The idea of this goes back to the LA riots.

Did the much talked about LA riots affect business?

A full report on the LA riots appears on p72, and there's a news story that's closer to home on p44.

Her mother once drove her to an audition through the 1992 LA Riots.

It reminded me of Rodney King before the LA riots.

I thought that went out with Rodney King and the LA riots.

(The white truck driver who was dragged from his rig and beaten nearly to death by blacks during the LA riots in 1992.)

In the aftermath of the LA riots, this collection of essays reads like prophetic despatches from the front.

His reports on JFK, Vietnam and the 1965 LA riots are particularly strong.

Other articles compare to the LA riots to the infamous Watts Riots of the 1960s.