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Following the Rodney King verdict, Los Angeles police were unable to provide protection to many affected areas due to the overwhelming scale of the riots. Controversially, they opted instead to set up a defensive perimeter around the Beverly Hills and West Hollywood cities, cutting off Koreatown and abandoning other minority and low-income ...
The Los Angeles mayor's office estimated that 65 percent of all businesses vandalized during the riots were Korean-owned. [26] [27] [28] On August 17, 1991, while Du was awaiting trial, a small fire occurred at her store. [29] During the 1992 riots, Du's store was looted and burned down; it never reopened.
In 1998 the company name was changed to King's Seafood Company. Today, the company operates 12 King's Fish House restaurants, seven Water Grill locations, Meat On Ocean and Pier Burger in Santa Monica, California, 555 East steakhouse in Long Beach, California, and Lou & Mickey's, a steakhouse in San Diego named for their parents. [3]
The Black-Korean conflict was an enduring storyline during the violence that erupted in 1992 after four Los Angeles police officers were acquitted in the beating of Rodney King. It was a palatable ...
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Los Angeles’ Asian and Black communities will gather later this month in an event to mark the 30th anniversary of the 1992 uprisings. Organized by Asian and Black community leaders, the event ...
Many Korean Americans in Los Angeles refer to the event as 'Sa-I-Gu', meaning "four-two-nine" in the Korean language (4.29), in reference to April 29, 1992, which was the day the riots started. Over 2,300 mom-and-pop shops run by Korean business owners were damaged through ransacking and looting during the riots, sustaining close to $400 ...
This year is the 30th anniversary of the L.A. riots. For some Korean Americans, violence at a liquor store can awaken painful memories.