Affair Quote by Paul Virilio

“The Watts riot in Los Angeles in 1965 was a classic example of this new alignment. A whole community turned on the police with…

— Hunter S. Thompson

Before the L.A. riots, I'd only heard of the original Watts riots. But I'd also seen violence like that close up, but in smaller…

— DJ Yella

When the riots happened in L.A., they didn't go to Beverly Hills to trash Rodeo Drive. They trashed their own neighborhoods. It's one of…

— Samuel L. Jackson

Riots and comedy are but symptoms of the times, profoundly revealing. They betray the psychological tone, the deep uncertainties....and the striving for something better,…

— Frank Herbert

Most citizens viewing the tape of Rodney G. King being beaten by police officers were stunned and uncomprehending. Most citizens, that is, but the…

— Greg Boyle

“When the police willfully break the law on video and then deny the event in writing, you know that you are dealing with a…

— Steven Magee

“ALL THESE CONFRONTATIONS PALED before the outbreak of urban riots in 1966 and 1967. There were thirty-eight riots in 1966, the most serious in…

— James T. Patterson

The cause of the riots were the rioters

— Dan Quayle

The police had a practice of entrapping people. This was done all over the country, but we had a particularly vicious group here in…

— Harry Hay

You can see it with social media and things like that, back in the day it was harder to convince people that the police…

— DeAndre Yedlin

We had a lot of riots. We came under attack from many of the police departments. It certainly wasn't some publicity thing. I was…

— Greg Ginn

Who's responsible for the riots? The rioters!

— Dan Quayle