Rodney King Riots

One of the things in this chapter that I really found interesting were the Rodney King riots. It fascinated me that the black community of LA reacted to violence with even more violence. I would think that if they wanted more respect and equality from the white community, they wouldn't create riots over that. Also, although the Rodney King case was a horrible act of police brutality, nobody was killed, in the riots that followed several people were killed. That was interesting to me, as it made the response worse than the action that started it. It's interesting to me how such a little event can set off such great numbers of people.