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19921990s NEWS
LA RIOTS AFTER VERDICT ON RODNEY KING. RIOTS IN LA CITY STREETS, SCENES OF THE FIVE DAYS OF BURNING BUILDINGS & STORES & FAST FOOD RESTAURANTS, LOOTING, DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY, RIOTING. CIVIL RIGHTS. RESPONSE TO POLICE BRUTALITY AND RODNEY KING VERDICT. 1992

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REEL BEGINS: 1992 LA RIOTS IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE RODNEY KING INCIDENT AND VERDICT.
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NIGHT TIME - WIDE SHOT POLICE IN HELMETS LINED UP BLOCKING A STREET DOWN TOWN LOS ANGELES. CAMERA PULLS BACK REVEALING A WIDE CITY STREET, LIGHTS, OVERPASS, SOME TRAFFIC.
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CROWD OF PEOPLE CROSSING MULTI LANE STREET IN LA. TRAFFIC STOPPED ALLOWING PEOPLE TO CROSS, EVENING.
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NIGHT TIME WIDE SHOT CROWD IS SEEN (BARELY), WOMAN CROSSING STREET CARRYING POSTER. SKY IS FIEREY RED. Z'IN
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LINE OF POLICE IN HELMETS SPREAD ACROSS MULTI LANE STREET, Z'IN ON FIRE, BRIGHT YELLOW FLAMES ON STREET IN BKGD. SIRENS.
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CLOSE UP POLICEMAN WEARING RIOT HELMET, HUGE FIRE BLAZING BEHIND HIM.
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RIOT POLICE STANDING WATCHING FIREY BLAZE ON STREET IN LA
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POLICE OFFICER IN LOBBY OF BUILDING PULLS A TALL BURNING STAND RIGHT SIDE UP AND OUT OF BUILDING.
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GROUP OF RIOT POLICE RUNNING DOWN STREET IN UNISON PASSING THE BLAZING FIRE.
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CAMERA PULLS BACK CROWD CAN BE SEEN, PHOTOGRAPHERS TAKING PICTURES OF SCENE. GUNSHOTS CAN BE HEARD
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POLICE OFFICERS ARE SEEN SLOWLY MOVING ACROSS STREET, LOTS OF NOISE.
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TWO POLICE OFFICERS DRAGGING A STRUGGLING MAN INTO A PARK.
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GROUP OF POLICE OFFICERS IN HELMETS CROSSING DOWNTOWN STREEET, EVENING.
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WIDE SHOT OF AUTOMOBILE SITTING UPSIDE DOWN ON THE STREET IN A FIERY BLAZE. YELLOW FLAMES BILLOWING OUT.
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PARKED CAR ENGULFED IN FLAMES, NIGHT TIME, Los Angeles
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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.
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STORES ON FIRE, FIRE TRUCK PARKED, FAMES BILLOWING OUT.
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CLOSE UP FIREMAN STANDING ON TOP OF FIRE TRUCK LEANING OVER, HOOKING UP EQUIPMENT AGAINST FIREY YELLOW BACKDROP OF FLAMES
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FIREMAN SHOOTING HOSE AT BURNING BUILDINGS
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POV FROM MOVING CAR - ENTIRE SKY LIT IN FIREY RED FLAMES, LOOKS LIKE ENTIRE CORNER ON FIRE, BLACK SMOKE BILLOWING OUT, TRAFFIC GOING BY.
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SHOT FROM A DISTANCE FROM MOVING VEHICLE - BRIGHT YELLOW FLAMES SHOOTING UP INTO SKY RED FROM FIRE.
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VAR SHOTS FROM MOVING AUTO OF BURNING STORES AS A RESULT OF RIOTING AFTER THE RODNEY KING INCIDENT. 42ND STREET LOS ANGELES
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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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STRIP MALL SIGNAGE "ADAMS-HOOVER PLAZA" - PAYLESS SHOE STORE
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WIDE SHOT ENTIRE CORNER OF STORES ON FIRE, BLACK SMOKE BILLOWING INTO SKY, YELLOW FLAMES SHOOTING OUT, PEDS WALKING BY. POLICE RADIO CAN BE HEARD.
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POV MOVING VEHICLE APPROACHING ANOTHER BURNING CORNER ABLAZE IN LOS ANGELES, ENTIRE BUILDING CAVED IN AND ON FIRE. POLICE RADIO CAN BE HEARD.
