Indoda idlula phambi komgca wamapolisa eLos Angeles ngo-Epreli 30, 1992. Uqhushululu lwaqhambuka eLos Angeles emva kokuba ijaji yawakhulula amapolisa amane atyholwa ngokubetha ulutsha olumnyama, uRodney King, kwiiyure nje emva kokubhengezwa kwesigwebo.UMIKE NELSON / AFP / imifanekiso kaFetty Ngomhla we-3 kuMatshi ngo-1991, umntu owayemi wayedubula amapolisa aliqela aseLos Angeles ebetha uRodney King emva kokuba emtsale. Iteyiphu ikhanyise indlela i-LAPD kunye namasebe asebupoliseni kwilizwe lonke ahlala esebenzisa iprofayili yobuhlanga kunye namandla agqithisileyo kubantu abahlelelekileyo. Amagosa amane athe athatha inxaxheba kolu hlaselo azanywa emva kokuba ijaji enkulu yenqabile ukubeka ityala kumagosa ali-17 awayemi engenzi nto. Ityala lasiwa kwindawo yabelungu kakhulu e-L.A., kwaye-ngaphandle kwamaxwebhu olwaphulo-mthetho lwabo kwi-tape-amagosa amane akhululwa kuzo zonke izityholo ngo-Epreli 1992. yahlala ye iintsuku ezintandathu kwaye kwaphumela ekufeni kwabantu abangama-63, abantu abangama-2 000 benzakala, kunye nomonakalo oqikelelwa ngaphezulu kwe-1 yezigidigidi zeedola.
Ndasiva isigwebo kwaye ndothuka emva kokusiva. Uninzi lwabantu base-Afrika nabamaMelika babenoluvo lokuba kuya kubakho isigwebo ngenxa yokuba ibanjiwe, u-Timothy Goldman uxelele uMbonisi. Xa uqhankqalazo lokuqala lwaqhuma eFlorence naseNormandie eLos Angeles, uGoldman, igqala lomkhosi womoya, wayengomnye wabantu abambalwa ababekho ukufota . Uncedile INew York Times umfoti uBart Bartholomew ubaleka kwindawo leyo emva kokuba amapolisa ebalekile kwindawo leyo xa uqhankqalazo lujike lwalunobundlobongela. Kuluntu oluMnyama nolweLatino, yayihlala iyilizwi lethu ngokuchasene nelizwi lamapolisa, kwaye kwinkundla yomthetho, babehlala bephumelela. Kodwa ngoku ekubeni kukho ubungqina eteyipini, sasicinga ukuba isigwebo siyakuba sesokuqinisekisa abantu abasokolayo phantsi kwezomthetho esixekweni — abamnyama nabantsundu. Xa isigwebo sabuya, kwaba lusapho.
Kwimimandla yaseLos Angeles eyayineembali ezinde, ezibuhlungu nge-LAPD, isigwebo sikaRodney King yayiyindawo yokukhuthaza ukuqhuma komsindo okwathatha iintsuku ukuba zithothe. Ukwenza izinto zibe mandundu, i-LAPD Ulahliwe Uluntu apho kwenzeka khona uqhankqalazo olunobundlobongela, lushiya ababukeli abamsulwa ukuba bazimele.
Uxwebhu olusandula ukukhutshwa Ukuvutha kwe-LA: Uqhushululu emva kweminyaka engama-25 , Ekhokelwa nguJohn Singleton, ibonisa uSung Hwang, intombi yabanini beevenkile zaseKorea abathe ishishini labo latshatyalaliswa ngexesha lolo dushe. Basebenza nzima kakhulu besakha le ndawo, kwaye bazincama kakhulu. Kwaye ukuyibona ihambile, utshilo uHwang. Emva koqhushululu lwe-LA, umama wam ebengena ephuma kwiingcebiso. Emva koko wayenomhlaza. Utata wahlaselwa sistroke okokuqala, kwaza kwalandela eyesibini nokwesithathu. Emva koko, ndigqiba kungcwaba abazali bam bobabini ngasemva. Kwaye asinanto yakwenza nesigwebo. Abazali bam babengababukeli nje. Ndiyathemba ngebali lam, abantu bayakuyibona impembelelo yexesha elide yoqhushululu kunye neziphumo zalo.
Ngexesha lesigwebo, ubudlelwane bobuhlanga phakathi kwabantu baseKorea nabamnyama babesele bunzima ngenxa yesigameko sango-Matshi 1991 apho umnini-venkile waseKorea-waseMelika kungekudala uJa Du wadutyulwa wabulawa intombazana emnyama eneminyaka eli-15 ubudala, uLatasha Harlins. Umnini venkile ubanga ukuzikhusela. Wagwetywa ngokubulala ngokuzithandela kodwa akafumananga sigwebo. Esi siganeko senzeke kwiintsuku nje emva kokuba itheyipu ityhila uhlaselo lukaRodney King lwakhutshwa kumajelo eendaba. Ngexesha loqhushululu, phantse Amashishini angama-2000 eKoreatown zatshatyalaliswa, kunye ne Amashishini angama-2,800 ase-Afrika naseMelika .
Ukubuyiselwa kwakhona kwi-LA Riots ibe yinkqubo enzima eLos Angeles, kwaye uluntu oluchaphazelekayo aluzange lufumane inkxaso yokujongana ngokufanelekileyo nemicimbi ekhanyiswe ludushe. Inzame enkulu yaseLos Angeles yokunceda abahlali ukuba bachache, umbutho obizwa ngokuba yiRebuild L.A., yayiyiflop eyayiza kufutshane. Umbutho uye wakhawulezisa ukuhanjiswa ngomthombo wengeniso yezityebi kunye nemidla ekhethekileyo. I-LAPD yenze indlela ethile yokuphucula, kwaye ukwenziwa kwamapolisa kwahluke kakhulu kunokuba kwakunjalo kwii-1990s zokuqala. Nangona kunjalo, i-LAPD isasukune nemicimbi eyahlukeneyo. Ngasekupheleni kweminyaka yoo-1990, iRampart Scandal yaveza amagosa angama-70 abandakanyeka ekuziphatheni gwenxa nakurhwaphilizo, isenza ihlazo elikhulu lesixeko kwimbali. Ngo-2016, i-LA yakhokela ilizwe uninzi lwabemi lubulewe liSebe lamapolisa. Nangona inqanaba Ukuhlanjululwa ngokobuhlanga kunye nobugwenxa bamapolisa obuvela kwixesha likaRodney King kusenokungabikho namhlanje, amanxeba kwiindawo zaseLos Angeles azinakuze ziphilise ngokupheleleyo.
Akusayi kuphinda kubekho omnye uFlorence noNormandie, kodwa kuyakubakho ezincinci eziza kuvela rhoqo, wongeze uTimothy Goldman, ephawula olunye uqhankqalazo kunye noqhushululu olwenziwa bubundlobongela bamapolisa abahlali abamnyama kwilizwe liphela namhlanje. Nangona kunjalo, uGoldman wanikela ngethemba lokuba abantu abatsha namhlanje bayazibandakanya, bayasebenza, kwaye bayakhuthazeka kunangexesha leRRA. Abantu abancinci ngoku, ngokoluvo lwam, bakhuthele ngakumbi kunakwiminyaka yabo edlulileyo, utshilo. Kunyaka ophelileyo, ndaya kuqhanqalazo ngobunye ubusuku emva kokudutyulwa kwamapolisa apha e-LA, kwaye ndandimangalisiwe kukufika kwabantu kunye nomsindo wabo babeqhankqalaza ngelo xesha.
