XPost: soc.culture.russian, soc.culture.french, soc.culture.german
XPost: soc.culture.europe
From: lucr@me.ca

What I see is the same situation in a smaller scale, and that France could
prevent this to happen for 13 more years then US. The situation is going
back into control progressively.


"dsfsdfsd"  wrote in message
news:7rEef.15495$oP5.11865@fe09.lga...
>
> "Kvebekski"  wrote in message
> news:QAvef.14730$wc.828530@wagner.videotron.net...
> > Hey dumbo: wanna hear about real totally uncontrolled violence, not only
> > car
> > damages? Compare the level of violence and destruction, even in a
country
> > which has structural differences that should make these kind of events
> > virtually impossible. Once upon a time, (not so far back):
> >
>
> The difference is that in the US, gov acted to stop the violence. In
France,
> they basically did nothing for almost three weeks. There were still 200
cars
> burned yesterday.
>
> Stupid blacks in LA burned down all their own stores and later complained
> that no businesses were rebuilding.
>
> Germany has their crystalnacht. You can find history of various "pogroms"
in
> any Eurodopean city. France previously used artillery against Paris
rioters.
>
> >
> > 05/01/92-2200CDT
> >
> > L.A. INSURRECTION SURPASSES 1965 WATTS RIOTS, 38 DEAD, MORE THAN 1,200
> > INJURED
> > By: Clark Staten, EMT-P
> > Los Angeles, CA - The latest reported deaths in Los Angeles bring to
> > thirty-eight the total that have been killed as the result of the fires,
> > riots, and shooting that has plagued this second largest American city.
> > The
> > death toll has risen following another night of violence and mayhem that
> > is
> > said, by some, to be the consequences for the acquittal of four L.A.P.D.
> > officers in Simi Valley, CA on Wednesday.
> >
> > The current totals of dead, injuried and damage done now exceed those
that
> > occured in 1965, when residents of the Watts section of Los Angeles
> > erupted
> > after the arrest of a black man by a white highway patrol officer.
> > Thirty-four (34) people died in the following six-days of chaos, 1,000
> > were
> > injuried, and $200 miilion dollars in damage was done. Older
eyewitnesses
> > say that the most current riots far exceed the days of the Watts riots,
> > both
> > in intensity and level of violence.
> >
> > As 4,000 regular Army troops and 1,000 federal law enforcement officers
> > move
> > into Los Angeles, people have begun to actually assess the severity of
> > this
> > latest day of "revolution". They find thirty-eight (38) people dead,
1,250
> > people injuried, 3,600 structural fires, hundreds of businesses looted
and
> > closed, and more than 3,000 people arrested. At least four (4) police
> > officers and three (3) firefighters have been shot and hundreds of other
> > injuried as they attempted to control the fires and lawlessness of the
> > past
> > three days.
> >
> > A "Dusk to Dawn" curfew has been imposed by Mayor Tom Bradley, in an
> > effort
> > to prevent citizens from congregating into the groups that have
controlled
> > the streets in recent days. The curfew also finally has "teeth" as 4,000
> > California National Guardsmen assist the police in securing areas of
> > previous violence. This evening, the National Guard Units were also
> > "federalized" by President Bush and supplemented by another 4,000 Army
and
> > Marine troops with orders to act as "Light-Infantry" and to "return fire
> > if
> > fired upon".
> >
> > Reports are received at the time of this report that authorities may be
> > gaining a tactical advantage and that, with the help of an added 9,000
law
> > enforcement and military personnel, the situation may be under control
by
> > the weekend. According to current reports, there have been fewer fires
and
> > shooting incidents since the curfew was instituted on Friday evening.
> >
> > The wave of destruction, which had spread from Southcentral Los Angeles
to
> > Downtown, to Pasadena, to Hollywood, and to Koreatown, has not always
> > seemed
> > just a response to the Rodney King verdict. Often in it's intensity, the
> > "rioting beast" did not pay attention to the race, color, or creed of
it's
> > victims; it struck indiscriminately. Early video tapes of the "rioters"
> > sometimes showed middle class white youths, street gang members, and
those
> > that have been associated with radical organizations such as the
American
> > Communist Party.
> >
> > Differing agendas seemed to be "at play" in differing circumstances.
Much
> > looting appeared to "opportunistic" in scope and origin. Entire families
> > were seen working together to steal from stores in their own
> > neighborhoods.
> > Often, what was being stolen was not of any necessity, but rather luxury
> > items such as designer gym shoes, radios, and starter jackets.
Frequently,
> > it just appeared that it was those "without" were taking from those
> > "with",
> > because they could.
> >
> > In other situations, the anger and frustration was expressed by pulling
> > white motorists from cars and trucks and brutally beating and kicking
> > them.
> > In one such case, Reginald Oliver Denny, was pulled from his truck as he
> > stopped to prevent hitting looters who filled the street. The incident
was
> > captured by a helicopter television news crew as it occured and was
> > broadcast live. Some viewers said that the violence that was portrayed
was
> > as "violent and sickening" as any that occured to Rodney King. Denny was
> > taken to Daniel Freeman Hospital after the furious beating, and has been
> > upgraded from critical to serious, following brain sugery to remove a
> > blood
> > clot.
> >
> > Arson was another way that some people vented their rage of various
kinds.
> > Fire Chief Donald Manning was quoted as saying that the Los Angeles Fire
> > Dept. has responded to more than 3,600 fires in the past three days.
> > Further, he commented that at given times during the past two days, the
> > L.A.F.D. was receiving calls for three (3) fires every minute. He said
> > that
> > this level of need for service far exceeded the department's ability to
> > respond and that this call volume was five (5) times that of normal.
> >
> > Manning said that additional fire units were called from all over
> > California
> > to help fight the conflagrations that spread through neighborhood after
> > neighborhood. Efforts were also reportedly hampered on numerous
occasions
> > by
> > sniper fire and direct confrontations against firefighters. One
> > firefighter
> > was quoted as saying yesterday; "I'd feel a lot more secure if they gave
> > me
> > a rifle". He was responding to the fact that at least three firefighters
> > have been reportedly shot while in the performance of their duties, and
> > that

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