ties channelled through the AG and the SecDef (secs. 4.1.1 & 4.16 of the 1994 Directive). Under sec. 4.1.3, the AG is responsible for the management of the Federal response to civil disturbances. Under sec. 4.3.1, the Army acting under the overall control of the SecDef and the Joint Chiefs of Staff has the primary responsibility for MACDIS. Local National Guard Units under the command of state Governors have primary responsibility for providing MACDIS (sec. 4.5.1). Federal military forces are to provide MACDIS in coordination with and in support of National Guard units which the President may federalize in order to ensure unified command and control (secs. 4.5.2 & 4.5.3).
B. Examination of the Efficacy/Adequacy/Appropriateness of the Actual Response to the 1992 Los Angeles Riots and Its Implementation, Including Shortcomings and Available Alternatives. The April 29-May 5, 1992 Los Angeles riots presented a serious and largely unexpected challenge to law and order. Other socio-economic issues were involved, but the riots were prompted by the adverse and largely spontaneous reaction of the black community to the acquittal by an all-white Simi Valley jury of Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officers accused of beating a black motorist Rodney King. The initial core of the riots was in South Central Los Angeles but disorder quickly spread to over 15 square miles of the city. The level, intensity and nature of violence directed at bystanders and law enforcement (automatic sniper fire, homicidal drivers, etc.) far exceeded that experienced during the 1965 Watts riots.
Working together, 5000 LAPD officers, about 4,000 other police officers, more than
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