Los Angeles Riots 1992: No Compassion. No Mercy.

A couple of weeks ago, a news video of two dogs laying in the middle of a busy street captured the hearts and humanity of an entire nation.  We saw how a dog refused to leave the side of her fallen companion after it was struck and killed by a car.  A nation felt compassion and empathy for these two dogs.  But you cannot depend on that compassion to exist if you are in the wrong place at the wrong time.  You could find yourself surrounded by real world monsters.

Twenty years ago this week, during the 1992 Los Angeles Riots, Reginald Denny was nearly beaten to death by a mob of rioters.  It was amazing that he did not die in the beating.  It was a savage act that was broadcasted all over the world.  If you vacationed abroad in the weeks after the riots and people found out you were from Los Angeles, they would have told you that they too watched the horror unravel.  Watch the video and you will see unsympathetic rage against an innocent man.  Again, we ask, where was the police?  Where was the Los Angeles City Council?  Someone was being killed on camera by a mob of savage rioters!

Denny lived.  Over fifty other victims were less fortunate.  No one protected them.  They had to protect themselves, but they learned that lesson too late.  It cost them their lives.