The intersection of Florence and Normandie in South Los Angeles is widely cited as the major flashpoint of the 1992 Uprising. It was from this intersection that police retreated as angry crowds became violent following the announcement of the acquittal.389 Tom’s Liquor, a store at the intersection’s northeast corner, was one of the first businesses looted.390 It was also here that four men pulled Reginald Denny from his eighteen-wheeler and beat him while a helicopter crew circled above, filming. Fires raged here, burning both buildings and cars. Today, the site is undesignated and as non- descript as the hundreds of other wide intersections that make the grid covering Los Angeles’ flatlands. | Photo by Jackson Loop
The intersection of Florence and Normandie in South Los Angeles is widely cited as the major flashpoint of the 1992 Uprising. It was from this intersection that police retreated as angry crowds became violent following the announcement of the acquittal.389 Tom’s Liquor, a store at the intersection’s northeast corner, was one of the first businesses looted.390 It was also here that four men pulled Reginald Denny from his eighteen-wheeler and beat him while a helicopter crew circled above, filming. Fires raged here, burning both buildings and cars. Today, the site is undesignated and as non- descript as the hundreds of other wide intersections that make the grid covering Los Angeles’ flatlands. | Photo by Jackson Loop