Critical art & graphics
Key resources
Policing
2020 | NOlympics LA – Pick a Side LA | LA84 — A history of brutality [Webpage]
2017 | Max Felker-Kantor – The Washington Post | The 1984 Olympics fueled L.A.’s war on crime. Will the 2028 Games do the same? [Article]
2012 | Dave Zirin – The Nation | Want to Understand the 1992 LA Riots? Start with the 1984 LA Olympics [Article]
1984 | Robert Lindsey – The New York Times | The Olympics: Los Angeles ’84; Security is called largest in peacetime [Article]
1984 | Joel Sappell – LA Times | Officers Ready: Criminals: No Olympic Gold [Article]
1984 | Eric Malnic – LA Times | ‘Stalag USC’ Awaits Olympic Visitors: Prison-Like Atmosphere Outside Gives Way to Festiveness Inside [Article]
1984 | Boris Yaro – LA Times | Street Crime Crackdown Begins Near Coliseum [Article]
Policing and homelessness
2018 | Jenna Chandler – Curbed LA | LA ‘sterilized’ its streets for the ’84 Olympics—how will it treat the homeless in 2028? [Article]
1984 | Kevin Roderick – LA Times | Derelicts lose the precious little in sweep by city crew [Article]
1984 | Diana Griego – LA Times | Olympic-Sized Rates Force Motel Residents to Area Park [Article]
1984 | Kevin Roderick – LA Times | City Polishing Its Image for Olympic Visitors: Horse Patrols Ride Herd on Transients [Article]
Privatization and capitalism
2016 | Laura Reston – The New Republic | The Year the Olympic Games Sold Out [Article]
Legacy myths
2019 | Jonny Coleman – Deadspin | Who Does Los Angeles’s Olympic Legacy Really Serve? [Article]
1984 | Nancy Rivera – LA Times | McDonald’s Olympic Cap Promotion Brings Lawsuit [Article]