NIGHTLINE: STOP THE MADNESS {LOS ANGELES RIOTS} (TV)
Summary
One in this series of nightly newscasts. This special edition of "Nightline" focuses on the riots sweeping Los Angeles in the wake of the Rodney King verdict and includes discussions with gang members and leaders from the black community. First, correspondent Judy Muller delivers a report on the aftermath of the riots, with footage of and comments by beating victim Rodney King; U.S. attorney Lourdes Baird; President George Bush; actor Wesley Snipes; and Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.). Koppel then speaks with two members of Los Angeles gangs, "Bone" and "Little Monster," who discuss their experiences on the L.A. streets, the motivation for the riots, and their feelings of rage toward a society that they feel betrays and persecutes them. Koppel explains that the gang members were to have taken part in a panel discussion at the First AME Church, but had been barred from the premises by the church's staff. Koppel then speaks with the Rev. Cecil Murray, pastor of the First AME Church, who accuses "Bone" and "Little Monster" of lying in their statements about the church, provoking high excitement from the assembled congregation. Murray also expresses his essential solidarity with the gang members as black Americans. Others assembled at the First AME Church include the Rev. Murray; Rep. Waters; L.A. county probation officer Jim Galipeau; and John Mack, president of the Los Angeles Urban League. Panel members discuss the following topics, among others: the alienation and contempt that rioting African-Americans feel toward President Bush; the lack of credible political leadership for this community; the hostility between blacks and Koreans that the riots demonstrate; the participation of people of all races in the looting during the riots; representatives of L.A. gangs who attempted to end the violence; the importance of using the riots as a learning experience; and the significance of Los Angeles as an example to the rest of the country. Includes commercials, promos, and public service announcements. This program is closed-captioned.
Cataloging of this program was made possible by The Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation, 1997.
Details
- NETWORK: ABC
- DATE: May 1, 1992 11:30 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:59:49
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:29582
- GENRE: News; Public affairs/Documentaries
- SUBJECT HEADING: Blacks - Politics and suffrage; News; Police brutality; Riots; African-American Collection - News/Talk
- SERIES RUN: ABC - TV series, 1980-
- COMMERCIALS:
- TV - Commercials - American Express traveler's cheques
- TV - Commercials - Arm & Hammer deodorizers
- TV - Commercials - Carnival cruise lines
- TV - Commercials - Cortizone 10 skin creme
- TV - Commercials - Edge shaving gel
- TV - Commercials - Jeep automobiles
- TV - Commercials - Jewelers of America
- TV - Commercials - LensCrafters glasses
- TV - Commercials - Maytag dishwashers
- TV - Commercials - Maytag washing machines
- TV - Commercials - Mazda automobiles
- TV - Commercials - Nytol sleeping pills
- TV - Commercials - Preparation H medical cream
- TV - Commercials - Sears department stores
- TV - Commercials - Sears furniture sale
- TV - Commercials - Sears yard supplies
- TV - Commercials - Sensodyne toothpaste
- TV - Commercials - UPS delivery service
- TV - PSA - America Responds to AIDS
- TV - PSA - Earth Day
- TV - PSA - Friends Don't Let Friends Drive Drunk
- TV - PSA - National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence
- TV - PSA - Partnership for a Drug-free America
- TV - PSA - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- TV - Prmos - "Life Goes On"
- TV - Promos - "ABC Sports World League"
- TV - Promos - "Back to the Future Part II"
- TV - Promos - "Chrysler Triple Crown Challenge"
- TV - Promos - "Civil Wars"
- TV - Promos - "Family Matters"
- TV - Promos - "Home Improvement"
- TV - Promos - "Peter Jennings Reporting: Men, Sex & Rape"
- TV - Promos - "Stormy Weathers"
- TV - Promos - "This Week with David Brinkley"
CREDITS
- Ted Koppel … Anchor
- Judy Muller … Reporter
- Jim Galipeau … Guest
- John Mack … Guest
- Cecil Murray … Guest
- Maxine Waters … Guest
- Lourdes Baird
- George Bush
- Rodney King
- Wesley Snipes