LA Riots

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Across
  1. 2. This was the area in LA most affected by the destruction
  2. 4. After the riots, development in the town has focused on this
  3. 5. The beating of this man was a catalyst for these riots
  4. 8. The verdict for the murderer of Latasha Harlins
  5. 13. Uprisings that took place in California in April and May 1991
  6. 14. The approximate length (in days) of the riots
  7. 16. This was missing during the first few days of the riots
  8. 18. Many whites, like a truck driver named_____, were attacked by rioters
  9. 19. The program proposed to economically jumpstart Los Angeles
  10. 22. People found buildings during the riots by following this
  11. 23. The area that the riots first broke out in
  12. 25. This government organization allowed drug dealers in LA to sell cocaine in the ghettos to bring in money for weapons for Nicaragua
  13. 27. This caused much of the structural devastation during the uprisings
  14. 29. The day of the riots that policemen began to restore order
  15. 30. The Black and Latino communities in LA had a combined poverty rate of _____ percent
  16. 31. This basketball player rebuilt a cinema in LA
  17. 32. The day in April that the riots broke out
  18. 35. The total fatalities in the riots
  19. 37. The rioters fought against this
  20. 39. A major gang conflict was resolved just before the uprisings between the Crips and the _____
Down
  1. 1. The murder rate in LA was over ____ times the rate it is today
  2. 3. How the new Lowe’s Home Improvement Center has been viewed as by the surrounding residents during city reconstruction
  3. 6. More than ______ buildings were destroyed during the riots
  4. 7. Store owners of this nationality defended their stores with gun battles with rioters
  5. 9. The number of injured after the riots
  6. 10. This was highly publicized in the beating of Rodney King
  7. 11. The total batons King was beaten with
  8. 12. This famous rapper wrote the song "Black Korea" about the murder of Latasha Harlins
  9. 15. A photographer could only capture pictures during the riots by hiding his camera in this
  10. 17. The hotel on the 110 freeway that has been built to attract further development in the area
  11. 20. This was the most dangerous time of day before the riots took place
  12. 21. Footage of the riots were captured by this
  13. 23. The new police headquarters' building was built with this in mind
  14. 24. The age of a girl murdered in a liquor store that caused further strains between cultures and classes before the riots
  15. 26. An immigrant from this country was severely beaten
  16. 28. This drug's epidemic led to a huge increase in crime in Black and Brown communities of the LA area before the riots
  17. 33. These people made up the majority of the population
  18. 34. Over ____ dollars were estimated to be the cost of damages done during the riots
  19. 36. This famous city in California also felt the devastating effects of the riots
  20. 38. There was a shortage of this by the third day