Was it a 'riot,' a 'disturbance' or a 'rebellion'?

THE TIMES' word of choice for one of the most destructive weeks in L.A.'s history — from April 29 to May 4, 1992, when more than 50 people died, thousands were injured and hundreds of millions of dollars in property was destroyed — is "riot."

Swati Pandey

April 29, 2007