Post 6: Remix

Many people know what occurred during the LA riots. Many people know what caused these riots. Rodney King's incident was very controversial and created an upheaval in Los Angeles. Rodney King was in a high speed pursuit and once the police were able to stop him they used excessive force to control King. He was a victim of police brutality and citizens of Los Angeles, mostly African-Americans, decided  riot when the police officers' jury was happening.

The collage of pictures that is shown here displays the different events that led to the riots and they also show the chaos of the riots. All a good story needs pictures and bias information. For example, Rodney King's incident and the LA Riots had a lot of media coverage. Therefore, there were many photographers on the streets taking pictures of the events that were happening. A good photograph is worth more than a thousand words and these pictures explain a lot of what happened during the incidents. Was a still frame of the video of Rodney King being beaten enough to start a riot? Was it a newspaper article filled with pictures able to create such an upheaval? A photographer can sway a viewer's opinion by the photographs they take. It can stir up many biases, but the photographs taken of the riots are not the photographer's interpretation of the riots. These photographs represent the reality and chaos of the LA riots. Therefore, these photographs are real.