LA Riots

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