a Must Read on the Nat Guard response to LA92
http://www.militarymuseum.org/HistoryKingMilOps.html
Posted on 07/14/2005 10:04:45 AM PDT by BurbankKarl
How so, newb?
And your larger point is?
DU is to the real world as flea is to elephant.
Mafia??
Never heard of that one. Got a link?
The L.A.P.D. wasn't allowed to act like they were military but the Sheriffs dept. sure did picking off snipers with automatic rifles.
Didn't need to, the National Guard was there within about 24 hours or so.
anyone concerned with demographics would have had more children.
the ww2 generation produced ample children. it was the baby boomers and successive generations that adopted birth control, abortion, and opted for material things in the place of the burdens of having families.
If they give a riot maybe everybody will come!
"Got a link?"
Hell no!
That's personal experience from talking to building owners that were burned out and personal seeing the marked buildings that were to be burned, pointed out to me by a building owner and personal friends of mine on the Sheriffs dept. one Lt. and on Cpt., now retired plus our truck driver of 30 years that lived in the area.
Those riots were one of the biggest cover ups and total distortion of the truth i've ever witnessed compared to the actual facts of what went on there.
I was there. Isn't it surprising that the Koreans didn't have any problem with the rioters (sarc)
Hell no!
That's personal experience from talking to building owners that were burned
Sorry, the Mafia had nothing to do with the '65 Watts riots.
I was involved, but not on the rioters side.
Thanks for agreeing with me re demographics.
Yes, more children would improve the proportions too.
"the Mafia had nothing to do with the '65 Watts riots."
I didn't say mafia, I said mafia type organization which I would call any group running a protection racket.
"Nat. Guard arrived but the ammo didnt"
That's exactly what my Sheriffs friends told me.
The Sheriffs arrived and they had the ammo plus the orders to use it and did.
The 16? or whatever number of deaths that were reported was a complete lie.
I don't think this happened during the '65 riot. I think this occurred in '92.
yep.
i've been on this issue since i joined free republic.
and, flamed for it too!
I am losing track of my riots...
The ammo didnt arrive for the 92 riots....the LAPD had to give the Natl Guard .223 rds, 1 each, until the Marines arrived from Pendleton (and were deputized or something, since they arent supposed to restore civil order)
"I don't think this happened during the '65 riot."
Wrong!
a Must Read on the Nat Guard response to LA92
http://www.militarymuseum.org/HistoryKingMilOps.html
I think you have the wrong era, and the wrong riot. The lack of ammo incident involving the NG, occurred in '92.
I didn't care about the 92 riots because that's the year I closed the construction company and wouldn't be involved plus all my friends in law envorcement had retired by then but as far as Watts the guard was riding around in jeeps with machine guns with no ammo, the Sheriffs dept was the one that did the most to restore order.
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