Twenty years ago this week we had the L.A. riots. It was a scary time for everyone. As to the circumstances leading up to the riots, enough has been written and pontificated upon. But as we were about six blocks away from "the projects," at the time we were very much in harm's way.
Early on in the process, I stood outside our condominium complex armed with a baseball bat. It soon occurred to me that should problems come our way, such a weapon was not going to be much use against a .45! I bought a gun the very next day.
To this day, I have always wondered why the rioters burned their own neighborhoods down?
Reginald Denny who was pulled from his truck and severely beaten has never quite recovered. His main attacker, Damion "Football" Williams was sent to jail, released after half his sentence and now is serving 47 years in the penitentiary for another murder.
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