Civil Rights
Aug. 12, 2005
Not Much Has Changed in Black L.A. Since Watts Riots 40 Summers Ago
Forum Column - By Earl Ofari Hutchinson - The young National Guard officer curtly and sternly ordered my high-school buddies and me to keep moving down the street. He waved his bayoneted rifle menacingly at us as he barked out his orders. Behind him, a small army of white-helmeted LAPD officers and battle fatigue-dressed National Guardsmen stood tensely with their rifles poised. I kept a wary eye on them as we nervously passed the three deep barricades ringing the streets around my house.
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