European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 6, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday May 6,1992 the stars and stripes Page 3 King Trmal . Night life staging comeback los Angeles a los Angeles night life revived under the gaze of thousands of Rifle toting troops As the mayor lifted the dusk to Dawn curfew imposed at the height of the nations bloodiest riots since the civil War. Firefighters tuesday began searching the hundreds of gutted buildings for bodies. Shots were fired at National guard troops from a car at a South Central los Angeles intersection and at a mall in suburban Culver City Early tuesday. No one was Hurt and troops did no to return fire said Marine warrant officer Hartman slate. 1 a the troops hear shots occasionally but unless the rounds Are nearby done to report it anymore a slate Sai a this has been an incredibly Boring night a which is  on monday mayor Tom Bradley said a i feel Good about today and i Hope that All of us can sense that feeling that things Are coming Back into line  president Bush has moved up plans to visit the riot torn City and now expects to depart this evening for a two Day stay there the White House said. On monday night motorists cruised Sunset Boulevard past the open for business Coconut teaser and Rainbow club nightclubs and the laugh factory. Spagos was filled with diners and the rage club was jammed music blaring. Theater marquees were lighted and pedestrian and Street traffic was close Tosee related stories on pages 4 and 17. Its weeknight Normal in the trendy Westwood District which was struck by looting last week. Merchants welcomed evening shoppers. A a it a a Little slower than usual but its not that bad a said Lisa mag Liao manager of a foot locker store looted last week. A sign in the window read a no receipt no  the sense of normalcy was constricted by the 7,100 National guardsmen marines and police on patrol. Los Angeles curfew was imposed thursday a Day after riots erupted with the acquittals of four White current and former policemen in the videotaped beating of Slack Motorist Rodney g. King. Curfews remained in effect in Long Beach and signal Hill. The three Days of rioting left 55 people dead nearly 2,400 injured and 13,379 jailed. Damage was put at $717 million. Fires destroyed or heavily damaged More than 5,500 buildings in los Angeles county. It was the nations bloodiest unrest since the 1863 civil War draft riots in new York City killed about 1,000 people. Few people were out on the streets monday night in hardest hit South Central los Angeles. In some areas entire blocks were silent stores and Gas stations were closed or boarded up and Many Street lights were out. Intersections remained blocked off and National guardsmen patrolled especially around police stations. A a in a hopeful things will get Back to Normal. We sure need it a said Curtis Lewis night manager at buses Deli amp Mississippi liquor. Several newspapers reported tuesday that police retreated from rioters at the Start of the unrest last wednesday giving the mob free reign. The los Angeles daily news said an elite police swat team was ordered to Retreat from the intersection where the riot began Only minutes before a truck Driver was savagely beaten there. And the los Angeles times reported that before the rioting started at least 20 Fiat Rol officers backed Down in a con rotation with perhaps 50 gang members near that same intersection. Top police officials including chief Daryl Gates declined to comment on the reports. Closer look taken at charges filed by passenger in King car los Angeles apr the testimony of a passenger in Rodney g. Kings car that he too was beaten by police takes on new significance since the acquittal of four officers. Bryant Allen testified during the officers trial that he was a kicked and stomped As he Lay on the ground outside Kings car but neither the defense nor prosecutors followed up on his Brief statement. On mondays Montel Williams show a syndicated television talk show Allen said a i was stomped once and i was kicked  he said he told police and prosecutors what happened to him soon after the March 3, 1991, videotaped beating of King. Allen 26, also filed a civil rights lawsuit last year saying he was roughed up. But his recollection took on new significance after the officers were acquitted last week of beating King sparking deadly and destructive rioting in los Angeles. At least one juror said the panel voted to acquit the White officers because King who is Black resisted arrest. The jurors reasoned that Allen and a second passenger Freddie George Helms were not harmed because they obeyed police orders after they were stopped. Helms who made similar allegations in a lawsuit was killed in a traffic Accident. Allen is suing City and California Highway patrol officials and 17 los Angeles police officers including the four in the King Case. Rep. Charles Rangel d-n.y., called on Federal officials to re examine the infamous videotape showing King being struck and kicked repeatedly to determine whether blurred activity on the other Side of the stopped car was Allen being kicked As Williams said. Allens lawsuit seeks unspecified damages. Allen said he was face Down behind the Back right tire of Kings car when he was beaten. He said the attack ended after a female officer told her colleague to Stop. Beaten truck Driver now Able to talk by the new York times los Angeles a Reginald Denny a truck Driver who was beaten severely in the first moments of unrest in the City a South Central area was Able to talk monday for the first time since the incident and doctors upgraded his condition to Good. Doctors at Daniel Freeman memorial Hospital in Inglewood where Denny was taken by a group of onlookers after the beating wednesday night said his prognosis was improving. They said they still had not determined whether Denny had suffered permanent brain injuries. Hospital officials said Denny began speaking monday and asked for a Fly swatter because of a Fly buzzing around his room. They said he also wrote a note to Cecily Kahn a social worker at the Hospital saying a a in a just a regular Guy. I never meant to be  Denny who is White was dragged from his truck by a group of Black men in South Central los Angeles hours after the acquittal of four White former and current police officers accused in the videotaped beating of Rodney g. King a Black Motorist. Denny 36, was beaten kicked spit on and robbed As television helicopters circled overhead recording the scene. No police officers Ever appeared to help Denny and Only after he managed to crawl Back into his truck and Start to drive away did four people step Forward to Aid him. Briton wearing land shirt beaten robbed London up a a Man wearing a los Angeles police department to shirt was beaten and robbed by sue men in Coventry England Early monday police said.,. David Stacey 27, told police he was beaten by six asian males shortly after he left an Indian restaurant in Coventry 110 Miles Northwest of London. The group approached him As he walked Home at 1 -30 a m., saying a you think you re hard do you wearing an land to shirt a Stacey said. A they whacked  Down kicking  the head and Side for four to five minutes with Metal bars Stacey said. He received Hospital treatment for injuries that included severe bruising to his face and ears a cracked rib and a bruised Back and arms. Stacey a assailants took his Wallet containing 120 pounds $214 before they fled. Stacey said he bought the shirt for his Girlfriend on a trip to los Angeles and borrowed it while visiting her in London. Stacey said he had seen news reports of the acquittal of four current and former los Angeles police officers accused of beating a Black Motorist that preceded widespread rioting but a never gave it a second thought when he borrowed the shirt he said. Stacey said that he believed the verdict was unjust but that the subsequent rioting a was totally out of  a two los Angeles children pass a National guardsman on their Way to school  experiences haunt children los Angeles a youngsters who holed up in their Homes during the riots Are Back in school exchanging stories about the violence outside their windows and trying to Deal with their fears. A at Plainview elementary Fernando Garcia a third grader from Korea town told his classmates monday about the looting killing and burning in his neighbourhood. He said forgiving those responsible is like making up with your Best Friend after a fight Over a toy. A he said something bad to  and ill hit him a Fernando said. A later after i think about it ill say that in a  a at Raymond Avenue elementary which was scrawled with obscene Graffiti directed at police principal Eloise Pritchett held an Assembly to discuss childrens fears. A we Tell the kids to respect one another and to respect one another a property and then they see adults forgetting those lessons a she said. A fall we can Tell them is even adults make  officials in the nations second largest school District encouraged teachers to let students speak about the violence. Some children at Raymond met with a psychologist