Loss riot
Loss riot(The loss ぼ う how),1992 year4 end of the month applying on the May head, United States of America・ Los Angeles. Not yet even it remains firmly in America discrimination new race problem, jury system, many problems became relief.
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Latent primary factor
In Japan as for loss riotロドニー king incidentOf, receiving the impression the way it is many you can list the increasing of tension between the race in the Los Angeles whether it happened suddenly the innocence decision to white officer for as opportunity, but as the latent primary factor. African type American is high to the black whose due to loss city police/policing, the black girl by the South Korean storekeeper (Latter plain gauze ハーリンズ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
Increasing of tension between race
As an important important matter of incident, you can list the modification of population ratio of southern central area where the riot starts. At one time, it was southern central it is black area, but the Hispanic system was the residence for the first time. Especially, the Korean type American the liquor store and the miscellaneous goods store etc. which the black has owned were bought, trading was for the first time. According to census, as for increasing rate of the Hispanic type inhabitant in the place where historically it is black residence area you say that it had reached to 119%. In such area economic competition of the store and the like kept raising the hatred between race. The unskilled labor which the black has undertaken single-handed kept moving to the Latin type immigration which works at half wages to that. In addition, relationship of the South Korean storekeeper between the black resident was fractured completely. Other than the black inhabitants saying complaint the treatment where is terrible from the South Korean storekeeper and, become high and to on the one hand price what can be made was not.
In such circumstance, in 1991 OctoberWrapperIce cubeIt has expressed in a way, lyric which attacks the South Korean in the tune which calls the friction which exists between black society and the South Korean society, BLACK KOREA.
Latter plain gauze ハーリンズ shooting incident
The incident that occurred, the black girl of the shoplifting criminal is pipped by the South Korean store mainly the friction between black society and the South Korean society reached to apex. 1991 March 16 when is after the only 13 days of ロドニー king incident, 1.The black girl whom it tries to shoplift the juice of 79 dollars (at that time 15 years old) latter plain gauze ハーリンズ which is, Korean type American pipped from back. Decision of at this incident has appeared in November 15th of the same year, but as for that decision 5 years protection observation dealing, and social work fineThird class premeditated murderThey were light ones in exceptional case as, it became the shape which poured the oil to the flame of anger of black society.
ロドニー king incident, and its judgment
1991 year3 month 3rd, loss city police/policing white officer who climbs the black man ロドニー king which commits speeding, even in 20 people producing to drag from the car, it assaulted with the ton fur baton of equipment, it added the assault such that it makes kicking. Accidentally, we photograph these circumstances with the video camera which the neighboring inhabitant had, this image is reported in the All-American and the anger where the blacks are extreme was caused.
4 officers (white 3 person 1 Hispanic system) were prosecuted in at this incident. The result of judgment, "the king did not hold down because at the large China, after having become drunk extremely it resists, with the bare hand," it could recognize insistence extensively, that of the officers the jury lowered innocence decision, (that court being opened at area whose white inhabitant is many it is caused it is said). The black was not included in the jury.
Riot outbreak
1992 April 29th, this when the innocence decision to loss city police/policing officer, the blacks who get angry to decision converted, the to mob caused the riot with the Los Angeles town and attacked the store, began setting fire and plundering.
In addition, as for the small-scale riot not only Los Angeles and seems that spreads to the portion of the every place, and Canada which in America begin Las Vegas, Atlanta and San Francisco.
There is no scene where the teamster of the white, レジナルド デニー starts dragging in the black mob and others in the television, assault receives many times and was broadcast. He in the loss riot, you became the most prominent victim. Furthermore, after receiving assault, he is provided to help by the local resident of the black who watched at the television, operation is received at the hospital and one life is saved.
It had become impossible completely the loss city police/policing which has become main attack goal just to protect the self to become busy circumstance, to manage the riot. Black mayor ブレッドリー announced officially emergency alert order on April 30th.
Those where it has become another attack goal are the South Korean store. Half weakness of the damage amount due to attack is done is something of the South Korean store also. The South Korean store main thing and others the handgun and the scene which discharges the submachine gun horizontally was not many times for defending and was televised in the television. In addition, at the beginning was attacked the South Korean store, but other Hispanic system, it reached the point where it is attacked also the store of the white and the black.
For riot compacting the national guard from the first, to be thrown to the army, and the Marines unit which exceed 4000 people, furthermore administration of justice ministryFBIPublic citizen right methodThe riot which spans 6 days violation (race discrimination behavior) due to the effort such that re-investigation with suspicion is announced finally looked at focus. But, as for the damage by the riot the deceased 50? It produced 60 people and the injured person approximately 2,000 people, as for arson number of cases 3600 cases, as for the building which collapses it reached to also 1100 cases. As for damage sum total also 8 hundred million dollars also 10 hundred million dollars are said.
逮捕者は約1万人にものぼった。42%が黒人、44%がヒスパニック系、そして9%の白人と2%のその他の人種が含まれていた。これは当時のロサンゼルスの人口比率とほぼ同じで、最終的には黒人による暴動というよりは、街を挙げての略奪騒ぎになったと考えるべきだろう。
暴動鎮圧後
暴動ののちに、ロドニー・キング事件に関して再審理を求める世論が盛り上がった。FBIが公民権法違反で再捜査を行い、指揮する立場にあった巡査部長と直接関与した巡査2人の計3人を有罪とした（直接関与していなかった巡査1人は無罪）。
この評決が下される際にも暴動が起きるのではと緊張が走ったものの、幸いなことに事前の警備など準備が万端であった上にほぼ順当な判決が下されたこともあって暴動が起きるようなことはなかった。
ロス暴動を題材にした作品
音楽
映画
- 1991年に公開された『わが街』という映画は、ロス暴動の遠因となった異人種間、および異なる社会階層によって分け隔てられた人々を描いている。特に白人運転手が黒人の暴漢に襲われ、レッカー車に乗った黒人に助けられるというシーンはロス暴動のレジナルド・デニーを思い起こさせる。
- 1994年に公開された『カッティング・エッジ』（日本未公開）という映画では暴動後のベニスビーチを描いている。
- 2002年に公開された『ダーク・スティール』という映画において腐敗した警察をロス暴動に向けた時間軸で描いている。また、ロドニー・キング事件と、レジナルド・デニーを殴打している実際のシーンが挿入されている。
その他
- ドラマ『L.A.ロー 七人の弁護士』においてロス暴動当日をエピソードにした回が存在する。
- PlayStation2、Xboxなどで発売されたゲーム『グランド・セフト・オート:San Andreas』において架空の都市ロスサントスにおいて、汚職警官らに無罪評決が下されたのちに勃発した暴動を描いている。言うまでもなく、ロス暴動をベースにしたものである。
