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An editorial argues that the embassy riots in Beijing are a warning that the United States should stop underestimating anti-American sentiment in China.
The attack did not provoke riots and further bloodshed, in part because the soldier was a lousy shot and failed to kill anyone, and in part because Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expeditiously phoned Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat to condemn the shooting.
Seattle's police chief announced that he would resign and "takes full responsibility for the riots."
The Watts riots were sinisterly echoed in the Los Angeles riots of 1992, when the same area of South-Central L.A. was ravaged by violence in response to the acquittal of white police officers who were captured on videotape beating a black resident.
The paper also notes the personal financial scandals and the Rodney King-inspired riots of his last term in office.