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Watts 1965
The tv is on the 6 o clock news and the channels are full color lies. The people of Watts are rioting over the injustices committed against them at the hands of the LAPD. The Governor of California has compared the riots to an anti-insurgency campaign against the Viet Cong. The streets look like a combat zone in a foreign country. National Guard and cops in riot gear patrol the streets and the rooftops. 3,438 people will be arrested, and 34 will die. The events in Watts will be mirrored across major cities across the country as African Americans are tired of being beaten down by a system meant to harm them. A system meant to treat them as less than human. A system still problematic today.
Watts 1965
The tv is on the 6 o clock news and the channels are full color lies. The people of Watts are rioting over the injustices committed against them at the hands of the LAPD. The Governor of California has compared the riots to an anti-insurgency campaign against the Viet Cong. The streets look like a combat zone in a foreign country. National Guard and cops in riot gear patrol the streets and the rooftops. 3,438 people will be arrested, and 34 will die. The events in Watts will be mirrored across major cities across the country as African Americans are tired of being beaten down by a system meant to harm them. A system meant to treat them as less than human. A system still problematic today.