In 1992 the Los Angeles Riots were described to be the most deadly and costly riots. ... During the time that the L.A. riots took place, Watts was a predominantly a low-income community with a large African-American population, many of whom felt that in addition to high unemployment, poverty and racial discrimination, its residents were regularly on the receiving end of police brutality[ CITATION mos15 l 1033 ]. ... As seen, because of poverty during this time period, it definitely contributed to the uprising and retaliation of the African American population[ CITATION mos15 l 1033 ]. ...

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For many years after the Civil War, when blacks were set free, the black population was almost never treated equal until around the late nineteenth century. ... On April 29, 1992 the verdict came back only to be not guilty of the accused. ...

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