Los Angeles riots - coverage snippets - 2 of 6
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[0:00] [Music]
[0:06] it was here that angry crowds soon began
[0:08] throwing rocks breaking into stores and
[0:11] setting
[0:15] fires we're in a lot of trouble dude a
[0:17] lot of trouble these people are angry
[0:19] and they have every right to be by
[0:21] Nightfall dozens of buildings were
[0:23] burning firemen could not get to most of
[0:26] them for fear they would be attacked
[0:28] when one crew tried a fireman was shot
[0:30] and wounded there was so much smoke over
[0:33] the city that planes landing at LA's
[0:35] airport had to shift
[0:38] directions at the city's Police
[0:40] Headquarters A Crowd of several hundred
[0:42] people furious at the verdicts tried to
[0:45] rush the
[0:46] building they taunted patrolman who
[0:48] stood shoulder toh shoulder in riot gear
[0:51] unable to provoke the officers the mob
[0:54] then set off through the city's downtown
[0:56] section trying to torch other government
[0:58] buildings and breaking
[1:00] glass an exhausted looking mayor Tom
[1:03] Bradley went on TV and declared a curfew
[1:06] other city leaders compared the Looting
[1:08] and the fires to the Watts Riots of
[1:12] 1965 California's governor Pete Wilson
[1:14] went on television earlier this morning
[1:16] and said that he would make the National
[1:18] Guard available to help restore order if
[1:21] needed he said they could be in Los
[1:23] Angeles and on the streets by as early
[1:25] as later this morning Charles thank you
[1:27] Bill Bill I to in Los Angeles community
[1:29] leader leaders in Los Angeles tried to
[1:31] keep a lid on the anger last night but
[1:33] peacekeeping proved risky Sydney Canard
[1:35] joins us