And he contended that last year's riots, while sparked by the King verdict, were a result of more profound grievances.

The King verdict pushed their noses deeper into the disrespect, implying that the social contract does not apply to them at all.

He said he had been determined to go ahead with it despite the reaction to the King verdict.

About 120 people gathered outside Town Hall to hear speakers describe the King verdict as a travesty.

Those concerns have intensified after the King verdict in Los Angeles.

He maintained that the King verdicts could not be avenged by the "savage behavior" of "lawless vandals".

He remembers feeling "petrified" the day of the King verdict.

Legal experts yesterday resisted drawing too close a tie between the King verdict and what might happen in future police brutality cases.

As soon as City Hall heard the King verdict last Wednesday, Mr. Dinkins and his aides began working the telephones.

The teen-ager said he felt angry about everything, not just the King verdict, as he threw rocks at motorists and shouted, "No Justice, No Peace!"