Korean-Americans in Los Angeles criticised the US president’s son for exploiting the 1992 riots, urging respect for past trauma amid the current unrest

An association of Korean-Americans in Los Angeles has criticised Donald Trump Jnr, the son of the US president, for “reckless” comments he made on social media and urged him not to exploit a riot that devastated their community 33 years ago.

The Korean American Federation of Los Angeles also said an operation by the US administration to round up suspected undocumented immigrants lacked “due legal procedures”.

Donald Trump Jnr posted a photograph of a man with a rifle on a rooftop on social media with a message: “Make Rooftop Koreans Great Again!” referring to actions by the Korean-American community during the 1992 race riots in Los Angeles.

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