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SLATE "NEWSREEL"
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POV MOVING VEHICLE FOLLOWING POLICE CAR ANSWERING A CALL. EVENING
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POLIC CAR PARKED HORIZONTALLY ACROSS STREE BLOCKING TRAFFIC. CROWD GATHERED ON SIDEWALK
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CAMERA MOVING BACK AND FORTH ON THE SCENE OF BURNING BUILDING, POLICE VEHICLES PARKED LIGHTS FLASHING, SIRENS CAN BE HEARD.
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FIREMAN'S SILHOUETTE AGAINS BACKDROP OF YELLOW FLAMES.
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FIREMAN STANDING ON TOP OF FIRE TRUCK. HOSE PUTTING OUT FLAMES.
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NIGHT TIME, CROWD OF UNRULY PEOPLE SHOUTING AT RIOT POLICE STANDING BY. BUILDING BURNING IN BACKGROUND. TENSE.
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MAN GETS CLOSE UP INTO CAMERA LENS AND SCREAMS.
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WIDE SHOT, POLICE OFFICERS IN HELMETS STANDING TIGHT, RIGID, HOLDING BILLY CLUBS, HUGE FLAMES OF FIRE BURNING BEHIND THEM.
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POLICE OFFICER HOLDING RIFLE AGAINST BACKDROP OF BURNING BUILDINGS. EVENING
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VAR SHOTS STREETS OF LA, BURNING BUILDINGS, FIRE TRUCKS, POLICE CARS, AFTER RODNEY KING VERDICT 1992.
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EVENING REFLECTION OF LIGHTS - RED, BLUE, WHITE - COMING OFF PARKED POLICE VEHICLES
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ENTIRE CORNER OF STORES ON FIRE, YELLOW FLAMES SHOOTING UP INTO EVENING SKY
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LONE MAN IN A WHEELCHAIR WHEELING DOWN THE STREET
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LOS ANGELES FIRE DEPARTMENT TRUCK PARKED IN FRONT OF BURNING BUILDINGS, FIREMAN ON TOP DOSING FLAMES WITH HOSE
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RIOT POLICE HOLDING GUNS AND CLUBS STANDING TENSE IN A LINE ACROSS STREET, UNRULY AFRICAN AMERICAN CROWD SHOUTING. EVENING IN LOS ANGELES 1992.
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POV MOVING VEHICLE APPROACHING BURNING "RAMCO LIQUOR MART", STREET IS MOSTLY DESOLATE WITH OCCASIONAL CAR DRIVING. HUGE YELLOW FLAMES SHOOTING STEADILY OUT OF SIDES AND TOP OF BUILDING
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CAR DRIVING ALONG ON DARK STREET. MAN YELLING OUT FROM MOVING CAR "IT'S THE END". "BLACK POWER"
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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.
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ZOOM IN ON BROKEN GLASS WINDOW OF LOOTED CONVENIENCE STORE, GROCERIES AND GOODS STREWN ALL OVER THE FLOOR.
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CAMERA PANS BACK AND FORTH FROM INTERIOR OF A LOOTED CONVENIENCE STORE TO FIRE ENGINE PARKED IN STREET NEAR BURNING BUILDINGS.
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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.
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ZOOM OVER TO FIRE TRUCKS PARKED, FIRE HOSES STREWN ON THE GROUND, A BURNING STORE - EVENING.
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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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CLOSE UP POLICE OFFICERS WEARING HELMETS ON STREET CORNER, TALKING INTO WALKIE TALKIE, HOLDING RIFLES, HANGING AROUND NEAR POLICE VEHICLE.
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LIVE LOOTING ACTUALLY TAKING PLACE, SHOT FROM ACROSS STREET, BUINCH OF GUYS GATHERED OUTSIDE STORE FRONT, ITEMS BEING CARRIED OUT OF STORE IN BOXESM AND LOADED INTO PARKED CAR
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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.
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ANOTHER FIREY SCENE IN LA. BUILDING BURNING, HUGE FLAMES BILLOWING UP, FIRE ENGINE PARKED, FIREMAN ON TOP OF TRUCK SHOOTING BUILDING WITH FIRE HOSE..
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INTERIOR SHOT OF BURNING BUILDING, FILE CABINETS NOTHING ELSE LEFT, FIRE HOSE SHOOTING INSIDE, FIREMEN AT WORK PUTTING OUT BLAZE.
