Well, I was going by death toll (53 in L.A., 43 in Detroit). I'm not saying that's the only meaningful measurement, but that was usually the context whenever people would refer to it as "the worst since the Civil War draft riots."

One very important thing you didn't mention is that Quayle's attack on Murphy Brown didn't come out of nowhere; it was part of a speech in the wake of the L.A. riots, in which he was using it as an example of the breakdown of family in America.  So if you're actually inclined to defend Quayle, think about this: the…

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