- of 7,000 korean-owned businesses, 1,700 were ruined. - can't people realize what they're doing is wrong? this is not the way to overcome racism. - people remembered the latasha harlins shooting, and people said, "you're the ones who come into our community "and take our money and don't give anything back to the community." those korean stores were targeted, and in some cases, those shop owners were targeted. - most koreans came in the late '70s and early '80s, so you're still dealing with the first generation of koreans, and in korea, they all have to go through military service, so they just became weekend commandos. [gunshot] - you! - these korean shop owners defended their property with bullets. - all the gun shops in koreatown lent out all their guns, and they just mobilized, and then the young guys, they told us to just patrol the streets. we could make our parents proud, or we could stick up for our community. - it turned into the biggest rebellion riot in the history of the united states of america since the civil war.