La riot 1992 truck driver

Old reginald denny beating picture circulates urging. Twentyfive years after reginald denny was dragged out of his big rig and viciously beaten on live tv during the l. Also, 1991 and 1992 were the worst on record for crime. Riots attacker tells shocking story 20 years later.

Henry kiki watson finally explains why he took part in the savage vicious attack on truck driver reginald denny over 20 years ago during the l. The 27 yearold towtruck driver had stopped for a hamburger at a. Truck driver beaten nearly to death during the riots shares his thoughts. During the 1980s, many immigrants began to move in and the crack epidemic had a terrible effect on the area. I doubt his truck drivin, mullet wearing hooseir ass had any problem with the daily and endemic racism that happened through most of his life, given that he wasnt also a perpetrator. Witnesses reflect on las rodney king riot 25 years later ap news. Taking a shortcut off the santa monica freeway down normandie avenue was nothing out of the ordinary for 33yearold reginald denny. And as truck driver reginald denny found out during those riots, if youre in the wrong place at the wrong time wearing the wrong skin color, you could end up beaten within inches of losing your life. While the rest of the world was watching white truck driver reginald denny get beaten by black men on tv, he was witnessing a freeforall. The incident, caught on amateur videotape, had sparked national debate about police brutality and racial injustice. The 27yearold towtruck driver had stopped for a hamburger at a. Denny was a truck driver who was pulled from his vehicle, beaten and robbed while trying to drive.

Five days of riots, arson and looting ensued, fueled by deeprooted tensions that. Over six days, 55 people were killed, more than 2,000 were injured, and 12,000 were. Spike lees 1992 film malcolm x opens with a scene of the rodney king beating. A truck driver named reginald denny was pulled from the cab of his big rig and beaten, with a tire iron, a fire extinguisher. Truck driver reginald denny is beaten during rioting after the acquittal of the white policemen who beat black motorist rodney king. He was the truck driver who was pulled from his cab and beaten by. The flash point was a single intersection in south l.

Prior to april 29th, i had done some research and gone to south central. Antoine miller, 31, who was videotaped opening the truck drivers door. Of the 36 riotrelated homicides, 23 remain unsolved. The notorious attack on truck driver reginald denny and other. On the afternoon of april 29, 1992, a jury in ventura county acquitted four lapd officers of beating rodney g. A look back at the rodney king riots this week 25 years ago, policemen were acquitted in the savage beating of african. Denny was a truck driver who happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, and he was the wrong color. The attack was captured on video by a news helicopter, and broadcast live on us national television. Truck driver reginald denny is pulled from his cab on the first day of the unrest in this scene from the documentary let it fall. Maxine waters embraced the thug who slammed concrete on. It featured footage of the watts riot in it and also talked about much of the rioting. In the late afternoon of april 29, 1992, he had simply loaded up his 18wheeler and headed down the road, driving for his employer transit mixed concrete. Tensions started with the not guilty verdict of the police officers involved in the rodney king beating.