LA Riots

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