davis pointed out that the 1992 los angeles riots are still remembered, and 20 years or so have gone by, and not many changes have occurred. conditions of economic disproportion, as well as a massive number of civil liberties being violated by law enforcement, federal, state, or city during and after the riots, have been unaddressed years later, due to a "conspiracy of silence", especially with the claims made by the los angeles police department that they would make reforms. the rioting was also different due to in 1965, there being a unified protest by all minorities living in watts and south central, resulting in the watts riots. whereas in 1992, there were dis-unified uproars between the minorities, resulting in the destruction and looting of many racial and ethnic business, due to a deliberate reign of ignorance plaguing the los angeles metropolitan area.