Los Angeles Riots

LOS ANGELES - MAY 2: Rodney King Riot. A view of homeless person sleeping at bus stop on Wilshire Boulevard in Westwood, graffiti stating FUCK THE POLICE, also graffiti referencing Rodney King and Latasha Harlins, 15-year-old girl shot in the head by Korean shopkeeper 13 days after videotaped beating of Rodney King, killed for suspected shoplifting orange juice though the girl had money in her hand to pay. The jury recommended maximum sentence of 16 years for manslaughter, but the judge instead sentenced the shopkeeper to 5 years probation. When the riot broke out, Korean businesses were targeted early to be looted and burned in response. Graffiti remaining at bus stop after the Rodney King Riots the night of May 2 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Lindsay Brice/Getty Images)