Roof Korean La Riot

Don t mess with the rooftopkoreans one man tweeted.

Roof korean la riot.

Widespread looting assault and arson occurred during the riots which local police forces had difficulty controlling due to lack of personnel and resources. The rooftop korean memes may apply to the latter but not so much to the story of a man like bob kim a koreatown optometrist who lived through the 1992 riots while holding a rifle and now must do it again. The la riots were a rude awakening for korean americans says edward taehan chang professor of ethnic studies and founding director of the young oak kim center for korean american studies at the. The roof koreans were spontaneous self defense forces organized by the korean community of los angeles primarily centered in koreatown in response to violent and frequently racist attacks on their communities and businesses by primarily black looters and rioters during the los angeles riots of 1992.

And the savage gentleman. The rioting took place in several areas in the los angeles metropolitan area as thousands of people rioted over a six day period following the announcement of the verdict.