STS-80135

REEL BEGINS: 1992 LA RIOTS IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE RODNEY KING INCIDENT AND VERDICT.

CROWD OF PEOPLE CROSSING MULTI LANE STREET IN LA. TRAFFIC STOPPED ALLOWING PEOPLE TO CROSS, EVENING.

LINE OF POLICE IN HELMETS SPREAD ACROSS MULTI LANE STREET, Z'IN ON FIRE, BRIGHT YELLOW FLAMES ON STREET IN BKGD. SIRENS.

RIOT POLICE STANDING WATCHING FIREY BLAZE ON STREET IN LA

GROUP OF RIOT POLICE RUNNING DOWN STREET IN UNISON PASSING THE BLAZING FIRE.

POLICE OFFICERS ARE SEEN SLOWLY MOVING ACROSS STREET, LOTS OF NOISE.

GROUP OF POLICE OFFICERS IN HELMETS CROSSING DOWNTOWN STREEET, EVENING.

PARKED CAR ENGULFED IN FLAMES, NIGHT TIME, Los Angeles

POV MOVING CAR PASSES BY GANG OF PEOPLE ON STREET CORNER NIGHT TIME, HUGE FIRE BLAZING ACROSS STREET, WALL OF FLAMES CREATING A BRIGHT YELLOW BACKGROUND.

CLOSE UP FIREMAN STANDING ON TOP OF FIRE TRUCK LEANING OVER, HOOKING UP EQUIPMENT AGAINST FIREY YELLOW BACKDROP OF FLAMES

POV FROM MOVING CAR - ENTIRE SKY LIT IN FIREY RED FLAMES, LOOKS LIKE ENTIRE CORNER ON FIRE, BLACK SMOKE BILLOWING OUT, TRAFFIC GOING BY.

VAR SHOTS FROM MOVING AUTO OF BURNING STORES AS A RESULT OF RIOTING AFTER THE RODNEY KING INCIDENT. 42ND STREET LOS ANGELES

WIDE SHOT BURNING STORES IN STRIP MALL - ADAMS-HOOVER PLAZA, LOS ANGELES, BRIGHT YELLOW FLAMES SHOOTING STRAIGHT UP, PIZZA HUT(CAN BE SEEN).

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SLATE "NEWSREEL"

POLIC CAR PARKED HORIZONTALLY ACROSS STREE BLOCKING TRAFFIC. CROWD GATHERED ON SIDEWALK

FIREMAN'S SILHOUETTE AGAINS BACKDROP OF YELLOW FLAMES.

NIGHT TIME, CROWD OF UNRULY PEOPLE SHOUTING AT RIOT POLICE STANDING BY. BUILDING BURNING IN BACKGROUND. TENSE.

WIDE SHOT, POLICE OFFICERS IN HELMETS STANDING TIGHT, RIGID, HOLDING BILLY CLUBS, HUGE FLAMES OF FIRE BURNING BEHIND THEM.

VAR SHOTS STREETS OF LA, BURNING BUILDINGS, FIRE TRUCKS, POLICE CARS, AFTER RODNEY KING VERDICT 1992.

ENTIRE CORNER OF STORES ON FIRE, YELLOW FLAMES SHOOTING UP INTO EVENING SKY

LOS ANGELES FIRE DEPARTMENT TRUCK PARKED IN FRONT OF BURNING BUILDINGS, FIREMAN ON TOP DOSING FLAMES WITH HOSE

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TALKING HEAD AFRICAN AMERICAN MALE ON THE STREET SPEAKING TO UNSEEN REPORTER ABOUT POLITICAL DISSATISFACTION IN LOS ANGELES ESPECIALLY AFTER RESULTS OF THE RODNEY KING TRIAL. HE COMPARES THE SUCCESS OF GANGS (BECAUSE THEY HAVE LEADERSHIP AND ARE RESPECTED BY THEIR PEOPLE) TO THE UNLOVED GOVERNMENT LEADERS AND THE ANARCHY IN LOS ANGELES. COMPLAINING ABOUT MINORITIES ALWAYS GETTING THE SHORT END OF THE DEAL.

