April 28: The Watts Truce. (1992)

April 28, 1992 – On This Date In Hip-Hop, Bloods & Crips initiated a Peace Treaty ahead of the Rodney King verdict… The next day, the verdict was announced and the L.A. riots kicked off… It is said that between the years of 1992-1994 gang related homicides dropped 44%. We all we got.

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