It’s like hey, but it’s part of my past and there’s nothing I can do about it.” So it’s boiling. Their arrival in that intersection was something that happened.”Watson said there were a host of incidents leading to the explosion of anger that evening -- the treatment of African Americans by the LAPD; the shooting death of Latasha Harlins, an African American teenager by a Korean store clerk; and then the King beating verdict.“I was upset that, you know, you can’t keep killing black people,” said Watson. Taking a shortcut off the Santa Monica Freeway down Normandie Avenue was nothing out of the ordinary for 33-year-old Reginald Denny. Trucker Who Became Key Figure in L.A. Clayton Kershaw Sharp in Return, Mookie Betts and Cody Bellinger Homer, Dodgers Blank D-Backs, 3-0 Riots Nowhere to Be FoundMan Faces Backlash For Hugging Officers In Riot Gear During Charlotte Protests Long-Lost Sisters Say They Were Reunited Because of COVID-19How a Gynecologist Wound up Transporting an Atomic Bomb as Part of the Manhattan ProjectWhere Is Reginald Denny? Following the riots, Denny moved hundreds of miles away from Los Angeles to Lake Havasu, Ariz., where he worked as a boat mechanic.He has since moved out of the in Lake Havasu.
We’re not going to allow it.”These days, Watson is unapologetically angry in a balancing act between the present and the past.“You know when I see those images and I see all that stuff from April 29th, I’m amazed,” said Watson. You know, you can’t keep doing that.“Enough is enough.
“Mr. It was there that Watson and truck driver Reginald Denny crossed paths.“It’s amazing and mind blowing that I was a part of it,” Watson said.Denny was brutally beaten. I don't recall anything after that. Watson, who stomped on Denny’s head then held it down with his foot, said Denny represented one thing.“White America, white America,” said Watson. "He returned to the same intersection where he was beaten on the 10th anniversary and was still clearly traumatized.“I will probably cry later when it all sinks in, but right now I’m just nervous,” he said.The days and nights of terror are being re-told in several other TV documentaries. Henry Watson was part an event that provided some of the most violent images from the 1992 Los Angeles riots -- the beating of trucker Reginald Denny after the jury's verdict was announced in the Rodney King beating trial.“After the verdict was read and it was not guilty, I mean it was just shock and disbelief,” Watson told NBC4.
Copyright © 2020 NBC Universal Inc. All rights reserved “So me standing on a corner saying, ‘Hey, put that couch down brother’ and ‘don’t light a fire in that shop’ wasn’t going to happen because at that point, other forces had clearly taken over.”Those forces were in play at the intersection of Florence and Normandie.
"Instantly, your heart skips a beat, or my heart did. What we heard back is that he has become a very private person,” the director told Inside Edition.“If we don't value other individuals — if we cannot see ourselves in their experiences — unfortunately, we can expect more of the same,” Ridley said.“There was a sharp crashing sound," he told Inside Edition at the time.
Henry Watson was part an event that provided some of the most violent images from the 1992 Los Angeles riots -- the beating of trucker Reginald Denny … “How much do you think we’re going to take?
Twenty-five years after Reginald Denny was dragged out of his big rig and viciously beaten on live TV during the L.A. Wildfire in Whitewater Revised to 70 Acres, Forward Progress Halted His whereabouts today are unknown.“We tried to reach out to reach out to talk to him. '”The shock quickly turned to anger, with images of violence playing out on live television. It’s hot right now with the issue in Florida, the issue in Pasadena, the issue in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Reginald Denny became an unintentional central figure in the 1992 Los Angeles riots when he was pulled from his truck at the intersection of Florence and Normandie and beaten nearly to … And you know, history has a tendency to repeat itself, you understand?
“I can’t believe it, and that’s me.
Gosh, you know someone's really mad and that's the end of that.
“I mean it was a slap in the face.
2:00 PM PDT, April 21, 2017 - Inside Edition Twenty-five years after Reginald Denny was We made some initial contacts.