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The image I have chosen provides a wider frame to observe just how much the Los Angeles riots of 1992 had affected the environment of the city and its structures. Other pictures of the riots only showed singular occurrences or a single building being burned or looted, so I chose this particular image because it gave a comprehensive perspective on the event's wreckage. It is important to examine a large portion of damage to be fully aware of the true amount of ruin that resulted from these riots.
When looked at this picture for the first time I was sure that this had been the accumulation of destruction once the riots had stopped because of the unbelievable amount of damage dealt to it. But, when I read the caption read, ''Smoke covers Los Angeles Thursday, April 30, 1992, as fires like this one near Vermont Street burn out of control"(AP). A single day had passed and an entire city block had been burnt and ravaged. There was nothing left except the skeletons of what I can assume to be working establishments which is symbolic of the tremendous devastation that overtook L.A. during and after the riots. Useful facilities and structures were ransacked then went up in flames which caused more direct damage to the citizens of L.A. than the accomplishments these actions attained.
Jamie Livengood
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