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[quote=Anonymous]Nor did they say that Latinos have replaced AAs.  That is another set of statistics. However, Watts is now 65 percent Hispanic.  It was once majority AA.  The demographics are changing, just as they have in DC.

The Watts riots were not in response to MLK's assassination.  They occurred in 1965.  MLK was murdered in 1968.  Major riots in his case occurred in Washington, DC - with fires burning less than 8 blocks from the White House, Baltimore and Chicago.

So, it has been nearly 40 years since Watts and 20 years since the 1992 riots.  I would hazard a guess that LA is not the "powder keg" now that it was 20 or 40 years ago.

Reported violent crimes in SE DC (Anacostia) in 2011 were 21.4 per 1,000 population.  University Park's violent crime rate is 19.2 per 10,000.  Not sure how to make the comparison, since DCMPD collects stats per 1,000 and LAPD per 10,000.  Is it possible that University Park's rate is lower than SE DC?

In any case, neither DC nor LA are among America's most dangerous cities.  That does not mean there are less sfe areas in each, but that both cities by and large are reasonably safe.
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