22nd
FINAL ESSAY
THE THREE EVENTS THAT HAVE THE GREATEST IMPACT ON MY ARE THE WATTS RIOTS, THE LA RIOT, AND CRACK EPIDEMIC.
THE FIRST EVENT THAT HAD A GREAT IMACT ON MAKING SOUTH CENTRAL WHAT IT IS TODAY IS THE WATTS RIOTS. THE HAD STARTED WHEN MARQUETTE FRY WAS ARRESTED. MANY PEOPLE WAS ANGRY WITH HOW THE POLICE OFFICERS HAD HANDLE THE SITUATION. IT SHOWED THAT PEOPLE WITH DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS WILL STICK TOGETHER WHEN THINGS GO WRONG. IT CHANGED SOUTH CENTRAL IN GENERAL OF HOW PEOPLE ARE WHEN POLICE OFFICERS ARE AROUND. I THINK THAT IT WAS WRONG FOR ALSO ARRESTING HIS MOTHER AND BROTHER OVER SOMETHING THAT WAS CRAZY.
THE SECOND EVENT THAT HAD A GREAT IMPACT ON MAKING SOUTH CENTRAL WHAT IT IS TODAY IS THE L.A RIOT. THE L.A RIOT WAS THE BIGGEST RIOT OUT OF BOTH THE WATTS AND L.A RIOT. THE RIOT HAD STARTED ACT THE POLICE OFFICERS WHO LITERALLY BEAT RODNEY KING WAS FOUND NOT GUILTY. THIS HAD MAD THE CROWD MAD. IT WAS ALSO THE MUDER OF LATASHA HARLINS AND UNEMPLYMENT. LATASHA HARLINS WAS A 15 YR OLD GIRL WHO WAS TRYING TO BUY SOME ORANGE JUICE. THE STORE CLERK HAD THOUGHT THAT SHE WAS TRYING TO STEAL SO SHE SHOT HER IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD WHILE HER BACK WAS TURNED. THE WOMAN WHO SHOT HER ONLY HAD TO PAY $500 AND PUT ON PROBATION. EVERYBODY HAD THAT IT WAS WRONG BECAUSE THEY WAS BASICALLY SAYING THAT LATASHA WAS WORTH $500. IT CHANGED SOUTH CENTRAL BECAUSE OF HOW PEOPLE LOOK AT LIQUOR STORE MANAGERS OR CLERKS.
THE THIRD EVENT THAT HAD A GREAT IMPAT ON MAKING SOUTH CENTRAL HAT IT IS TODAY CRACK EPIDEMIC. IT BASICALLY TELLS YOU HOW THE GOVERNMENT WAS BASICALLY GIVING DRUGS IN PEOPLE IN SOUTH CENTRAL. IT ALSO TELLS HOW RICKY ROSS WAS THE FIRST TO BRING CRACK COCAINE TO SOUTH CENTRAL. WHEN FACTORIES OF SOUTH CENTRAL HAD BEGAN TO SHUT DOWN SOME PEOPLE HAD TURNED TO SELLING DRUGS TO SUPPORT THEIR FAMILY. CRACK WAS SOLD IN US GHETTOS TO RAISE MONEY FOR A WAR IN NICARAGUA. IT HAD A MAJOR IN PACK ON PEOPLE WHO WAS ADDICTED TO IT. MANY PEOPLE HAD GREW UP WITH EITHER 1 OR NONE PARENTS AROUND BECAUSE THEY WERE ADDCITED TO IT. IT CHANGED SOUTH CENTRAL BY THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE ON THE STREETS GETTING LOADED AND ON DRUGS.
THESE EVENTS ARE IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT SHOWS HOW L.A HAD WENT THROUGHT A TREMENDOUS CHANGE OVER THE YEARS. MANY PEOPLE WHO WERE ON DRUGS HAD GOT THE HELP THEY NEEDED. I THINK OVER THE YEARS SOUTH CENTRAL WILL CHANGE IN HOW SCHOOLS ARE. LOCKE HIGH SCHOOL WAS KNOWN AS THE ROUGHEST SCHOOL I L.A BUT NOW ITS SLOWLY GETTING BETTER. IF PEOPLE WOULD STOP CRITIZING LA PEOPLE WOULD STOP LISTENING TO THEM AND FOCUS ON IMPROVING THEMSELVES. IF THEY CAN DO THAT THEN THEY WILL PROVE ALL THOSE PEOPLE WRONG.