CAMERA PANS BACK AND FORTH FROM INTERIOR OF A LOOTED CONVENIENCE STORE TO FIRE ENGINE PARKED IN STREET NEAR BURNING BUILDINGS.

POV MOVING VEHICLE, TWO POLICE OFFICERS WEARING HELMETS HOLDING A RIFLE STANDING BY POLICE CAR. ZOOM OVER TO PARKED FIRE TRUCKS, SMOKEY SKIES, HOSES ON GROUND. EVENING.

SLOW PAN OF STRIP MALL, CORNER STORE IS ON FIRE, FIRE HOSES ON STREET, DRY CLEANERS, TONG'S TROPICAL FISH STORE.

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WIDE SHOT OF STREET WHERE LOOTING TAKING PLACE, HUGE "VANS" BILLBOARD, POLICE SIREN CAN BE HEARD. CAR PULLING AWAY FROM FRONT OF STORE.

ANOTHER FIREY SCENE IN LA. BUILDING BURNING, HUGE FLAMES BILLOWING UP, FIRE ENGINE PARKED, FIREMAN ON TOP OF TRUCK SHOOTING BUILDING WITH FIRE HOSE..

TWO PERPS, AFRICAN AMERICAN, SITTING IN BACK OF POLICE CAR. UNSEEN CAMERAMAN ZOOMS IN.

LOS ANGELES CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT RED AND WHITE VAN

CLOSE UP INJECTION OF NEEDLE INTO UNCONSCIOUS MAN'S ARM

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TALKING HEAD GUY WITH MIC AND YOUNG BOY TALK WITH UNSEEN REPORTER TELLS ABOUT GETTING STUCK IN OVERHEATED CAR AFTER A LAKERS GAME AND BEING EXTREMELY NERVOUS DUE TO THE LOOTING GOING ON, FIRES, PEOPLE RUNNING.

TWO AFRICAN AMERICAN MALE PROTESTORS OUTSIDE LA SOUTHWEST POLICE STATION HOLDING HAND MADE PROTEST SIGN, HOLD UP POWER FISTS, AND REPEATEDLY CHANTING "NO JUSTICE...NO PEACE". LATER EXAMPLE OF BLACK POWER FIST. VERY EARLY EXAMPLE OF "BLACK LIVES MATTER" MOVEMENT. CIVIL RIGHTS, PROTEST AGAINST POLICE BRUTALITY. IN RESPONSE TO RODNEY KING BEATING AND SUBSEQUENT RIOTS.

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BURNING WAREHOUSE OR STORE, BRIGHT YELLOW FLAMES SHOOTING STRAIGHT UP, BILLOWING SMOKE.

WIDE SHOT NIGHT TIME, FIREMAN SHOOTING HOSE THROUGH WIDE OPENING DOORWAY OF BURNING WAREHOUSE IN LOS ANGELES. POLICE OFFICERS HOLDING RIFLES STANDING GUARD FROM ACROSS STREET

VAR SHOTS BURNING WAREHOUSE, FIRE TRUCKS, POLICE CARS COMING AND GOING FROM THE SCENE.

FIREMEN WEARING BRIGHT YELLOW RESCUE GEAR STANDING ON TOP OF FIRE TRUCK AIMING HOSE AT BUILDING. SKYIS LIT UP IN FLAMES.

FIREMEN ON THE INSIDE OF BURNED OUT BUILDING, INSPECTING DAMAGE AS BUILDING IS STILL BURNING

DAY TIME SHOT OF AFTERMATH OF BUILDING FIRE, GRAFFITI ON WALLS

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EXTERIOR PARKING LOT OF RALPHS SUPERMARKET, POLICE CARS PARKED. A VEHICLE PULLS OUT OF LOT DRIVES ACROSS A SPEED BUMP AND DOWN A CURB, DRIVES AWAY

LOOTERS ON KNEES IN PARKING LOT, HANDS CLASPED BEHIND THEIR HEADS AS POLICE MAKE ARRESTS AND HANDCUFF PERPS.