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Good morning, L.A. It’s April 29.
On this day 30 years ago, L.A. erupted following the acquittal of four white police officers who were seen on video violently assaulting Rodney King. The intersection of Florence and Normandie avenues in South L.A. was at the center of the revolt.
Now, reports my colleague Leslie Berestein Rojas, the intersection remains pretty much the same as it did then. According to those who live in the area, it’s neglected and suffers from a lack of investment and resources.
“It was really thought that this was going to be one of the places that there would be a concentration of investment, to bring grocery stores, to bring economic drivers, and that really didn’t occur,” said Manuel Pastor, director of the USC Equity Research Institute.
City officials promised to lend help to the areas that were primarily affected by the 1992 uprising. Some areas have seen the promised help, writes Leslie, such as the Crenshaw District, Leimert Park and West Adams.
But not Florence and Normandie, where a sense of despondence remains.
“When you live in a place that's disinvested … that was one of the flashpoints of the unrest and was promised so much economic change … [that] didn’t come, what you feel like as a resident is abandoned,” Pastor said.
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