1992년 LA 폭동과 2025년 ‘LA 군 투입’의 차이는 여러 가지 측면에서 생각해볼 수 있습니다. 먼저 1992년 LA 폭동은 로드니 킹 구타 사건의 가해 경찰관들이 무죄 판결을 받은 것에 대한 분노가 폭발하면서 발생한 대규모 시민 소요였습니다. 이 사건은 주로 인종 차별과 경찰 폭력에 대한 항의로 촉발되었고, 폭동 진압을 위해 캘리포니아 주방위군이 투입되기도 했습니다. 한편, 2025년 ‘LA 군 투입’이라는 상황은 구체적인 시나리오가 주어지지는 않았지만, 만약 군 투입이 이루어진다면 이는 이전과 전혀 다른 이유와 배경일 가능성이 큽니다. 2025년의 군 투입은 새로운 사회적, 정치적, 경제적 조건에 의해 결정될 수 있으며, 현대의 기술이나 대중의 반응도 1992년과는 달라질 것입니다. 예를 들어, 기술의 발전으로 인해 군사적 개입이 보다 정교하게 계획되고 실행될 수 있으며, 소셜 미디어와 같은 플랫폼이 여론 형성 및 전세계적인 관심에 더욱 큰 영향을 미칠 수 있습니다. 또한, 과거의 경험을 바탕으로 한 학습에 의해 군 및 공공 안전 당국의 대응 방식도 변화했을 가능성이 있습니다. 결론적으로, 1992년과 2025년의 사건은 그 발생 원인, 사회적 배경, 기술의 역할, 공공 및 정부의 대응 방식 등 다양한 측면에서 큰 차이를 가질 것입니다.

In Compton, Los Angeles (LA), California, protesters and law enforcement officers are confronting each other over the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) crackdown on illegal immigrants. As protests against federal immigration law enforcement in the LA area intensified, U.S. President Donald Trump ordered the deployment of the National Guard. Following the deployment, references to the 1992 LA riots have increased among Republicans.

Deploying the National Guard and Marines is intended to maintain public safety and order, and there is precedence in LA from 33 years ago. However, the New York Times reported on the 8th that the 2025 protests against immigration raids in LA and the 1992 LA riots differ significantly in terms of chaos and crisis levels.

Currently, there are some sporadic clashes in LA, but in 1992, parts of LA were virtually lawless, exposed to rioters. Rioters stopped cars, assaulted drivers, looted stores, and set fires. During the six-day riot, 63 people died, 9 of whom were killed by police gunfire. The 1992 LA riots were triggered by black anger over police brutality and an unjust judicial system after footage of four white officers brutally beating black motorist Rodney King was released, and the officers were acquitted.

The angry black residents took to the streets, starting protests that escalated into a riot as armed gangs joined. The situation was so severe that Major League Baseball games in LA were postponed, and curfews and school closures were enforced. The Korean community also suffered significant damage, with the appearance of armed Korean American vigilantes in Koreatown, a target for the rioters.

Eventually, the governor of California and the mayor of LA requested the deployment of the National Guard, which President George H. W. Bush accepted. In comparison, the damage to buildings or stores from recent protests in LA is relatively minor.

LA police expert Joe Domenick stated that the situation does not seem severe enough to require the National Guard deployment, suggesting the possibility of Trump’s abuse of power. Trump had previously transferred control of the National Guard from the governor to the Secretary of Defense and ordered the deployment of 2,000 National Guard members.

Trump stated that he would send whatever necessary to maintain law and order. The National Guard usually follows the governor’s orders, but in special cases, such as insurrection, the federal government can take direct control. It is the first time a president has deployed the National Guard without a governor’s request since President Lyndon Johnson sent the military to Alabama to protect civil rights protesters in 1965.