FRACTURED CITY.

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    • Subject Terms:
      LOS Angeles (Calif.); CALIFORNIA
    • Subject Terms:
      KING, Rodney, 1965-2012; GATES, Daryl; BRADLEY, Tom, 1917-1998
    • Abstract:
      Scrutinizes how the race riots in Los Angeles, California resulting from the acquittal of police officers accused of beating African American Rodney King, will change the city. End of Los Angeles Police Department Chief Daryl Gates' tenure as leader of the law and order; Revelation of the limits of Mayor Tom Bradley's administration in handling inner city problems; View that city government has been powerless to arrest the growth of poverty and the alienation of the underclass; Impact of the riot on the economy of the city.