Roof Korean La Riot

Don t mess with the rooftopkoreans one man tweeted.

Roof korean la riot.

The la riots were a rude awakening for korean americans says edward taehan chang professor of ethnic studies and founding director of the young oak kim center for korean american studies at the. The rooftop korean memes may apply to the latter but not so much to the story of a man like bob kim a koreatown optometrist who lived through the 1992 riots while holding a rifle and now must do it again. Some korean americans say riots made them realize importance of political power los angeles cnn chang lee gripped his fingers tighter around the gun and screamed at potential looters from the. He clearly holds no smug satisfaction about the symbolism of self defense.

And the savage gentleman. Widespread looting assault and arson occurred during the riots which local police forces had difficulty controlling due to lack of personnel and resources.