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TWO PERPS, AFRICAN AMERICAN, SITTING IN BACK OF POLICE CAR. UNSEEN CAMERAMAN ZOOMS IN.
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LOS ANGELES CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT RED AND WHITE VAN
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SCENE ON SIDEWALK, EMT'S HOVERING AROUND BODY LYING ON GROUND WRAPPED IN BLOODY BLANKET. Z'IN ON UNCONSCIOUS AFRICAN AMERICAN VICTIM'S HEAD PROPPED ON MEDICINE KIT.
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CLOSE UP INJECTION OF NEEDLE INTO UNCONSCIOUS MAN'S ARM
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SEMI CONSCIOUS VICTIM BEING CAREFULLY PLACED FROM STREET ON TO STRETCHER, ONLOOKERS AND POLICE OFFICERS WATCHING. VICTIM WHEELED INTO
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POLICE OFFICERS IN ACTION AIMING GUNS, URGING PERPS TO COME OUT OF PARKED VEHICLE WITH HANDS UP.
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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.
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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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SAME TWO TALKING HEAD PROTESTORS TALKING WITH UNSEEN REPORTER. THEY ANGRILY TALK ABOUT HOW MANY INNOCENT FRIENDS HAVE BEEN BEATEN, THEY BELIEVE POLICE EXCEEDED LIMITS THEREBY THE RIOTING IS JUSTIFIED.
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POV COULD BE FROM PARKED VEHICLE. LIVE LOOTING. SHOT FROM ACROSS STREET, QUIET EVENING NO OTHER CARS OR PEDS, LOOTERS WALKING AND RUNNING OUT OF BUILDING CARRYING STUFF, Z'IN AD OUT.
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BURNING WAREHOUSE OR STORE, BRIGHT YELLOW FLAMES SHOOTING STRAIGHT UP, BILLOWING SMOKE.
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CLOSE UP ON LOS ANGELES FIRE DEPARTMENT TRUCK, ENGINE 67 ON DOOR PANEL, PARKED BESIDE BURNING WAREHOUSE.
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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
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CLOSE UP TWO HELMET WEARING POLICE OFFICERS, ONE HOLDING A RIFLE AGAINST BACKDROP OF FLAMING WAREHOUSE, NIGHT
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VAR SHOTS BURNING WAREHOUSE, FIRE TRUCKS, POLICE CARS COMING AND GOING FROM THE SCENE.
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CLOSE UP REAR END SHOT OF LA FIRE DEPARTMENT FIRE TRUCK #107 PARKED IN FRONT OF BURNING WAREHOUSE.
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FIREMEN WEARING BRIGHT YELLOW RESCUE GEAR STANDING ON TOP OF FIRE TRUCK AIMING HOSE AT BUILDING. SKYIS LIT UP IN FLAMES.
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CU ON PENSIVE FACE OF FIRE FIGHTER AGAINST BACKDROP OF FIREY RED SKY
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FIREMEN ON THE INSIDE OF BURNED OUT BUILDING, INSPECTING DAMAGE AS BUILDING IS STILL BURNING
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PAN BACK AND FORTH, EXTENSIVE DAMAGE INSIDE BUILDING, FIRE HOSES STREWN ABOUT
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DAY TIME SHOT OF AFTERMATH OF BUILDING FIRE, GRAFFITI ON WALLS
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EXTENSIVE INTERIOR DAMAGE OF TOTALLY BURNED OUT BUILDING, DEBRIS STILL SMOLDERING.
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POLICE CARS PARKED ON THREE LANE STREET. CAMERA FOLLOWS AFRICAN AMERICAN MALE AS HE RUNS, FLIES ACROSS STREET. A VEHICLE PEELS OUT AFTER HIM FOLLOWED BY POLICE CARS.
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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
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WIDE SHOT ON SCENE IN FRONT OF RALPHS SUPERMARKET, BROKEN GLASS DOORS, LOOTERS ARRESTED. POLICEMAN WITH DRAWN GUN. PERPS HANDCUFFED. DEBRIS SCATTERED ALL OVER EMPTY PARKING LOT
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LOOTERS ON KNEES IN PARKING LOT, HANDS CLASPED BEHIND THEIR HEADS AS POLICE MAKE ARRESTS AND HANDCUFF PERPS.
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REEL ENDS: 1992 LA RIOTS
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