Los Angeles August 10, 2015 6:25 pm

What Sparked the 1965 Watts Riots?

It began with a routine traffic stop, blossomed into a protest with the help of a rumor and escalated into the deadliest and most destructive rioting Los Angeles had seen. Carolyn Johnson reports for “50Watts” on Aug. 11, 2015.

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