Rodney King Died Today

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  • JOEJOEJOE
    JOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,865
    catefrances wrote:
    JOEJOEJOE wrote:
    Jason P wrote:
    Did anyone here experience the LA riots?

    Yep.....I drove home from work through a poverty-stricken neighborhood, and I saw actual looting of a neighborhood store.

    Most stores were closed, but a food stand known as Oki Dog was open...they would probably stay open if we were invaded by martians. I was wearing a Public Enemy tshirt, and a guy next to me took exception to me wearing the shirt. I was white, and he was African-American. I could see where he was coming from, so I didn't try to defend my shirt selection for that day.

    so white people cant listen to or appreciate public enemy??? okaaaaayyy.

    easy there.......it was a day of violent racial tension where buildings were burned and people were killed...not a typical day.
  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    JOEJOEJOE wrote:
    Jason P wrote:
    Did anyone here experience the LA riots?

    Yep.....I drove home from work through a poverty-stricken neighborhood, and I saw actual looting of a neighborhood store.

    Most stores were closed, but a food stand known as Oki Dog was open...they would probably stay open if we were invaded by martians. I was wearing a Public Enemy tshirt, and a guy next to me took exception to me wearing the shirt. I was white, and he was African-American. I could see where he was coming from, so I didn't try to defend my shirt selection for that day.
    Oki-Dog! That place is practically an institution here.

    And yeah, I can see the shirt thing, silly as it seems now. I mean, black-owned businesses were putting up signs in their storefronts stating such, so they wouldn't get looted or burned down.

    What a fucked up time that was.

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