Chapter 88: Proper Conduct (3)
[What was LAPD Chief Daryl Gates doing when the riot broke out?]
[Heavily armed Korean Americans defend themselves... Heated debate over right to protection]
A stack of papers piled high.
Lawsuits filed against LAPD (City of Los Angeles Police Department), legal documentation concerning those suits... and various appendices interpreting Anglo-American law.
I had lived in the U.S. for quite some time, so I was familiar with the common law system, but due to the time zone differences, it helped to have these materials on hand.
‘Looking at it now, there are holes everywhere... There’s a lot to dig into.’
As I salivated over the legal loopholes, a familiar voice rang out.
“...Things are getting bigger than expected.”
Ha Yeong-il, who was managing both Alpha Fund and the LA riot situation, looked absolutely exhausted...
Well, let him suffer a bit. Everyone’s working hard, after all.
“That’s a good thing. If it’s on this scale, we can deepen our ties with the law firm even more, right?”
Insurance companies estimated the total damages at around $700 million. Of that, about $400 million was believed to be damage suffered by the Korean community.