intensity and level of violence.   
   >   
   > As 4,000 regular Army troops and 1,000 federal law enforcement officers   
   > move   
   > into Los Angeles, people have begun to actually assess the severity of   
   > this   
   > latest day of "revolution". They find thirty-eight (38) people dead, 1,250   
   > people injuried, 3,600 structural fires, hundreds of businesses looted and   
   > closed, and more than 3,000 people arrested. At least four (4) police   
   > officers and three (3) firefighters have been shot and hundreds of other   
   > injuried as they attempted to control the fires and lawlessness of the   
   > past   
   > three days.   
   >   
   > A "Dusk to Dawn" curfew has been imposed by Mayor Tom Bradley, in an   
   > effort   
   > to prevent citizens from congregating into the groups that have controlled   
   > the streets in recent days. The curfew also finally has "teeth" as 4,000   
   > California National Guardsmen assist the police in securing areas of   
   > previous violence. This evening, the National Guard Units were also   
   > "federalized" by President Bush and supplemented by another 4,000 Army and   
   > Marine troops with orders to act as "Light-Infantry" and to "return fire   
   > if   
   > fired upon".   
   >   
   > Reports are received at the time of this report that authorities may be   
   > gaining a tactical advantage and that, with the help of an added 9,000 law   
   > enforcement and military personnel, the situation may be under control by   
   > the weekend. According to current reports, there have been fewer fires and   
   > shooting incidents since the curfew was instituted on Friday evening.   
   >   
   > The wave of destruction, which had spread from Southcentral Los Angeles to   
   > Downtown, to Pasadena, to Hollywood, and to Koreatown, has not always   
   > seemed   
   > just a response to the Rodney King verdict. Often in it's intensity, the   
   > "rioting beast" did not pay attention to the race, color, or creed of it's   
   > victims; it struck indiscriminately. Early video tapes of the "rioters"   
   > sometimes showed middle class white youths, street gang members, and those   
   > that have been associated with radical organizations such as the American   
   > Communist Party.   
   >   
   > Differing agendas seemed to be "at play" in differing circumstances. Much   
   > looting appeared to "opportunistic" in scope and origin. Entire families   
   > were seen working together to steal from stores in their own   
   > neighborhoods.   
   > Often, what was being stolen was not of any necessity, but rather luxury   
   > items such as designer gym shoes, radios, and starter jackets. Frequently,   
   > it just appeared that it was those "without" were taking from those   
   > "with",   
   > because they could.   
   >   
   > In other situations, the anger and frustration was expressed by pulling   
   > white motorists from cars and trucks and brutally beating and kicking   
   > them.   
   > In one such case, Reginald Oliver Denny, was pulled from his truck as he   
   > stopped to prevent hitting looters who filled the street. The incident was   
   > captured by a helicopter television news crew as it occured and was   
   > broadcast live. Some viewers said that the violence that was portrayed was   
   > as "violent and sickening" as any that occured to Rodney King. Denny was   
   > taken to Daniel Freeman Hospital after the furious beating, and has been   
   > upgraded from critical to serious, following brain sugery to remove a   
   > blood   
   > clot.   
   >   
   > Arson was another way that some people vented their rage of various kinds.   
   > Fire Chief Donald Manning was quoted as saying that the Los Angeles Fire   
   > Dept. has responded to more than 3,600 fires in the past three days.   
   > Further, he commented that at given times during the past two days, the   
   > L.A.F.D. was receiving calls for three (3) fires every minute. He said   
   > that   
   > this level of need for service far exceeded the department's ability to   
   > respond and that this call volume was five (5) times that of normal.   
   >   
   > Manning said that additional fire units were called from all over   
   > California   
   > to help fight the conflagrations that spread through neighborhood after   
   > neighborhood. Efforts were also reportedly hampered on numerous occasions   
   > by   
   > sniper fire and direct confrontations against firefighters. One   
   > firefighter   
   > was quoted as saying yesterday; "I'd feel a lot more secure if they gave   
   > me   
   > a rifle". He was responding to the fact that at least three firefighters   
   > have been reportedly shot while in the performance of their duties, and   
   > that   
   > often police officers were not available to accompany and protect fire   
   > units   
   > while they performed their already dangerous duties.   
   >   
   > Los Angeles Police say that the circumstances also "unleashed" criminals,   
   > street gangs, and others who's only motive in involvement in the riots was   
   > that of profit. They point out the fact that this was also felt to be the   
   > perfect opportunity to justify acts of violence, by street gang members,   
   > against members of the police department. Police Chief Daryl Gates   
   > admitted   
      
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