Be Grateful, London
Like It or Not, You Need L.A.'s Help
As some went to Europe to see the living past, so one must visit Southern California to observe the future.
– Alison Lurie.
The rioting, looting and clashes with police in London a few weeks ago were familiar scenes to Southern Californians who had lived through the 1965 Watts riots and the 1992 conflagration in South-Central. The London riots were sparked when police shot and killed a young black man in a gritty north London neighborhood, just as the last two major riots in Los Angeles were set off by incidents …
