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The L.A. Riots | 3. The Chief

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The Wats Riots

Gates spent 15 months driving parker around in a buick dinaflow. Gates rose through the l a p d ranks at a steady clip, becoming a sergeant, then a lieutenant, then a captain and then a commander. In 19 65, gates was char with leading the department's response to the wats riots,. Six days of unrest that began when a traffic stop turned violent. More than 30 thousand people participated in the riots. Wats riots were a shocking event in the psyche of los angeles.

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