There was a riot twenty years ago. I find it hard to believe that it was actually that damned long ago. So much has happened to this city and planet since that time but nothing quite as ridiculous as the LA Riots. Oh, sorry. Some people refer to it as “The Uprising” which when I first heard I laughed at.
up·ris·ing 1. A sometimes limited popular revolt against a constituted government or its policies; a rebellion. 2. The act or an instance of rising or rising up.
By definition it was an uprising, but so was me telling my mother that I refused to stop calling her by her first name. They say that the Rodney King verdict was the cause of all of the looting, burning, attacks, and killings that occurred. I say it was a bunch, thousands, of people who said “Let’s take advantage of a bad situation!” And by god they did.
