In 1992, Héctor Tobar, [UCI professor of journalism and Chicano/Latino studies], was a young reporter at The Los Angeles Times when the city erupted in violence. What really happened — and what didn’t? … “On the second day of the riots, The Times reported, Wilson High was the scene of a terrifying event, in which “about 200 students were involved in a racially motivated brawl” on campus. … There was just one problem: There was no riot at Wilson High.”

For the full story, please visit https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/28/magazine/riots-los-angeles-violence.html.