Remembering the moment the LA Riots began, at Florence and NormandieSouthern California Public Radio April 29, 1992 3:15 p.m.: The not-guilty verdict, delivered by an all-white jury in Simi Valley, is delivered. 4:30 p.m.: The first distress call comes from the Korean-American owner of Tom’s Liquor at Florence and Normandie in South Central.

Remembering the moment the LA Riots began, at Florence and Normandie
Southern California Public Radio

April 29, 1992

3:15 p.m.: The not-guilty verdict, delivered by an all-white jury in Simi Valley, is delivered.

4:30 p.m.: The first distress call comes from the Korean-American owner of Tom’s Liquor at Florence and Normandie in South Central.