While it was not the start of tensions in the city between these two communities, the killing ofLatasha Harlinsin 1991 certainly ratcheted the situation up to a new level. Harlins, whose personal life is a hard-luck story that does not bear repeating here, was 15 at the time ...
On March 16, 1991, a year prior to the Los Angeles riots, storekeeper Soon Ja Du physically confronted black ninth-grader Latasha Harlins by grabbing her sweater and backpack over whether the 15-year-old had been trying to steal a bottle of orange juice from Empire Liquor, the store Du’...
In March 1991, Korean American Soon Ja Du shot and killed a Black teenage girl named Latasha Harlins, mistakenly thinking that Harlins was trying to steal from her store. That killing went on to influence the LA riots in April 1992, when many Korean American stores were looted and burned. ...
LATASHA HARLINS On March 15th, 15-year-old Latasha Harlins was fatally shot by a shopkeep in Koreatown, CA. Her death came 13 days after the videotaped beating of Rodney King. Her killer was tried and convicted of voluntary manslaughter, which was widely regarded as a light sentence. Public...
罗德尼金 Rodney King, 拉塔莎哈林斯 Latasha Harlins, 中hearts;央hearts;公园五罪犯 the Central Park Five, 我理解这些案件 适用于我们的公民权利议题 I understand how those cases fit into our civil rights agenda. 但杰夫瑞达莫这家伙? But this Jeffrey Dahmer dude? 一个同性恋食人魔连环杀手? A gay ...
Korean store owner Soon Ja Du had killed Latasha Harlins, an African American girl, just 13 days after the police beating of Rodney King. The judge reduced Du’s conviction to probation, community service and a $500 fine. In the PBS episode, historian Jeff Chang draws a parallel: “Wasn’...