Loading AI tools
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
![]() | The contents of the L.A. Four Incident page were merged into Attack on Reginald Denny on April 9, 2008. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected page, please see its history; for the discussion at that location, see its talk page. |
![]() | The contents of the Damian Williams (criminal) page were merged into Attack on Reginald Denny on April 9, 2008. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected page, please see its history; for the discussion at that location, see its talk page. |
This article must adhere to the biographies of living persons (BLP) policy, even if it is not a biography, because it contains material about living persons. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially libellous. If such material is repeatedly inserted, or if you have other concerns, please report the issue to this noticeboard.If you are a subject of this article, or acting on behalf of one, and you need help, please see this help page. |
![]() | This article is rated C-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale. It is of interest to the following WikiProjects: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
![]() | The following references may be useful when improving this article in the future:
|
This page has archives. Sections older than 540 days may be automatically archived by ClueBot III when more than 5 sections are present. |
Racial categories are capitalized throughout this article, a very recent change in line with the updated styles used by a number of news outlets. Capitalization of 'Black' and especially 'White' (the latter used only by the Washington Post among major American news outlets, as far as I am aware) is a highly contentious issue, and the trend to capitalization is politically charged. It is strongly associated with the American left, and the terms 'white' and 'black' were not capitalized by any major news outlets until just months ago. Capitalization of these terms is inconsistent in the 1992 LA riots article. It doesn't seem sensible to me to retroactively capitalize these words on old articles about older topics, but I don't want to revert this change here or elsewhere without input from others. Contemporaneous usage of these words at the time of the LA riots was for them to not be capitalized, and since the terms (unlike older terms for black Americans) are not considered offensive, I would consider capitalization in this case to be misleading and arguably constitute a revisionist history of the events. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Blocky1OOO (talk • contribs) 19:39, 24 January 2021 (UTC)
Denny's age has been reported as 36 or 39, depending on the source (there are several for both). It looks like that is what is causing a minor edit war. Please adjust accordingly, unless we can find a definite source that can refute the other. MartinezMD (talk) 00:34, 8 May 2021 (UTC)
I'd like to suggest a modified intro, that may help avoid the recurring edits that either add or remove the race(s) of those involved.
Current version:
Reginald Oliver Denny (born 1953) is a White former construction truck driver who was pulled from his truck and severely beaten during the 1992 Los Angeles riots by a group of Black men who came to be known as the "L.A. Four". The attack was captured on video by a news helicopter and broadcast live on U.S. national television.
Four other Black L.A. residents who had been witnessing the attack on live television came to Denny's aid, placing him back in his truck, in which one of the rescuers drove him to the hospital. Denny suffered a fractured skull and impairment of his speech and ability to walk, for which he underwent years of rehabilitative therapy. After unsuccessfully suing the City of Los Angeles, Denny moved to Arizona, where he worked as an independent boat mechanic and has mostly avoided media contact.
Proposed:
Reginald Oliver Denny (born 1953) is a former construction truck driver who was pulled from his truck and severely beaten during the 1992 Los Angeles riots by a group of men who came to be known as the "L.A. Four". The attack was captured on video by a news helicopter and broadcast live on U.S. national television.
Four L.A. residents who had been witnessing the attack on live television came to Denny's aid, placing him back in his truck, which one of the rescuers then drove to the hospital. Denny suffered a fractured skull and impairment of his speech and his ability to walk, for which he underwent years of rehabilitative therapy. After unsuccessfully suing the City of Los Angeles, Denny moved to Arizona, where he worked as an independent boat mechanic and has mostly avoided media contact.
Denny is White. His four attackers are Black, and the four who rescued him are also Black.
The rationale here is two pronged: To eliminate "White" as the first/primary characteristic ascribed to Denny, and at the same time, clarify and focus on the fact that he was both attacked by, and rescued by, African Americans.
(I made a couple of copyedits in the second graf which should be non-controversial) I make no claim that this is the best approach, I'm merely suggesting an option and requesting input. Cheers. Anastrophe (talk) 23:07, 5 July 2021 (UTC)
Denny is White, and his four attackers were Blackas the second sentence. --Sangdeboeuf (talk) 23:30, 5 July 2021 (UTC)
Reginald Oliver Denny (born 1953) is a former construction truck driver who was pulled from his truck and severely beaten during the 1992 Los Angeles riots. His attackers, a group of Black men who came to be known as the "L.A. Four", targeted him because he was White. The attack was captured on video by a news helicopter and broadcast live on U.S. national television.
Four other Black L.A. residents who had been witnessing the attack on live television came to Denny's aid, placing him back in his truck, in which one of the rescuers drove him to the hospital. Denny suffered a fractured skull and impairment of his speech and ability to walk, for which he underwent years of rehabilitative therapy. After unsuccessfully suing the City of Los Angeles, Denny moved to Arizona, where he worked as an independent boat mechanic and has mostly avoided media contact.
Why are we deadnaming Zoey Tur exactly? What is the point of mentioning that someone (an extremely minor figure in this article no less) no longer wishes to go by a certain name (to the point of legally changing it) in this context? It doesn't seem relevant at all to me and is in fact offensive (at the least), especially to Zoey herself, so I was just curious. Bill Lumbergh (talk) 15:53, 17 November 2022 (UTC)
generally do not discuss in detail changes of a person's name or gender presentation unless pertinent ... In articles on works or other activity by a living trans or non-binary person before transition, use their current name as the primary name ... unless they prefer their former name be used.We should default to using Tur's current name unless we know they prefer otherwise for events before their transition. --Sangdeboeuf (talk) 02:44, 18 November 2022 (UTC)
To Gene Stanley1: you are making an allegation that the US has an established white supremacy. I, and I suspect most WP editors, will dismiss that on its face. That's why I reverted your edit. MartinezMD (talk) 01:04, 14 November 2023 (UTC)
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.