For Nicole Cuff and her friends, the 1992 Los Angeles riots used to feel like a piece of history, told in old stories by their parents or discussed and analyzed in school. “When nobody pays a price for it … it could set people off.”Javier Capetillo Jr, 41, left, and his father Javier Capetillo, 66, at Capetillo Boxing Academy in Francine Orr / Los Angeles TImes Javier Capetillo Jr, 41, left, and his father Javier Capetillo, 66, at Capetillo Boxing Academy in Los Angeles. Javier Capetillo Jr, 41, left, and his father Javier Capetillo, 66, at Capetillo Boxing Academy in Los Angeles. Capetillo and his son, Javier Capetillo Jr., lived in South L.A. when the riots broke out. Capetillo said he remembered the years leading up to the L.A. riots, filled with crime, gang violence and police brutality.

Source: Los Angeles Times April 26, 2017 11:02 UTC