What Echo Park & nearby LA neighborhoods looked like the 1st day after rioting began. (danagraves/flickr)
Riot Gears
May 04, 2007
15 years ago, riots raged across Los Angeles and TV screens worldwide. Much of the media portrayed the riots as a response to the beating of Rodney King. But historian Mike Davis says that simple narrative did L.A. another injustice: it ignored the reality on the ground.
