'AN OUTPOST OF STRENGTH': THE LOS ANGELES TIMES PERFORMS LAW AND ORDER VERSUS CHAOS DURING THE WATTS REBELLION OF 1965.

Discusses the news items and photographs published by the "Los Angeles Times" about the Watts Rebellion sparked by the arrest of Marquette Frye, an African American man stopped by police officers for speeding in California on August 12, 1965. Involvement of a crowd in the incident; Increase in military violence in the U.S. in 1965; Article about a policeman injured during the riot; Bias showed by the periodical regarding the riot; Evidences showed by the United Press International regarding police brutality.