The area where most of the violence took place was South Central Los Angeles. The majority of all the people involved in the riots were Hispanic or African American. People began burning down their own neighborhoods and ransacking local handy stores. .
The bulk of all the handy stores targeted were owned by Korean and other Asian immigrants. The National Guard implemented a dusk to dawn curfew. 3,600 fires were set and they destroyed 1,100 buildings. At one point the emergency help line received calls reporting a fire every minute. More than 2,000 people were injured during the riots. 53 people were killed ten who were shot by law enforcement. In reference to another article from the LA Times "More than 2,000 Korean-run businesses were damaged or destroyed, with an estimated $400 million in losses. Two-thirds were not insured. Also the city of Los Angeles suffered from $1 billion in damages by the end of the riots. These riots lasted over a span of six days. .
Day one of the riots took place Wednesday, April 29th, 1992 the same day the jury read the verdict. Protesters stormed the police stations causing the officers to barricade themselves inside the building. Also, violence took place at the intersection of Florence Boulevard and Normandie Avenue. The rioters blocked traffic and began to beat motorists. One of the most notorious attacks was the beating of Reginald Denny. Three African-American men pulled Reginald Denny who is a Caucasian male out of his truck while he was stopped at a red light and began to beat using a tire iron, their fists and a brick until he became unconscious and near death. Henry Watson, one of the men involved in the beating held down Reginald by his neck with his foot. When asked why he held down Reginald by a reporter for a television special called "Uprising: Hip Hop & the LA Riots"." Henry responded by saying, "They targeted anyone who wasn't black." " .
Another beating took place in the same intersection minutes after Reginald Denny was rescued.