Denny, the white truck driver who drove into the epicenter of rage and was pulled by several black men from his cab and nearly beaten to death, underwent numerous operations to repair his. Riots truck driver for weeks afterwards, public debate about racism and whether the verdicts were just or unjust raged on. Code switch the documentaries attempt to complete the picture of what transpired. Apr 26, 2017 25 years later, locals reflect on 1992 l. Taken place at the intersection of 71st and normandie, semitruck driver reginald denny is beaten without reason for an insufferable amount of time. Denny was a truck driver who happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, and he was the wrong color. He was the truck driver who was pulled from his cab. Attack on reginald denny wikimili, the best wikipedia reader. Three black men shot him as he was driving from the airport. Maxine waters embraced the thug who slammed concrete on. The other trucker at the corner of florence and normandie avenues, beaten by rioters shortly before reginald o. The attack was captured on video by a news helicopter, and broadcast live on us national television. Suspect admits throwing brick at denny in taped confession. Over six days, 55 people were killed, more than 2,000 were injured, and 12,000 were arrested.
On april 29, 1992, anger boiled over after four lapd officers were found not guilty of assaulting king, leading to several days of widespread violence. August 4, a federal grand jury returns indictments against koon, powell, wind, and briseno on the charge of violating the civil rights of king. Taking a shortcut off the santa monica freeway down normandie avenue was nothing out of the ordinary for 33yearold reginald denny. Behavior to change but you also hear a sense of forgiveness than. Riots truck drivers when you look at you look at an impersonal and you think oh my god thats me or do you theres anger boil up in whats your reaction. Traffic was blocked, and rioters beat dozens of motorists, including reginald denny, a white truck driver who was dragged out of his truck and nearly beaten to death by three africanamerican men. In the late afternoon of april 29, 1992, he had simply loaded up his 18wheeler and headed down the road, driving for his employer transit mixed concrete. Apply to truck driver, mail carrier, driver and more. A truck driver named reginald denny was pulled from the cab of his big rig and beaten, with a. Damian monroe williams, convicted of throwing a brick that struck trucker reginald o.
Over six days, 55 people were killed, more than 2,000 were injured, and 12,000 were. The attack was captured on video by a news helicopter. Apr 26, 2017 damian monroe williams, convicted of throwing a brick that struck trucker reginald o. Truck driver beaten nearly to death during the riots shares his thoughts on race and accountability. Among other things he captured on tape was the beating of a truck driver, reginald denny, who was pulled from. The notorious attack on truck driver reginald denny and other assaults. That incident became one of the most enduring images of the riots, as indelibly inscribed in the popular memory as the king video. Live television coverage captured an assault on a white truck driver, reginald denny, who was pulled from the cab of his vehicle, beaten, and smashed with a cinder block he was rescued by people from the neighbourhood who had been watching the event unfold on television. Williams threw a brick, striking reginald denny, a white man, in the head after rioters pulled denny from his truck.