Los Angeles Riots

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  1. 2. This drug's epidemic led to a huge increase in crime in Black and Brown communities of the LA area before the riots
  2. 7. This famous rapper wrote the song "Black Korea" about the murder of Latasha Harlins
  3. 8. The murder rate in LA was over ____ times the rate it is today
  4. 12. Over ____ dollars were estimated to be the cost of damages done during the riots
  5. 13. This was the most dangerous time of day before the riots took place
  6. 15. More than ______ buildings were destroyed during the riots
  7. 17. A photographer could only capture pictures during the riots by hiding his camera in this
  8. 19. A major gang conflict was resolved just before the uprisings between the Crips and the _____
  9. 20. The total batons King was beaten with
  10. 22. This was highly publicized in the beating of Rodney King
  11. 24. The rioters fought against this
  12. 27. Footage of the riots were captured by this
  13. 28. The new police headquarters' building was built with this in mind
  14. 29. An immigrant from this country was severely beaten
  15. 30. Many whites, like a truck driver named_____, were attacked by rioters
Down
  1. 1. This basketball player rebuilt a cinema in LA
  2. 3. Store owners of this nationality defended their stores with gun battles with rioters
  3. 4. This caused much of the structural devastation during the uprisings
  4. 5. The program proposed to economically jumpstart Los Angeles
  5. 6. The Black and Latino communities in LA had a combined poverty rate of _____ percent
  6. 9. Uprisings that took place in California in April and May 1991
  7. 10. This was missing during the first few days of the riots
  8. 11. This was the area in LA most affected by the destruction
  9. 14. The total fatalities in the riots
  10. 16. The day in April that the riots broke out
  11. 18. This famous city in California also felt the devastating effects of the riots
  12. 21. The beating of this man was a catalyst for these riots
  13. 23. The number of injured after the riots
  14. 25. There was a shortage of this by the third day
  15. 26. The age of a girl murdered in a liquor store that caused further strains between cultures and classes before the riots