Watts riots of 1965, series of violent confrontations between los angeles police and residents of watts and other predominantly. The 1965 watts riots began with a traffic stop in south los angeles and quickly escalated into six days. Ultimately, the watts riot underscored the ongoing challenges of racial inequality and contributed to the emergence of new militant.
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Nearly six decades after the 1965 watts riots, sparked by a routine traffic stop that spiraled into six days of violence.
The riots were motivated by anger at the racist and abusive practices of the los angeles police department, as well as grievances.
A 1968 series of interviews reported that 34% of african americans living in the los angeles area supported the riots (sears). On the third day of the riots, the watts district of los angeles was declared a war zone, as 14,000 national guard. These expressions concerned king, and before he left los angeles he spoke on the phone with president lyndon b. Sparked by a violent traffic stop but rooted in decades of systemic racism, the watts rebellion exposed los angeles’.
